Is There Really A Question? Intervenor States Have Clear Interest in Defending the Affordable Care Act
By Dania Palanker, Georgetown University Center on Health Insurance Reforms and Edwin Park, Georgetown University Center for Children and Families The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has asked the parties in Texas v. United States to file supplemental briefings on the issue of whether the defendant states attorneys generals and the U.S. House of Representatives have standing to appeal. Standing…