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    FBN’s Rich Edson with news that President Obama is being called upon by a federal judge to explain his recent comments on his health-care reform bil...

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IDs are cooling off but the health care battle is heating up -- federal judge taking the Obama -- administration to attacks.

After the president said it would be judicial activism at the Supreme Court stuck gas struck down the health care a lot.

Rich Edson is in Chicago with the very latest in an area let's just talk on this single space you know three page report certain right you know eighth grade -- -- homework assignment.

I'll get to that is second but that's why exactly folks are calling issue Bonnie.

Our homework assignment this goes back to bond day a federal judge wants an explanation over comments President Obama made.

And he's going to get that explanation attorney general -- colder telling us here in Chicago that he will respond to a federal judge on whether these remarks by President Obama.

Are appropriate.

Ultimately I'm confident that the Supreme Court.

Will not take what would be an unprecedented.

Extraordinary.

Step of overturning.

-- law that was passed.

-- A strong majority.

A democratically elected congress.

Still the president -- down those comments a big yesterday but fifth circuit judge Jerry Smith the Reagan appointees taken issue with those first comments.

And he essentially wants to know if the administration and the White House believe that judicial review the process established.

More than 200 years ago allowing the federal court system to decide.

The constitutionality.

Of laws whether or not that still applies well here in Chicago the attorney general explain to the administration's position.

Courts have final say -- the constitutionality.

Statute.

The courts are also hum fairly differential when it comes to overturning.

Statutes -- -- duly elected representatives of the people congress.

Past we think that.

-- Affordable Care Act is statute that can stand constitutional Muster.

That will likely be in the administration's response tomorrow and should -- what you were talking about the judge has asked the response.

Beat his desk by noon tomorrow that it be three pages.

And single -- I have that -- my stomach.

Like I'm thirteen all over again doesn't matter right you're talking about what age you are it's all market it doesn't feel right no matter when things like six pages I think that's a lot.

I was you know based handwritten are -- partly -- in the I think I think tightly probably stretch -- -- fourteenth exactly.

Twelve verses.

Ten point font there -- the -- -- margin doesn't exactly bring in the printing media network and -- you and I -- both -- in the system thanks for as the.