Pence Suggests Health Care May Play A Role In SCOTUS Vetting (VIDEO)

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN)
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Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) suggested today that Senate Republicans will consider a Supreme Court nominee’s views on health care reform during the confirmation process.

Last week, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) hinted that health care may play a role in the confirmation process, saying in a statement:

There is much at stake, as the court’s interpretation of the Constitution in the coming years could significantly affect the implementation of domestic polices approved by the president and Congress over the past year.

On MSNBC, Pence made similar signals, stressing the importance of a thorough vetting because “you’ve got issues that bear upon our fundamental freedoms that are before the Court.”

He went on to list the “more than a dozen attorney generals that are going to take the whole issue of an individual mandate to buy insurance to the Supreme Court.”

Pence added: “The Court really is making decisions more and more and more that directly effect the freedom, the economic freedom, and the personal freedom of the American people.”

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