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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Affordable Care Act
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear another challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . The court rejected an appeal by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Alliance for Natural Health US (More) |
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Supreme Court to hear Arizona religious rights case
The US Supreme Court on Monday will hear a new religious rights case about whether an Arizona town violated a church's rights by requiring it to remove signs regarding its worship services. In the appeal by the Good News Community Church of Gilbe (More) |
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Amnesty: Thousands remain homeless in Haiti five years after earthquake
Tens of thousands of people who lost everything in the devastating 2010 earthquake in Haiti are still homeless as a result of government policy failures, forced evictions and failed short-term relief solutions, Amnesty International (AI) reported [ (More) |
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Obama threatens to veto proposed health care changes
A White House spokesperson said Wednesday that US President Barack Obama would veto proposed legislation that would reinstate the 40-hour work week requirement for employer health care coverage. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (More) |
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US House sues Obama administration over unilateral actions on health care law
The US House of Representatives filed a lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Treasury on Friday for the departments' alleged abuse of their executive powers through conduct promoting the Patient Prote (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds exception requirements to contraception mandate
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday ruled that religious non-profit groups' rights were not violated when required to certify that they are opting out of the contraception mandate , a provision of the Patient Pro (More) |
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Supreme Court to rule on subsidies for health care exchanges
The US Supreme Court on Friday granted certiorari in King v. Burwell [docket; cert. petition, PDF] to rule on health care subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Section 36B of the Internal Revenue Code authorizes fe (More) |
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Federal judge blocks contraception mandate enforcement for Catholic college
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida on Tuesday issued a temporary ruling blocking the enforcement of the contraception mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act against a Florida Roman Catholic col (More) |
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Executive Orders and the Supreme Court
Executive orders, like other rules issued by the federal government, are subject to judicial review. A significant example of the Supreme Court striking down a president's executive order came about in 1952. In Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, (More) |
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Federal judge rules against health care tax subsidies
A U.S. District judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma on Tuesday struck down federal tax subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) . Judge Ronald White found that the Internal Revenue Ser (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
