Before the Court in King v. Burwell
The Justices Weigh in on Health Care Insurance Subsidies
At 10:09 a.m. on March 4, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for case number 14–114, David King, et al. v. Sylvia Burwell, et al. At 11:34 a.m., arguments concluded and the case was submitted for judgment. Following are excerpts from the arguments of Michel A. Carvin, representing King, et al., and Donald B. Verrilli, U.S. solicitor general. Questions are presented from the nine Supreme Court justices. Argument on Behalf of David King, et al. JUSTICE KAGAN: Can I offer you a sort of simple daily-life kind of example which I think is linguistically equivalent to what the…