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Advocacy group, lawmakers urge Supreme Court to hear health care challenge
The American Center for Legal Justice (ACLJ) and 105 members of Congress filed an amicus brief with the US Supreme Court Thursday urging the court to take up a Florida case challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 35 (More) |
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Chamber of Commerce urges Supreme Court to resolve health care controversy
The US Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief on Tuesday asking the Supreme Court to agree to resolve the deepening legal conflict over the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder] (More) |
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Federal judge denies FOIA request for Kagan involvement in health care reform
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Friday rejected a request by Judicial Watch and the Media Research Center (MRC) for documents pertaining to Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan's involvement with the Patient Protec (More) |
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Liberty University asks Supreme Court to review health care law
Liberty University on Friday petitioned the US Supreme Court to review its case against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; JURIST backgrounder]. The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit last month ruled (More) |
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Virginia appeals health care dismissal to Supreme Court
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli on Friday filed a petition for certiorari asking the US Supreme Court to review the recent Fourth Circuit ruling dismissing Virginia's challenge of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [ (More) |
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Both sides appeal to Supreme Court on health care law
Both the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and a group of 26 states filed petitions with the US Supreme Court Wednesday seeking a ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; JURIST backgrou (More) |
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Health Care in the Eleventh Circuit: A Doomed Concept of Federalism
JURIST Guest Columnist Steven D. Schwinn of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago says that the Eleventh Circuit ignored the text, history and jurisprudence of the Constitution in its recent health care ruling, which will likely not be adopted by t (More) |
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Federal judge rules mandatory health insurance provision unconstitutional
A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that a provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; JURIST backgrounder] requiring individuals to purchase health insuran (More) |
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Fourth Circuit rejects Virginia health care law challenge
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Thursday dismissed two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 text; JURIST backgrounder]. In Virginia v. Sebelius , the cou (More) |
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Federal judge allows Mississippi health care reform challenge to proceed
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ruled this week that a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care reform law will be allowed to proceed. The lawsuit was filed by citizens of Mississippi, (More) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
