President Barack Obama's comments about the health care law touched off a debate, leading a federal judge to ask the Justice Department to refute what Obama said.
By msnbc.com staff
NBC News? Pete Williams reports on a controversy sparked by federal appeals court Judge Jerry Smith, who put a Justice Department lawyer on the spot Tuesday for remarks made by his boss, President Barack Obama.
Smith, a Ronald Reagan appointee to the 5th Circuit Court, questioned Obama?s response to a question regarding his predictions about whether the Supreme Court might strike down the health care law. The Supreme Court heard six hours of arguments about the law last week. ?
?For years what we heard was that the biggest problem on the bench was judicial activism, or lack of judicial restraint,? Obama said. ?An unelected group of people would overturn a duly constituted and passed law. This is a good example.?
Judge Smith asked for a letter from the government by noon Thursday stating its position on the power of the courts to strike down laws.
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