Pelosi: Obamacare Will Be Upheld 6-3, ‘Because I Know the Constitution’

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Pelosi: Obamacare Will Be Upheld 6-3, ‘Because I Know the Constitution’ By Elizabeth Harrington May 31, 2012 Subscribe to Elizabeth Harrington's posts

(CNSNews.com) – House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the Supreme Court will uphold the constitutionality of President Barack Obama’s health care law, predicting a 6-3 decision because, as she remarked, “I know the Constitution.”

At a Capitol Hill press conference on Thursday, a reporter asked Pelosi, “Madame Leader, the Supreme Court is getting ready to rule in the next month or so on the health care bill, and you’ve expressed pretty high confidence – I think you said 6-3 – but I’m just wondering if Democrats and the Democratic leadership have had any discussions or meetings to plan for any sort of contingency plan given the possibility that the court could strike provisions from the law or the whole law, I’m wondering if Democrats are having any meetings to discuss contingency plans?”

Pelosi, in reference to how the nine-judge court will rule, said, “6-3. That’s it. 6-3.”

She was then asked why she was so confident about her prediction.

“Because I know the Constitution,” Pelosi said. “This bill is ironclad. It is ironclad.”

“Nobody was frivolous with the Constitution and the health of the American people in writing the bill,” she said. “So, that’s where my confidence springs from, the merit of the bill and the nature of the Constitution.”

“The makeup of the court, well, we’ll see,” Pelosi said.

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During the 2010 election:

Pelosi: “Early returns and the overwhelming number of democrats who are coming out, ah, we are on pace to maintain the majority in the House of Representatives”