Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC), the No. 3 House Democrat, said President Obama should consider running against the Supreme Court if they overturn his health care reform law.
“I think the president ought to take a look at what — in years before, we have seen presidents run against Congress and we’ve seen presidents run against the Supreme Court. Franklin Roosevelt did it to the Supreme Court, Truman did it to the Congress.”
The last time the Supreme Court struck down part of a president’s signature legislative achievement was in the 1930s during FDR’s New Deal reforms. In response, FDR went after the court with a vengeance and eventually won.
Clyburn said running against the court would be off limits for Congress, but not for a president. He said Obama should take his case to the people and “ask them to give him a mandate for the years going forward.”
