White House Justifies President's Comments Made to the Supreme Court Over Obamacare

April 4, 2012

By D. DiFrancesco, newsviewsandtools.com

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney attempted to defend President Barack Obama’s remarks to the Supreme Court, stating that he did not intend to question the court’s authority to rule on the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

In reviewing the President’s comments below, one could easily construe his statements as implying that the justices could not overturn the law because it would set a legal precedent that overturned the vote of a democratically elected congress..

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Obama Comments on Obamacare Case Currently Before the Supreme Court

President Barack Obama

April 2, 2012

During a press conference at the White House attended by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, President Barack Obama issued a bold statement to the Justices of the Supreme Court regarding his healthcare initiative, the Affordable Care Act, also know as "Obamacare".

Obama stated, "I'm confident this (Obamacare) will be upheld because it should be upheld". He went on to say that overturning the law would be "an unprecedented and extraordinary step", comparing a rejection of the law to judicial activism.

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