Republicans are
none too pleased with President Obama’s suggestion that the Supreme
Court would be legislating from the bench if they strike down the health
care reform law, with one top lawmaker suggesting that the president’s
remarks amounted to an attempt to “intimidate” the justices.
Fox News
rounded up a handful of quotes from leading Republicans, both on the
campaign trail and on Capitol Hill. Texas Republican Lamar Smith, who
chairs the House Judiciary Committee, offered the pull-quote:
“It is not unprecedented at all for the Supreme Court to
declare a law unconstitutional; they do that on a regular basis so it’s
not unprecedented at all,” he said. “What is unprecedented is for the
president of the United States trying to intimidate the Supreme Court.”
