First Amendment
EMW Women’s Surgical Center, P.S.C. v. Beshear
Sixth Circuit Upholds Kentucky Law Requiring Doctors Performing Abortions to First Conduct an Ultrasound and Describe the Image.
Health Care Law
-
-
Civil Rights
Palakovic v. Wetzel
Third Circuit Holds Parents of Mentally Ill Young Man Held in Solitary Confinement Stated Claims of Cruel and Unusual Punishment.
-
Antitrust
FTC v. Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Third Circuit Clarifies Geographic Market Definition and Raises Bar for Efficiencies Defense.
-
Freedom of Religion
Wheaton College v. Burwell
Seventh Circuit Denies Preliminary Injunction to Wheaton College.
-
Statutory Interpretation
Imperfect Statutes, Imperfect Courts: Understanding Congress’s Plan in the Era of Unorthodox Lawmaking
-
Health Care Law
Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit
Internal Revenue Service Interprets ACA to Provide Tax Credits for Individuals Purchasing Insurance on Federally Facilitated Exchanges.
-
Federalism - Sep. of Pwr.
Democracy and Disdain
Sometimes the Justices seem barely able to hide their disdain for the other branches of government. Take the oral argument three Terms ago in Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District No.…
-
Commerce Clause
National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
-
Congressional Power
To Tax, To Spend, To Regulate
Two very different visions of the national government underpin the ongoing battle over the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Obama and supporters of the ACA believe in the power of…
-
Congressional Power
Affordable Convergence: “Reasonable Interpretation” and the Affordable Care Act
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes, for which those powers were…