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Them. >> pamela, on the surface, this was a big win for the trump administration. this judge gave them more than they even asked for. he struck down the individual mandate, but then he said the whole rest of the law must fall. he basically said back in 2012, you remember chief justice john roberts, he upheld the law under the taxing power, and then in 2017, congress got rid of that tax penalty. so the judge looked at it and said you have gotten rid of the underpinning, the legal underpinning of ...

And consequently it has no constitutional underpinning and thats why the judge have to find it unconstitutional. >> the aca has already survived more than 70 on successful repeal attempts. this misguided ruling well not deter us. we will continue to fight in court for the health and well-being of all americans. you said about two-year specifically if thats the case what is that mean for 2020? >> it will be an issue that the american people organ and up deciding. i think the president is on the r...

When congress then repealed the individual mandate the tax went away. that is the underpinning. like pulling a stepladder from underneath a guy cleaning out his gutter. he falls. that should happen to obamacare. this should go back to the supreme court. i dont like one single federal judge decides a district for the whole country. if he makes a decision, it should go up to the appellate court and ultimately decided at the federal level. lets let it do that when it gets there, john roberts said i...

This is just one district court judge, and hell be appealed, and he did make a point of saying that it can remain in effect pending these appeals. boy, it sends a strong statement to millions of people who have come to rely upon obamacare, and its certainly going to be appealed. let me tell you a little bit about the background, right? how we got here. remember back in 2012, the supreme court upheld the individual mandate. that was chief justice john roberts. he cast that controversial vote. con...

Forwards, until 2017, and congress decides to get rid of the tax penalty, so this judge last night, he said, look, congress has gotten rid of the tax penalty, its gotten rid of the legal underpinning that the supreme court relied upon, so im going to strike the individual mandate, and im also going to strike the entire law. and that is the part that is going to be a little bit controversial for sure in this broad ruling. >> it is broad. youve remarked on its breadth. it goes beyond what the trum...

>> thats far more dangerous than doing television. neil: tell me about it. and congressman, i want to touch on something thats near and dear to you, the future of the affordable care act, the obamacare, aj a texas judge shooting down people having to buy the insurance. that takes away that underpinning. are you worried that this whole thing is going to get shot down? >> well, i am worried, yes. and i think others ought to be worried. you know, i think most of the people around here in the midwes...

President. republicans would have made sure of that. michael, theres an argument michael cohen in lying to the public, which is not illegal, was trying to help trump obstruct justice. >> yes. >> is there a legal underpinning to that? >> there certainly is. through the years politicians who have been indicted on a variety of charges, thats frequently a claim thats made in press conferences and so forth, they have made statements to throw investigators off by making false statements. and circling ...

He has absolutely no legal foundation or underpinning. hes a guy who thinks that marbury madison which held that the supreme court has the final say in the constitutionality of an act of congress, he thinks thats all wrong. however, he also claims that the supreme court should have overruled obamacare. >> right. >> so the guy doesnt -- hes talking out of both sides of his mouth. and like donald trump, hes a fraudster. hes involved in the trump university of his own making, which is this patent m...

And jeff sessions stopped him from doing the others. >> right. what does he do? he gets around it by appointing this guy whos willing to do all three of those things for trump. i mean, he is nothing but a political hack. he has absolutely no legal foundation or underpinning. hes a guy who thinks that marbury madison which held that the supreme court has the final say in the constitutionality of an act of congress, he thinks thats all wrong. however, he also claims that the supreme court should h...