One side in the debate over the latest Obamacare lawsuit claims that the word “state” includes the federal government and that a reference to Section 1311 of the law should be read to include Section 1321. And get this: that’s the side sputtering about opponents’ “absurd,” “preposterous” and “dishonest” arguments.

The King v. Burwell case is odd, and the jurisprudence around it is complex. The Obama administration needs to defend the IRS’s decision to extend tax credits to insurance plans bought on the federal exchange, although the law as written provides for tax credits only for plans purchased through “through an Exchange established by the State under 1311” of Obamacare.