Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer Chuck SchumerCruz blocks amended resolution honoring Ginsburg over language about her dying wish Senate Democrats introduce legislation to probe politicization of pandemic response Schumer interrupted during live briefing by heckler: 'Stop lying to the people' MORE (D-N.Y.) on Sunday pledged that Democrats in the Senate will fight "tooth and nail" against a Texas judge's ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional.

"It's an awful, awful ruling. We're going to fight this, tooth and nail. And the first thing we're going to do, when we get back there in the Senate, is urge — put a vote on the floor urging an intervention in the case," Schumer said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

EXCLUSIVE: @SenSchumer calls the recent ruling on the Affordable Care Act an "awful, awful decision" and urges Congressional intervention. #MTP pic.twitter.com/GDVGG22f7y — Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) December 16, 2018

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U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor ruled on Friday that the health-care law is unconstitutional because of the law's individual mandate, but lawmakers and legal experts from both parties have said they expect the ruling will be overturned.

Schumer said Sunday that he expects the ruling will be overturned and said the ruling "puts a lot of our Republicans in a box."

"On the one hand, they said they want to preserve pre-existing conditions and preserve health care. On the other hand, Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE and a large number of Republicans brought this court suit," he said.

"So there are going to be a good number of Republicans who are going to really have to make a decision whether to join us in this intervention or face very severe consequences," Schumer added.