By: Carson Aft There is no second place. The threshold between first and last can be infinitesimal, but the consequences are always substantial. On the morning of June 28th, 2012, time stood still. For one of the first times in the 21st century, all eyes were on the Supreme Court, the greatest arbitrator in all the land. This was not [...]
By: Darrian Stacy Since its founding, the United States has upheld a tradition of tax exemption for religious institutions. Existing unofficially in the United States for generations, the privilege became law with the 1894 tax code legislation. Since then, the Supreme Court has repeatedly reaffirmed the right of religious groups not to be taxed, most notably with its the decision [...]
By: Taryn Winston Talk about kicking things off with a bang! On Wednesday, October 10, 2012– just under two weeks after the start of the new term–the Supreme buying viagra Court of the United States heard oral arguments for Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin. The plaintiff, a white female named Abigail Fisher, filed suit against the defendant, the [...]
Just this Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, a challenge to the constitutionality of Obama’s signature legislative achievement, a momentous reform of the American health care system in the form of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA, better known as “Obamacare”, accomplishes this reform in large part [...]
Just this Thursday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, a challenge to the constitutionality of Obama’s signature legislative achievement, a momentous reform of the American health care system in the form of the Affordable Care Act. The ACA, better known as “Obamacare”, accomplishes this reform in large part [...]
By Cody Knapp On February 7, 2012, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling in Perry v. Brown (formerly Perry v. Schwarzenegger). The Ninth Circuit panel concurred with Walker, holding that California’s Proposition 8, a 2008 ballot initiative and constitutional amendment that revoked the right of gay [...]
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