U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin said he was “pleased” Monday that the nation’s highest court had decided to “promptly resolve conflicting lower court decisions” regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
A lawsuit hoping to repeal landmark health care reforms will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court, and a decision will likely be handed down in advance of the 2012 general election.
GOP presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum went after the judicial branch during a policy speech Friday morning in Iowa, advocating for abolishing the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and amending the Constitution to overturn Roe v. Wade and ban same-sex marriage.
Immigration and human rights experts say that no other developed country has passed an immigration law as stringent as Alabama’s.
Catholic Answers, a sort of information and advocacy group run by non-clergy members, last week asked the US Supreme Court to examine the way the Internal Revenue Service determines whether or not a nonprofit group has engaged in improper political activity.
Former U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman will head a new Super PAC called the Congressional Leadership Fund that will be able to avoid all disclosure requirements and accept unlimited donations.
Despite pressure from national tax executives, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an Iowa-based case involving fried chicken giant KFC, which means the company will be liable for a quarter of million in back corporate income taxes on franchised restaurants in the state.
The case, KFC Corporation v. More…
U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison and 19 House colleagues Thursday asked the Judicial Conference to refer U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Department of Justice for failure to fully disclose his finances as required by law.
Republican officials from twenty-six states and a small business advocacy group asked the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to strike down the entire 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
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