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Ruling to strike down health law puts GOP in a quandary

"What the Lawless Obamacare Ruling Means
It’s not based on a solid legal argument. It’s an exercise in raw judicial power."

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By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar?|?AP
December 15 at 5:32 PM

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Economist Gail Wilensky, who oversaw the Medicare program for President George H.W. Bush, said the state attorneys general from GOP strongholds who filed the lawsuit really weren’t very considerate of their fellow Republicans.

“The fact that they could cause their fellow Republicans harm did not seem to bother them,” said Wilensky, a critic of President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

“The people who raised it are a bunch of guys who don’t have serious election issues, mostly from states where saber-rattling against the ACA is fine,” she added. “How many elections do you have to get battered before you find another issue?”

Douglas Holtz-Eakin, top policy adviser to Republican John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, said he was struck by the relative silence from top Republicans after the ruling issued.

A prominent example: “The House was not party to this suit, and we are reviewing the ruling and its impact,” said AshLee Strong, spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/federal-judge-rules-health-care-overhaul-unconstitutional/2018/12/14/7d9bcdb2-0017-11e9-a17e-162b712e8fc2_story.html?utm_term=.ac6f167968b2