Obama administration clears path for Supreme Court to rule on health care mandate

[JURIST] The Obama administration on Monday declined to seek en banc review by the full US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official websites] of its August decision striking down the individual mandate provision [JURIST report] of the health care reform law [JURIST backgrounder], clearing the path for an appeal to the US Supreme Court [official website]. The decision could mean that the Supreme Court will hear the case during its 2011 term and that a ruling could come…