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Federal appeals court temporarily blocks enforcement of birth control mandate
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Friday temporarily blocked the enforcement of the birth control mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder]. The companies are challengi (More) |
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Poor, Uninsured and Ignored: Potential Beneficiaries of the Alleged 'Economic Dragooning'
JURIST Guest Columnist Srishti Miglani, St. Louis University School of Law Class of 2015, discusses the impact of Medicare Expansion...The uninsured cried and the states rejoiced as the "gun to the head" was removed by the US Supreme Court when it he (More) |
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Puzzling Corporations: The Affordable Care Act and Contraception Mandate
JURIST Guest Columnist Ruthann Robson of the CUNY School of Law argues that allowing seemingly sectarian corporations to use religious beliefs as grounds for denying employees benefits mandated under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cou (More) |
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Michigan pro-life group challenges health care contraception provision
Right to Life of Michigan filed a federal lawsuit in the US District Court in the Western District of Michigan on Monday over provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] that require insurance (More) |
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PPACA contraceptive mandate unconstitutional: DC Circuit
A divided three-judge panel for the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Friday that the contraceptive mandate imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] violates the Fir (More) |
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Health care law faces new challenge
The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin challenging the constitutionality of revisions to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Ac (More) |
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Alabama files new lawsuit over US health care law
Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange [official website; press release] and Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) [media website; press release], a Roman Catholic broadcasting network, filed a suit on Monday in federal court to challenge the cons (More) |
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Federal appeals court upholds health care law contraception mandate
The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit on Thursday rejected claims by Eden Foods, Inc. that it should be exempt on religious grounds from the contraception mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [official websit (More) |
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Federal judge allows health care law challenge to proceed
A federal judge on Tuesday declined to issue a preliminary injunction against the insurance subsidies provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder]. Judge Paul Friedman for the US District Court for (More) |
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Hobby Lobby urges Supreme Court to review case against contraception mandate
Hobby Lobby on Monday filed a brief in the US Supreme Court , urging the court to review its case regarding the constitutionality of the birth-control mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder]. T (More) |
Reign of Terror begins in French Revolution
On April 6, 1793, the Committee of Public Safety takes power as the executive agency of France during the French Revolution, starting the Reign of Terror. During this period, the Committee sought to eliminate "enemies of the Revolution" by summary trials of noblemen, clergy, merchants, and peasants alike. The Reign of Terror ended with the overthrow the Committee's last and most prominent member, Maximilien Robespierre. By this time, 20,000 to 40,000 Frenchman and women had been executed by guillotine.
Learn more about the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
