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| U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden attends a ceremony as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped casket lies in state in Statuary Hall at the Capitol, Washington, U.S. on September 25, 2020.(Photo by=Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS) |
[Asia News Communication = Reporter Reakkana]Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and others in his party on Saturday (Sep 26) blasted President Donald Trump's choice of conservative judge Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court, focusing in particular on the threat they said she would pose to healthcare for millions of Americans.
Biden noted that even as Trump's administration is seeking to strike down Obamacare in a case the Supreme Court is due to hear on Nov 10, Barrett has a "written track record" criticising a pivotal 2012 ruling authored by Chief Justice John Roberts preserving the law formally known as the Affordable Care Act. "The United States Constitution was designed to give the voters one chance to have their voice heard on who serves on the court. That moment is now and their voice should be heard," Biden said.
Senate Republicans refused to consider President Barack Obama's 2016 Supreme Court nominee, saying the winner of that year's election should make the pick. Trump's choice means that he would replace Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality and other liberal causes who died on Sep 18 at age 87, with a jurist who in many ways is her judicial opposite. Democrats said Barrett would vote to dismantle healthcare during a coronavirus pandemic that already has killed about 200,000 Americans.
