Virginia AG to ask Supreme Court for immediate review of health care ruling
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II announced Thursday that he will file a petition for certiorari before judgment with the US Supreme Court , asking the court to hear an...
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt sent a letter on Wednesday to Florida Attorney General Pamela Bondi requesting that Florida add Kansas as an additional party plaintiff to its lawsuit ...
Republican senators file brief supporting health care reform challenge
Thirty-three Republican senators filed an amicus curiae brief on Thursday supporting state attorneys general in their legal effort to have the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590 materials; JURIST news...
DHHS limits abortion funding for new high-risk insurance pools
The US Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced that insurance plans being offered as part of a new federally-funded program providing insurance to persons denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions will only...
Virginia AG responds to motion to dismiss health care lawsuit
Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli on Monday filed a response to the federal government's motion to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of recently passed health care ...
JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that although challenges to the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are valuable for inspiring dialogue within and outside the legal community, they...
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that five additional states will join in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act . The...
Obama signs health care amendments, student loan reform into law
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed into law the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act , which represents a group of amendments to the recently approved health care legislation and...
US Senate passes health care reconciliation bill, sends to House for final vote
The US Senate voted 56 to 43 to pass a modified version of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 Thursday, after certain language in the original bill was altered...
Obama signs executive order limiting federal abortion funding
US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Wednesday continuing a prohibition on the use of federal funds for abortion except in cases of rape or incest or where a woman's life would be endangered....
