{"content":[{"text":"September 7, 2018","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.088591,"width":0.14743199999999995,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Dear Senator:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.123768,"width":0.108196,"height":0.020211999999999994}},{"text":"The undersigned national organizations come together in deep concern that the confirmation of \n Judge Brett Kavanaugh as Supreme Court Justice would result in millions of Americans losing \n health care as well as worker, voter, and consumer protections. We represent human service \n providers, faith communities, policy experts, civil rights, labor, and other advocacy \n organizations, united in seeking federal programs and policies to ensure that low-income people \n have the resources and opportunities they need to escape poverty. Based on Judge Kavanaugh’s \n public record available thus far, we see a troubling pattern of repeated rulings against the rights \n and interests of ordinary people. His opinions threaten people across the income spectrum, but \n their consequences will fall especially heavily on the poor and near poor, communities of color, \n immigrants, and people with disabilities. The rule of law in a democracy requires vigilant \n defense of the rights of people without the advantages of wealth and power. Judge Kavanaugh’s \n record is instead on the side of powerful institutions and employers. If he were to attain the \n position of Supreme Court Justice, his record suggests a profoundly negative impact on the lives \n of your constituents. We therefore respectfully urge you to oppose Judge Kavanaugh’s \n nomination.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.158768,"width":0.7579020000000001,"height":0.264189}},{"text":"Backward Steps on Health Care: Judge Kavanaugh’s opinions related to the Affordable Care Act \n (ACA) show tremendous skepticism about the law’s constitutionality. In his dissent in Seven- \n Sky v. Holder, Judge Kavanaugh writes, referring to the individual mandate in the law:","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.440349,"width":0.7601150000000001,"height":0.052608000000000044}},{"text":"“To uphold the Affordable Care Act's mandatory-purchase requirement under the Commerce \n Clause, we would have to uphold a law that is unprecedented on the federal level in American \n history. That fact alone counsels the Judiciary to exercise great caution.”","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.507745,"width":0.737444,"height":0.05410599999999999}},{"text":"He suggests that a President could choose not to enforce the individual mandate if he \n “…concludes that enforcing it would be unconstitutional.” Judge Kavanaugh’s dissents from the \n majority opinions of several courts give us the concern that he would vote against the \n constitutionality of the ACA in lawsuits approaching the Supreme Court. One such suit is Texas \n v. Azar, in which Texas and other plaintiffs claim that the ACA is not constitutional because the \n individual mandate is not being enforced.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.57777,"width":0.7566970000000001,"height":0.10733300000000001}},{"text":"If the ACA were overturned, current coverage requirements for people with pre-existing \n conditions would be wiped out, as would basic minimum standards for most health \n insurance. One-half of non-elderly adults have pre-existing conditions, including 67 million \n women and girls. With no legal requirement that insurance policies include basics like maternity, \n substance use or mental health treatment, large numbers of insured people would lack this \n coverage. A vote to confirm Judge Kavanaugh opens up the enormous risk that millions of \n people will either lose insurance altogether or will lose access to vital benefits.","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.700043,"width":0.761568,"height":0.12479499999999999}},{"text":"The stakes are particularly high for low-income people. People of modest means who rely on \n ACA marketplace insurance, or the minority of low-income people who get insurance through \n work, will be unable to afford insurance with adequate benefits if the ACA is ruled","bbox":{"left":0.117686,"top":0.839626,"width":0.7397490000000001,"height":0.055055999999999994}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}