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Two businesses will not comply with Supreme Court's order on contraception mandate
Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Mardel Inc. announced Thursday that they will not comply with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's order that the companies provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (More) |
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Supreme Court Justice denies injunction against contraceptive coverage mandate
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied Hobby Lobby, Inc.'s application for injunction which would have prevented enforcement of the provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST background (More) |
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Federal judge blocks Missouri birth control coverage law
A judge for the US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Friday blocked a Missouri law which prohibits mandatory insurance coverage of birth control for any employers with ethical or religious objections, finding that the state law (More) |
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Federal court urged to dismiss Oklahoma challenge to health care law
Attorneys for the federal government on Monday filed a motion with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma to dismiss a complaint challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder]. Ok (More) |
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Supreme Court orders rehearing in health care case
The US Supreme Court on Monday remanded Liberty University v. Geithner [docket; JURIST report] to the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit . The court ordered the lower court to re-consider the case in light of National Federation of Indepen (More) |
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Sebelius and the Spending Power
JURIST Guest Columnist Akil Alleyne, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Class of 2013, is the president of the Federalist Society at Cardozo Law. Here, he discusses the federal government's ability to induce states' compliance with regulations with fi (More) |
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UN declares contraception universal human right
The UN Population Fund (UNPF) annual report released Wednesday highlights family planning as an essential human right that has positive effects on economic development. The "State of World Population 2012" report details the reasoning for consider (More) |
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Montana, Alabama, Wyoming pass ballot measures to limit health care act
Ballot proposals to exempt residents from portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST news archive] were approved Tuesday in Montana , Alabama [Amendment 6, PDF; results] and Wyoming [Amendment A, PDF; results]. (More) |
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DOJ: Christian university may reopen health care law challenge
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday told the US Supreme Court that it does not object to reopening a Christian university's challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] in the US Court (More) |
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The Supreme Court Should Be a Key Election Issue
JURIST Guest Columnist William G. Ross of the Samford University's Cumberland School of Law says that the likelihood of vacancies on the Supreme Court during the next four years should make the Court an important issue in the election, even though it (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.
