FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
June 28, 2012
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Suzanne Webb (334) 242-7351
Jeff Sommer (334) 353-2199
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STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL LUTHER STRANGE
Regarding U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Federal Health Care Law
(MONTGOMERY) – While I respect the Court’s decision, I strongly disagree
with its ruling today. The individual mandate was sold to the American people as a
penalty when it was proposed, but is now ruled constitutional as a tax, the very thing
the Obama Administration and Congress insisted it was not. Now it is up to a new
congress and new president to repeal the act.
Make no mistake, the consequences of today’s decision are dire. The law forces
the states, private employers and individuals to be used as instruments in carrying out
the federal government’s increasingly burdensome policies, including forcing religious
based employers, even self-insured ones, to start providing coverage for sterilization
and contraception in 2013, without regard to their religious beliefs or conscientious
objections.
I, along with other conservative state attorneys general, will continue to stand on
the front lines of protecting liberty and pushing back against an ever-encroaching
federal government.
Reminder: AG WILL MEET WITH REPORTERS AT 2 P.M. TODAY
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange will be available to meet
with reporters who have questions about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the federal
health care law at 2 p.m. today, Thursday, June 28, in the Attorney General’s Office, 501
Washington Avenue, in Montgomery. Rosemary Elebash, director of the National
Federation of Independent Business in Alabama, will join the Attorney General in this
meeting with the press. Please note that public access is available only through the main
entrance on Washington Avenue. You will enter into the reception area and be directed
from there.
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501 Washington Avenue Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 242-7300
www.ago.alabama.gov
