Attorney General nominee William Barr in his Tuesday (Jan. 15) confirmation hearing told Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) that he is open to reconsidering the Department of Justice’s decision to not fully defend the Affordable Care Act against a constitutional challenge from 20 GOP-led states. Barr, in comments that came one day after a judge in Pennsylvania blocked implementation of Trump administration rules on contraceptive coverage, also expressed concern that United States district judges have increasingly used nationwide injunctions to stop...