Democrats hammer Trump's Supreme Court pick, say could jeopardise Obamacare

WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday blasted President Donald Trump's choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans.

Senate Republicans refused to consider President Barack Obama's 2016 Supreme Court nominee, saying the winner of that year's election should make the pick.Trump's choice means that he would replace Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality and other liberal causes who died on Sep 18 at age 87, with a jurist who in many ways is her judicial opposite.

"This nomination threatens the destruction of life-saving protections for 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions together with every other benefit and protection of the Affordable Care Act," House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.Trump wants Barrett confirmed before the election. If so, she would be on the bench for the Obamacare oral arguments, with Republican-led states and Trump's administration trying to invalidate the law.

Senator Lindsey Graham, chairman of the Judiciary Committee that will conduct confirmation hearings, added,"We move forward on this nomination knowing that the president has picked a highly qualified individual who will serve our nation well on the highest court in the land."

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