AARP, Amicus Curiae
Thomas C. Goldstein, Counsel of Record
AARP, formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing the needs and interests of people age 50 and older. Thomas C. Goldstein is a partner with the law firm Goldstein & Russell, where he specializes in Supreme Court litigation. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 22, 2011. The Affordable Care Act’s minimum coverage provision is a proper subject of political debate and disagreement. But the Constitution does not render the measure beyond the power of the people’s representatives to enact….
