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by Tierney Sneed
Some accuse Barack Obama of challenging Supreme Court authority in his comments on its ruling on his healthcare law
Though President Obama says he is confident the
"I would just remind conservative commentators that for years what we have heard is the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism or a lack of judicial restraint. That an unelected group of people would somehow overturn a duly constituted and passed law. Well, this is a good example and I am pretty confident that this court will recognize that and not take that step."
He continued in slightly more nuanced language, saying, "We have not seen a court overturn a law that was
passed by
According to
the
Obama's rhetoric about the
In a news conference, Attorney General Eric Holder said, "Under our system of government ...
courts have the final say on the constitutionality of statutes," while insisting the president's remarks were
"appropriate," and that Obama "indicated that we obviously respect the decisions that courts make." Both he
and White House Spokesperson Jay Carney confirmed that the
Nevertheless, some political analysts see Obama's language about the
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