Democrats pounce as Trump administration ratchets up attack on Obamacare
(Reuters) – Top congressional Democrats on Tuesday attacked a legal move by the Trump administration to step up its assault on the Obamacare healthcare law, saying last November’s elections showed Americans want them to protect the Affordable Care Act.
The Justice Department, in a two-sentence letter to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals filed on Monday, said it backed a federal judge’s ruling in December that the Affordable Care Act violated the U.S. Constitution because it required people to buy health insurance.
The letter said the Justice Department would file a more extensive legal briefing later.
Democrats said the move to overturn Obamacare would overshadow Republican President Donald Trump’s claim of victory following the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The legal filing gave Democrats a natural opening to focus on an issue they say is more important to voters than the Mueller investigation.
https://www.politicususa.com/2019/03/27/democrats-pounce-as-trump-administration-ratchets-up-attack-on-obamacare.html
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Seems like a YUGE conflict of interest.
(I'm only partly being sarcastic here. Can DoJ really have standing in a case like this?)