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Crafting an Exception to the Mensing Ruling
JURIST Guest Columnist, Daniel Perrone, St. John's University School of Law Class of 2013, discusses the implications of the US Supreme Court decision insulating generic drug manufacturers from liability against failure to warn claims... (More) |
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Fisher and Shelby County: A Colorblind Court in a Non-Colorblind World
JURIST Guest Columnist Eric Segall of Georgia State University says that, although several of the justices on the US Supreme Court interpret the US Constitution to require the government to essentially ignore race, such a requirement would significan (More) |
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New York high court rules state can collect sales tax from out-of-state companies
The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday that New York may impose a sales tax on out-of-state retailers that do business within the state. At issue in the case was a 2008 state tax law known as the Internet Tax , which places a sales tax on (More) |
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Philippines Supreme Court temporarily blocks state funding for contraceptives
The Supreme Court of the Philippines on Tuesday temporarily blocked implementation of a law that provides for state funding of contraceptives. The legislation , which was signed into law last year following approval by the Philippines legislature, (More) |
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Federal judge blocks Missouri birth control law
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Missouri health insurance law that required insurers to issue policies without contraception coverage if individuals or employers objected for religious or moral reasons. Judge Audrey Fleissig for the US Di (More) |
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US legislators join Hobby Lobby in challenge to contraception mandate
A group of nine senators and two representatives joined to file an amicus brief Tuesday in support of Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Mardel Inc. in their ongoing court battle against being compelled to provide employees with coverage for contraceptives und (More) |
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Obama administration allows religious nonprofits to opt out of birth control coverage
The Obama administration issued a new rule on Friday detailing a broader exemption to the contraception mandate, allowing for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance coverage for birth control to opt out of the requirement. (More) |
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Contraceptives and the ACA: Going Over the Mandate Cliff
JURIST Guest Columnist Ilya Shapiro, a senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, says that the ACA's contraception mandate unduly infringes on the First Amendment... (More) |
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Haiti housing crisis worsening after 2010 earthquake: AI
Amnesty International (AI) on Friday expressed serious concern regarding the inefficacy of the allocation of state and donor resources used for the reconstruction of Haiti after a massive January 2010 earthquake [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news arch (More) |
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Federal court blocks contraception mandate for construction company over religious objections
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday temporarily enjoined the enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] contraceptives coverage mandate for an Illinois construction company. The c (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.
