The California senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee questioned Judge Barrett on Tuesday, during the second of four confirmation hearings.
during the Supreme Court nominee's second confirmation hearing on Tuesday. The California senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee focused on the Affordable Care Act , also known as Obamacare.
Harris accused Republicans of attempting to use the Supreme Court to"circumvent voters," and strike down the Act."And now, following a decade of failure, Washington Republicans have realized that the Affordable Care Act is working too well, and helping too many people to repeal it without facing serious political consequences.
"What weight would you give the fact that 130.5 million Americans with pre-existing conditions are now depending on the protections of the Affordable Care Act?" Harris asked.takes reliance interests into account, because as I've said beforeis about keeping stability in the law. So the law often takes into account reliance interests, I can't really say sitting here, how they would play in a way in this case, because that's part of the legal calculus of the case.
Republican senators' decision to move ahead with Barrett's confirmation hearings ahead of next month's election garnered backlash and accusations of hypocrisy, since they refused to vote on's nominee to replace late justice Antonin Scalia after his death. Scalia passed away in February 2016, nine months before that year's election.
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