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April 3, 2012

Obama Urges "Unelected" Justices Not to Overturn Healthcare Law 
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President Obama took an unusual shot at conservative justices on the
Supreme Court on Monday, warning that a rejection of the Affordable Care
Act would be an unprecedented step. Obama spoke about the Court's review
of the healthcare law at a joint press conference with the presidents of
Canada and Mexico.

President Obama: "Ultimately, I’m confident that the Supreme Court
will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of
overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a
democratically elected Congress. And I'd just remind conservative
commentators that for years what we’ve heard is, the biggest problem
on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint
— that an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly
constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example. And I’m
pretty confident that this Court will recognize that and not take that
step."



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