The US Senate on Wednesday voted 51-48 along party lines to approve a slightly modified version of the conference committee version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . The bill underwent minor changes between...
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The US House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 227-203 to approve the conference committee version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act . The vote split largely along party lines, with 12 Republicans...
Washington state files suit over new birth control regulations
The State of Washington filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday over the decision to let employers deny insurance coverage for contraception on religious and moral grounds. Attorney General Bob Ferguson [official...
Impact of the New Abortion Act Passed by the US House of Representatives
JURIST Guest Columnist, Yvonne Lindgren, of Indiana Tech law School discusses the implications of the "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2017" and how it will affect poor women and women of color...On January...
JURIST Guest Columnist James G. Hodge, Jr. of The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, discusses forthcoming "repeal and replace" strategies regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and how replacements for its provisions must focus on assuring...
US Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) on Monday introduced the 2017 Patient Freedom Act as their proposed health care bill amidst the Republican movement to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act...
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell warned on Monday that a move to repeal the Affordable Care Act without simultaneously implementing a replacement plan would create a dangerous situation in American healthcare....
The US House of Representatives submitted a motion on Monday to request the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit delay any further action on the appeal of the district court...
Why the Supreme Court is not a Key Issue in the Presidential Election—and Why it Should Be
JURIST Contributing Editor William G. Ross of the Cumberland School of Law discusses the implications that the choice to vote for either presidential candidate in this upcoming election will have in the Supreme Court... Since this year's presidential election is...
Several state and religiously affiliated organizations filed suit in federal court Tuesday regarding the Affordable Care Act's rule banning discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity. The plaintiffs include the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the...
