Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky introduced a constitutional amendment that would forbid Congress from passing laws that don't apply equally to lawmakers, Executive Branch and U.S. Supreme Court.
According to Paul himself, the proposal is aimed at Chief Justice John Roberts over his swing vote last year upholding the constitutionality of the president's health care law."If he likes Obamacare so much, Iโm going to give him an amendment that gives Obamacare to Justice Roberts," he told The Daily Caller last month.The amendment reads as follows.From Paul's office:
It is an issue based largely on a misleading talking point by GOP lawmakers that congressional members and their staffers are exempt for Obamacare.
Under the health care law through an amendment backed by Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, lawmakers and their aides are required to take part in the marketplace exchanges. Supporters of the August personnel decision argue efforts by Paul and others would essentially have stripped those employer contributions and hurt certain aides.
In order to change the U.S. Constitution, Paul's amendment would need to receive a two-thirds vote from the House and Senate and then approval from two-thirds of the state legislatures.
