The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Nov. 8 of an Indiana-based government health care provider’s argument that the family of a Medicaid-eligible nursing home patient was barred by federal law from suing to enforce the man’s legal rights. Some legal commentators say … Continue reading Indiana tells Supreme Court that nursing home patient on Medicaid had no right to sue over mistreatment
A security technology company and an accountant claiming unfair treatment at the hands of federal agencies’ in-house administrative tribunals urged a seemingly receptive Supreme Court on Nov. 7 to make it easier to challenge their structure. The Supreme Court could … Continue reading Supreme Court receptive to pitch to allow court challenges to administrative state powers: Litigants say they should be able to challenge Federal Trade Commission and Securities and Exchange Commission tribunals
Over the dissent of two conservative justices, the Supreme Court refused on Nov. 7 to take up the case of a man who claimed that it was unconstitutional for Arizona to convict him using a jury made up of just eight people … Continue reading Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to 8-person juries in criminal trials: Conservative Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh say they would have heard the Arizona case
The Supreme Court agreed Nov. 4 to hear a dispute about whether an Indian tribe has the right to draw water from the Colorado River. The case pits the Navajo Nation, a large Indian reservation occupying territory in Arizona, New … Continue reading Supreme Court agrees to hear Indian tribe’s bid to access water from the Colorado River: 9th Circuit previously sided with the Navajo Nation, allowing the lawsuit to proceed
New York City firefighters, police officers, and other government employees who were fired after the city refused their request to be exempted on religious grounds from the city’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate filed an emergency application with the Supreme Court late … Continue reading NYC firefighters, police, teachers ask Supreme Court to halt vaccination mandate
A businessman whose initial fine of $50,000 for violating an obscure tax-filing rule ballooned to $2.72 million at the insistence of the IRS urged the Supreme Court on Nov. 2 to reduce the fine. The case came as the Biden … Continue reading Supreme Court hears businessman’s appeal after IRS increases penalty for a paperwork mistake by 5,400%: Pro-abortion rights protesters who condemned reversal of Roe v. Wade disrupt the hearing
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal on Oct. 31, leaving in place a federal appeals court ruling that allowed the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to require the wearing of masks on airplanes, trains, and buses during the COVID-19 … Continue reading Supreme Court leaves TSA mask mandate ruling in place