#JudgeJackson just had to explain to @SenTomCotton that when you sue the federal government you have to name an OFFICER of the federal government, not "the government" itself.
This is how Tom Price ended up going from being a plaintiff to a named defendant in THE SAME LAWSUIT.
This is how Tom Price ended up going from being a plaintiff to a named defendant in THE SAME LAWSUIT.
In 2014, Tom Price was a GOP member of the House when then-Speaker Boehner sued the Obama Admin over the ACA.
The case was still pending when Trump appointed Price to be his first HHS Secretary, which means the lawsuit became "House vs. Price"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St…
The case was still pending when Trump appointed Price to be his first HHS Secretary, which means the lawsuit became "House vs. Price"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St…
In fact, the case technically went from being "House v. Burwell" to "House v. Price" "House v. Azar" and may have even been "House v. Wright" for a few days depending on the timing:
acasignups.net/17/10/01/q-who…
acasignups.net/17/10/01/q-who…
For that matter, in 2019 several states SWITCHED FROM BEING PLAINTIFFS TO FILING AMICUS BRIEFS FOR THE DEFENSE in a *different* anti-ACA lawsuit when their Attorneys General flipped from GOP to Dem: acasignups.net/22/03/23/texas…
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