The Supreme Court recently heard the case of King v. Burwell. The case involves federal subsidies authorized under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.
In this Scholar’s Mate debate, Robert A. Destro of cheap pill cialis professional The Catholic University of America, who authored an amicus brief in the case, explains the plaintiffs’ view that the language of the stromectol acheter law clearly authorizes subsidies only to low-income individuals in those states that set up their own exchanges. Destro says that Congress made a huge oversight and cialis price walgreens must go back and fix it now.
Robert Weiner of Arnold & Porter LLP takes the opposite view. According to Weiner, Congress clearly intended that all qualified individuals be eligible for subsidies, not just those in certain states.
Destro and Weiner presented their arguments and responded to each other. The debate also featured questions from viewers, the guests asking questions directly of each other, and segment called “We Agree!” where each guest names something the other one said that he agrees with. PublicSquare.net’s Stephanie Shabazz moderated.
Robert A. Destro is Professor of Law at The Catholic University of America’s Columbus School of Law. He has been a member of the faculty since 1982 and served as interim dean from 1999 to 2001. From 1983 to 1989 Professor Destro served as a commissioner on the United States Commission on Civil Rights and led the commission’s discussions in the areas of discrimination on the basis of disability, national origin, and religion.
Robert Weiner is a Partner in Arnold & Porter’s Business Litigation practice group. He served as Associate Deputy Attorney General at the United States Department of Justice from 2010 to 2012. At DOJ, he oversaw the defense of the new healthcare law from the buy viagra professional online outset of litigation through the arguments at the Supreme Court. Mr. Weiner clerked for Judge Henry Friendly of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.
Which way should the Court rule? Tune in and see where you come down.
