Schumer calls on Barrett to commit to recusing herself from Affordable Care Act case if confirmed

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The Senate's top Democrat on Sunday called on Amy Coney Barrett to commit to recusing herself from a fast-approaching case on the fate of the Affordable Care Act should she be confirmed to the Supreme Court, one day before she will face the chamber's Judiciary panel for hearings.
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Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer has said Donald Trump’s supreme court nominee Amy Coney Barrett should, if confirmed, step aside from contentious cases.
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Democratic opposition to Barrett on policy issues has focused on her possible role in deciding a case before the Supreme Court in which Trump and Republican-led states are seeking to invalidate the Affordable Care Act (ACA) healthcare law, often called Obamacare.
“She doesn’t come unbiased and that’s why she should recuse herself,” Schumer said on Sunday.
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Schumer: Trump’s Supreme Court nominee should recuse from ObamaCare, election cases

October 11, 2020 News

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, should pledge to recuse herself from any cases involving the Affordable Care Act or the...

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October 11, 2020 News

Hawaii Sen. Mazie Hirono tells CNN's Jake Tapper that President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court would gut the Affordable Care Act.
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Analysis: Trump’s war on Obamacare is coming back to bite him

October 11, 2020October 11, 2020 News

Americans don't yet know whether doctors have protected President Donald Trump from the effects of Covid-19. They do know his gold-standard care is beyond their reach.
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Holy war: Republicans eager to focus Amy Coney Barrett hearings on religion

October 11, 2020 christianity, News, religion, US news, US politics, US Senate

GOP senators believe painting Democrats as attacking the supreme court nominee’s faith could help save seats in November
When Donald Trump’s latest supreme court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, arrives before the Senate judiciary committee for her confirmation hearings on Monday, Democrats will be out to raise an alarm that Barrett could help strike down the Affordable Care Act in the very first case she hears.
But in the weeks leading up to the hearings, Republicans have been out ...

What Amy Coney Barrett could mean for Obamacare

October 10, 2020October 12, 2020 News

When she was a law professor, Judge Amy Coney Barrett tried to puncture arguments favoring Obamacare. Now senators will probe how Barrett, as a Supreme Court justice, would rule on the decade-old health insurance overhaul.
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Fewer signing up for Obamacare if they don’t get subsidies

October 9, 2020 News

Nearly 3 million Americans who don't qualify for Obamacare subsidies have dropped their coverage since 2016, a new federal report shows.
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October 8, 2020 News

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