In a speech last November, President Joe Biden condemned the growing “intimidation…against Democrats and Republicans and nonpartisan officials just doing their jobs.” I know those aren’t just words to Biden. I had the privilege of working with and getting to know the when we served together in Congress. I know he’s a good man. It has also always been clear to me that he genuinely treasures the rule of law, political civility, and the separation of powers that make our Democracy work.
That is why I believe Biden would be appalled to learn about a set of facts suggesting that members of his administration have engaged in political retaliation against a sitting federal Texas judge over a policy disagreement. These disturbing facts are detailed in the lawsuit that the State of Texas filed last month against the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) — a federal healthcare agency that operates in the Washington, D.C. metro area.
Source: LAMPSON: Protecting the Texas Medicaid System / Beaumont Enterprise