Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse said while the Trump administration is focused on ending the Affordable Care Act, some of his Republican colleagues are trying to downplay that risk with their constituents who are concerned about health care.
During the confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett so far, both Democrats and Republicans have looked to get a better understanding on how she would rule on the ACA. Judiciary Chair Lindsey Graham questioned her about the legal doctrine of "severability," or whether the entire law can stand if one part of it is deemed unconstitutional.
“All of the signals out of the administration and the big donors behind this process are that she is intended to be a judicial torpedo aimed at people's health care,” Whitehouse said in an interview on CNN. “But at the same time a lot of Republicans, four of them on the Senate Judiciary Committee, are facing voters right now who think that that's a terrible idea, so they’re torn between what their party's policy is and what their voters want to hear.”
Whitehouse, a Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, said lawmakers need to take a look at “some of the mischief” going on at the Supreme Court.
“All of the three last nominees have had very significant procedural peculiarities about their appointments. This has all the signals of a political power grab,” Whitehouse said.
“The Republicans basically have compromised the integrity of the court in order to fashion a court that will rule for their big donor interests. We need to look into that and figure out how to respond,” he added.
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