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House bill would force Supreme Court justices onto Obamacare
// Personal Liberty Digest™
A Texas congressman is floating a bill that aims to force the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court into the same Obamacare coverage they upheld in King v. Burwell.
Taking a cue from dissenting Justice Antonin Scalia, who quipped that Obamacare should henceforth be referred to as "SCOTUScare," Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas) introduced the "SCOTUScare Act" on June 25.
In a statement on his congressional Web page, Babin said his bill would amend the Affordable Care Act so that the nine justices, as well as "Supreme Court staff," could obtain health coverage only by enrolling through an Obamacare exchange plan.
"As the Supreme Court continues to ignore the letter of the law, it's important that these six individuals [representing the majority opinion] understand the full impact of their decisions on the American people," Babin wrote. "That's why I introduced the SCOTUScare Act to require the Supreme Court and all of its employees to sign up for Obamacare. By eliminating their exemption from Obamacare, they will see firsthand what the American people are forced to live with!"
While Babin's idea will be received merely as a symbolic gesture, he's not alone in voicing substantive criticism of the court's majority opinion in the Burwell case.
Scalia was especially incensed with the six justices who voted to uphold the law, writing in his dissenting opinion that courts are, by the Constitution's design, inappropriate venues to resolve arguments over legislative intent.
"Our only evidence of what Congress meant comes from the terms of the law, and those terms show beyond all question that tax credits are available only on state Exchanges," he wrote.
"… The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw in the statutory machinery."
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