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2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden skirted reporter questions regarding court packing in his first public comments after President Trump unveiled Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third Supreme Court pick.Biden, after a speech in Delaware on Sunday, told reporters he didn't want to address the issue of possibly expanding the country's highest court if Republicans forged ahead with replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Barrett and he won the Nov. 3 election in five weeks."We should see to it that the American public will vote in the Senate races in this election and they'll vote Republicans out of office. That's the consequence," he said.Instead, the two-term vice president and 36-year Delaware senator insisted on linking Barrett's likely appointment to the Supreme Court as an assault on Obamacare and preexisting condition healthcare coverage. The court will once again consider the healthcare law's constitutionality in a case scheduled to be heard on Nov. 10."President Trump is trying to throw out the Affordable Care Act. He's been trying to do it for the last four years. The Republican Party has been trying to eliminate it for a decade," he said. "They see an opportunity to overturn the Affordable Care Act on their way out the door.""President Trump can claim all he wants he's going to protect people with pre-existing conditions, but the fact is he's already fighting to take those protections away," he added. "President Trump sees a chance to fulfill his explicit mission: steal away the vital protections of the ACA from countless families."Biden reiterated his criticism Sunday of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for pushing forward with Barrett's confirmation when early in-person and absentee mailed-in ballots were being accepted by election officials around the country.“Never before in our nation’s history has a Supreme Court Justice been nominated and installed while a presidential election is already underway," he said. “It defies every precedent, every expectation in a nation where the people, the people, are sovereign and the rule of law reigns."Shortly after Trump's announcement Saturday, Biden issued a statement pointing out ."The American people know the U.S. Supreme Court decisions affect their everyday lives. The United States Constitution was designed to give the voters one chance to have their voice heard on who serves on the court. That moment is now, and their voice should be heard," he wrote.A growing number of Democrats have called for the Supreme Court to be packed, given Barrett will tilt the bench to have a 6-3 conservative bent.

2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden skirted reporter questions regarding court packing in his first public comments after President Trump unveiled Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third Supreme Court pick.Biden, after a speech in Delaware on Sunday, told reporters he didn't want to address the issue of possibly expanding the country's highest court if Republicans forged ahead with replacing the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Barrett and he won the Nov. 3 election in five weeks."We should see to it that the American public will vote in the Senate races in this...

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