Showing posts with label texualism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label texualism. Show all posts

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Some Subtle Textual Arguments in King v. Burwell Addressed to Justice Scalia

In  a previous post I set forth the three statutory provisions that are under consideration in King v. Burwell and described the powerful constitutional arguments that were asserted by the federal government in support of the proposition that federal subsidies for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act are available to citizens in every state. These constitutional arguments were addressed to Justice Kennedy (who is committed to Federalism) and Chief Justice Roberts (who follows a pragmatic approach to legal interpretation). In this post I cover the more subtle textual arguments that were addressed to Justice Scalia.