<h3>President says supreme court justices should not make 'activist' issue out of reforms that were passed by an elected Congress</h3>
<p>Chris McGreal in Washington</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">guardian.co.uk</a>, Monday 2 April 2012 18.23 EDT</p>
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<div>Barack Obama makes remarks during a joint press conference at the White House on Monday. Photograph: Pete Marovich/EPA</div>
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<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/barack-obama" title="More from guardian.co.uk on Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> has said it would be wrong for the "unelected" supreme court to take the "unprecedented and extraordinary" decision to strike down his signature health care legislation when it was passed by an elected Congress.</p>
<p>The comments suggest the president may make an election issue of those described by Democrats as partisan judges if they throw out the Affordable Care Act following last week's dramatic hearings at which the aggressive tide of questioning from some of the justices suggested that the conservative majority is hostile to the legislation. Their decision is expected in June.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/barack-obama-unelected-supreme-court">Continue reading on The Guardian &gt;&gt;&gt;</a></p>
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