Honorable Xavier Becerra (CA-D), James E. Clyburn (SC-D), John Conyers, Jr. (MI-D), et al., Amici Curiae
Elizabeth B. Wydra, Counsel of Record
Representatives Xavier Becerra, James E. Clyburn, and John Conyers, Jr., are joined in this brief by 14 other current and former Members of Congress and 132 former and current State legislators. Elizabeth B. Wydra is chief counsel at the Constitutional Accountability Center. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on January 28, 2015. Amici know from personal experience that the Affordable Care Act’s core purpose is to achieve universal health care coverage, that exchanges are critical to achieving that goal, and that the provision of tax credits is indispensable…