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After the Health Care Ruling: Medicaid, But Not Medicaid
JURIST Guest Columnist Nicole Huberfeld of the University of Kentucky College of Law says that the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Medicaid expansion provision of the ACA relied on a strange reading of the law, where the Medi (More) |
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Advocacy group asks federal judge to block controversial employer insurance mandate
The Thomas More Law Center on Wednesday filed a motion [text, PDF; press release] in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan asking the court to block a controversial employer insurance mandate, issued by the US Department of He (More) |
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Exit Rights: Roberts' Conception of America in the ACA Decision
JURIST Guest Columnist Robin West of the Georgetown University Law Center says that Chief Justice Roberts's conviction that the individual mandate is not authorized by the Commerce Clause is evidence of a new, anti-collectivist conception of individu (More) |
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Supreme Court Exceeded Authority Rewriting the ACA
JURIST Guest Columnist Edward White of the American Center for Law and Justice says that in upholding the ACA under the government's taxing power, the Supreme Court effectively rewrote the law and unduly exceeded its authority... (More) |
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The ACA Decision: A Rights Gap in Constitutional Discourse
JURIST Guest Columnist Stephen Simon of the University of Richmond argues that the Supreme Court's health care decision reflects a rights gap in current US constitutional discourse, where certain claims against federal action have the character of ri (More) |
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Federal judge dismisses challenge to health care contraception provision
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Nebraska on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven state attorneys general challenging new health care mandates in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] that require con (More) |
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Unexpected Twists in the Affordable Care Act Decision
JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Affordable Care Act will have lasting effects not only for the nation's health care system, but also for t (More) |
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State AGs to continue with health care contraception challenge
Nebraska Attorney General Jon Bruning , joined by attorneys general from six other states will continue their lawsuit challenging new health care mandates in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] that re (More) |
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The Race for the First Report in Legal Journalism
JURIST Guest Columnist Toni Locy of Washington & Lee University says that the erroneous news reports about the Supreme Court's decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act were the result of a desire for speed over quality in jour (More) |
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Mixed reactions to Supreme Court health care ruling
After the US Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] on Thursday, reactions from lawmakers and parties of interest inundated press coverage. US President Barack Obama , who has made th (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.
