Props to Verrilli

In Scorned after oral arguments on healthcare, Verrilli emerges a winner, David G. Savage of the L.A. Times congratulates Solicitor General Donald Verrilli on his litigation strategy in the health care case - specifically, for making a strong case that the law was a constitutional exercise of Congress' power to tax under the General Welfare Clause. I agree with Savage and extend my gratitude to the S.G. for his efforts defending this landmark legislation. Although quoted in an earlier post, On Liberty: Kennedy and Verrilli in Oral Argument over Health Care (March 29, 2012), Verrilli's eloquent closing remarks to the Court bear repeating:

Health Care Briefs: Reply Brief of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli on Anti-Injunction Act

Over the next couple of months I will be reviewing the briefs filed in the health care case pending before the Supreme Court of the United States.  Today's entry concerns a reply brief filed by Solicitor General Donald Verrilli regarding a jurisdictional issue arising under the federal Anti-Injunction Act.