Maryland, California, Connecticut, Delaware, et al., Amici Curiae
William F. Brockman, Counsel of Record
Maryland, California, Connecticut, and Delaware are joined in this brief by seven other States, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. William F. Brockman is the acting solicitor general for the State of Maryland. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 13, 2012. Rather than embrace the essential genius of the constitutional design and its allocation of regulatory authority between the States and the national government, the Respondents seek to justify their attack on the minimum-coverage provision with a novel misconception of the commerce…
