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USA Today/ - News, Seg, 02 de Abril de 2012<br />
CLIPPING INTERNACIONAL (Supreme Court)<br />
Obama says court will uphold health law<br />
President Obama said today he is confident the<br />
Supreme Court will uphold his health care law -- and<br />
basically warned the justices against striking down the<br />
law by practicing what he called "judicial activism."<br />
"I'd just remind conservative commentators that for<br />
years what we've heard is the biggest problem on the<br />
bench was judicial activism, or a lack of judicial<br />
restraint," Obama said during a joint news conference<br />
with the leaders of Ca<strong>na</strong>da and Mexico.<br />
Obama defined activism by saying "an unelected<br />
group of people would somehow overturn a duly<br />
constituted passed law -- well, here's a good example.<br />
And I'm pretty confident that this -- this court will<br />
recognize that and not take that step."<br />
The Supreme Court -- which heard three days of<br />
arguments on the law last week -- is expected to hand<br />
down a ruling in June.<br />
Obama said he's "confident" that the high court "will<br />
not take what would be an unprecedented<br />
extraordi<strong>na</strong>ry step of overturning a law that was<br />
passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected<br />
Congress."<br />
A Democratic-run Congress passed the health care<br />
law on a largely partisan vote in 2010.<br />
During last week's Supreme Court hearings, some<br />
conservative justices had harsh questions about the<br />
law's key feature, the requirement that nearly all<br />
Americans buy some form of health insurance or pay<br />
fine.<br />
Some critics say that requirement, as well as most of<br />
the health care law itself, is an unconstitutio<strong>na</strong>l<br />
overreach by the federal government.<br />
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, took exception to Obama's<br />
comments, saying "it must be nice living in a fantasy<br />
world where every law you like is constitutio<strong>na</strong>l and<br />
every Supreme Court decision you don't is 'activist.'<br />
Many of us have been arguing for nearly three years<br />
that the federal government does not have the power<br />
to dictate individuals' purchasing decisions."<br />
Obama said the law has support from "legal experts<br />
across the ideological spectrum, including two very<br />
conservative appellate court justices that said this<br />
wasn't even a close case."<br />
The comments came during a joint news conference at<br />
the White House with Ca<strong>na</strong>dian Prime Minister<br />
Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe<br />
Calderon.<br />
Some highlights:<br />
2:29 p.m. -- Harper tells a Ca<strong>na</strong>dian reporter -- in both<br />
English and French -- he is confident that the <strong>na</strong>tion's<br />
partnership with the United States and Mexico helps in<br />
the areas of both trade and security. And that includes<br />
the new Trans-Pacific Partnership with other <strong>na</strong>tions<br />
as well.<br />
Obama says all three countries must make<br />
"modifications" in working together on trade. Also says<br />
that violence in Mexico should be a concern for all of<br />
North America.<br />
Calderon said one North American <strong>na</strong>tion cannot be<br />
fully secure unless all of them are. Also notes that the<br />
homicide rate in Washington, D.C., is higher than in<br />
cities in Mexico.<br />
2:21 p.m. -- Responding to a question from a Mexican<br />
reporter, Calderon says the U.S. will help Mexico battle<br />
illegal gun trafficking.<br />
Obama tells the reporter that his administration has no<br />
plans to get involved in Mexico's presidential election.<br />
He said relations between the two <strong>na</strong>tions "transcends<br />
partisan politics."<br />
2:13 p.m. -- Bloomberg News asks Obama about the<br />
prospect of a health care reversal at the Supreme<br />
Court; then asks the leaders of Mexico and Ca<strong>na</strong>da if<br />
U.S. influence has declined, as claimed by Mitt<br />
Romney.<br />
On the second question, Obama notes that the<br />
Republicans are still in primary mode. Notes that one<br />
of his most famous speeches -- at the 2004<br />
Democratic convention -- dealt almost solely with<br />
American "exceptio<strong>na</strong>l-ism."<br />
As for the Supreme Court, Obama predicts that the<br />
justices will uphold the health care law. Says there is<br />
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