Trump Judicial Pick Would Undercut Obamacare, Groups Say (1)

Liberal leaning advocacy and health groups are urging senators to oppose confirming the latest White House pick for one of the most conservative federal appellate courts on grounds that he’d try to undermine Obamacare if given a chance.

In op-eds written in 2012, 2013 and 2014 when he was an attorney in private practice, Cory Wilson encouraged the Supreme Court to strike down the Affordable Care Act and called it “illegitimate” and “perverse.” Those comments indicate Wilson would rule against it if a related case came before him on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the groups ...