President Obama said on Monday that he is confident that the Supreme Court will uphold the health care reform law, adding that it would be an "unprecedented step" if the court overturns the law passed by a strong congressional majority.
"Ultimately, I am confident that the Supreme Court will not take
what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a
law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected
Congress," Obama said at a White House news conference with leaders
of Canada and Mexico.
This is the first remarks made by Obama on the issue, since the
Supreme Court ended three days of oral argument in the landmark case
involving the Affordable Care Act last week.
The Supreme Court could make a decision about the
constitutionality of the law in June, thrusting itself in the middle
of a presidential campaign in which healthcare reform is a big
issue.
