“After very careful and thorough consideration, the Office of the Attorney General will not seek review before the Supreme Court on the Fair Share Health Care Act.

“The reason we are not seeking review is not because we think the law is unconstitutional. It is clearly constitutional and two courts have so held. What the courts found was that the law was preempted by a very broad federal law called ERISA. We believe that seeking further review would not be successful.

“Our decision today will make the issue of access to health care for more Marylanders one of the dominant issues during next year’s legislative session.”