ObamaCare Omen? President Obama goes after the Supreme Court even before it rules.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/obamacare-omen-1433891976
Does the White House think it is going to lose this year’s big ObamaCare subsidy case at the Supreme Court? We’re beginning to wonder given President Obama’s increasing show of pique when he talks about the law.
On Monday in Austria, Mr. Obama responded to a question about the looming decision in King v. Burwell by treating the Supreme Court like first-year law students for even considering the case.
“And so this should be an easy case. Frankly, it probably shouldn’t even have been taken up,” he added. “And since we’re going to get a ruling pretty quick, I think it’s important for us to go ahead and assume that the Supreme Court is going to do what most legal scholars who’ve looked at this would expect them to do.”
That last bit of political bravado is belied by the previous display of legal frustration. A seasoned observer like Mr. Obama must know that it does him no good to lacerate the Justices in public if he’s trying to influence them to come his way. His best strategy would be silence. Our suspicions were raised even more on Tuesday when Mr. Obama gave a full-throated defense of his signature health law that assailed opponents and gave the impression he’s not going to alter a single letter no matter what the Court does.
Could it be that legal sources are telling Mr. Obama that he’s about to lose, so he is now beginning to prepare the public for an all-out assault on the Court and Republicans?
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