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What’s on Deck: Health Care Challenges Likely Headed Back to Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is almost certain to take up the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) again this term. The only question is which case the Court will decide to hear. There are more than 60 lawsuits challenging the law’s so-call...
What’s On Deck: Will the Supreme Court Reign in Recess Appointment Power?
While the National Labor Relations Board now has its full compliment of five Senate-confirmed members for the first time since 2003, the controversy surrounding the agency is far from over. This term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in Nat...
What’s on Deck: Campaign Finance Restrictions Again Take Center Stage
When the new term kicks off next moth, the U.S. Supreme Court will revisit some of its most controversial issues, including campaign finance reform. The case, McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, involves a constitutional challenge to aggregate...
What’s on Deck? Court to Consider Buffers at Abortion Clinics
While the U.S. Supreme Court is not expected to squarely address the issue of abortion during its upcoming term, it will reconsider the legality of buffer zones around abortion clinics. The case, McCullen v. Coakley, involves a First Amendment challe...
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SCOTUS Sidestepped Challenge to Pledge of Allegiance in Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 20, 2019
In Elk Grove Unified School District v Newdow, 542 U.S. ____ (2004), the U.S. Supreme Court sideste...
Court Upholds Warrantless Blood Test in Mitchell v Wisconsin
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 15, 2019
In Mitchell v Wisconsin, 588 U. S. ____ (2019), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the exigent-circum...
Lloyd Corp v Tanner – No First Amendment Right to Protest at Privately-Owned Mall
by DONALD SCARINCI on August 13, 2019
In Lloyd Corp v Tanner, 407 U.S. 551 (1972), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the owners of a shopp...
