New York requires all health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and includes no religious exemption. Over the objections of Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch and without a written opinion, in We the Patriots USA v. Hochul, the Supreme Court allowed New York’s vaccine mandate to remain in effect while litigation over it continues in the lower federal courts.
Continue readingSupreme Court Allows Abortion Providers to Sue Licensing Officials in Texas Abortion Case
In Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson all the Supreme Court Justices except Thomas agree that abortion providers may sue executive licensing officials because they have some enforcement authority under Texas’s abortion law.
Continue readingSupreme Court Contemplates Overturning Roe v. Wade in Oral Argument
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Mississippi has asked the Supreme Court to overturn Roe and Casey.
Continue readingSCOTUS to Decide State Legislature Lawsuit Intervention Case
In Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the North Carolina legislature has a right to intervene in a lawsuit to defend North Carolina’s voted ID law when the North Carolina Attorney General is already defending the law.
Continue readingSLLC Files Supreme Court Brief in Medicaid Cost-Recovery Case
In Gallardo v. Marstiller the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the federal Medicaid Act allows a state Medicaid program to recover reimbursement for Medicaid’s payment of a beneficiary’s past medical expenses by taking funds from the beneficiary’s tort recovery that compensate for future medical expenses.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide Medicare Dialysis Case
In this case the Court will decide whether private health insurance plans may treat dialysis coverage less favorably than other plan benefits.
Continue readingSupreme Court to Decide if States May Defend Federal Rules the United States Won’t Defend
In Arizona v. San Francisco City and County of California the Supreme Court will decide whether states with interests should be permitted to intervene to defend a rule when the United States ceases to defend the rule.
Continue readingSupreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Gun Case
In New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen the Supreme Court will decide whether states and local governments may prevent persons from obtaining a concealed-carry license for self-defense if they lack “proper cause.”
Continue readingSCOTUS to Hear Major Climate Change Case
In West Virginia v. EPA the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had the authority to issue the Clean Power Plan (CPP) Rule.
Continue readingSupreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Texas Abortion Cases
On November 1st the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument in two cases challenging Texas’s abortion law.
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