Oklahoma, Alabama, Georgia, et al., Amici Curiae
Patrick R. Wyrick, Counsel of Record
Oklahoma, Alabama, and Georgia are joined in this brief by Nebraska, South Carolina, and West Virginia. Patrick R. Wyrick is the solicitor general for the State of Oklahoma. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 29, 2014. There is nothing unusual about Section 36B of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Congress drafted the ACA like it does most other cooperative federalism legislation — with a variety of incentives offered to States willing to assume the burden of implementing the Federal program. With regard to the ACA, the…