President Obama bluntly challenged the Supreme Court over a pending ruling on the validity of ObamaCare subsidies, complaining Monday that the court should never have taken up the case -- and warning that a ruling against subsidies would be a "twisted interpretation" of the law.
The president and his administration's legal team for months have fought the Affordable Care Act court challenge, which is over whether people who enrolled through the federal HealthCare.gov are entitled to subsidies.
But the president's comments on Monday, during a press conference on the sidelines of the G-7 summit in Germany, were perhaps his toughest to date. He strongly suggested the court would be running afoul of established legal guidance if it rules against the administration, and took the rare step of saying the court should have stayed out of this fight.
"This should be an easy case. Frankly, it probably shouldn't even have been taken up," Obama said.
The administration has argued in court that the subsidies are valid through both state-run exchanges and exchanges run through HealthCare.gov. Foes argue that the Affordable Care Act stipulates subsidies are only intended for those buying insurance on state-run exchanges.
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10 comments:
please go away Obama.
9:51 - less than 600 days!
He knows that the court is going to go with the "Letter of the Law" the exact wording, not an intent of congress.
Obama has always had the attitude how dare anyone challenge his decisions or anything his does. He is arrogant enough to think he is above ANY laws or the constitution. The absolute WORST president this country has ever had.
Unbelievably arrogant.
11:16 AM of all time? Maybe.
In my life time hands down.
he knows this is our best shot at gutting his crappy law.
says the Editor of Harvard Law Review who went unpublished his entire tenure at the school
Obama care is an illegal tax on Americans.
He needs to shut the hell up and let the judges do what they are there to do. This guy is nothing more than a cancer that spreads poison in everything he gets involved in.
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