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The New York Times, April 22, 2025
Plus, the Oscars OK the use of A.I. (with caveats).
Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care
The New York Times, April 22, 2025
The justices heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a task force that decides what treatments are covered at no cost.
Court appears to back legality of HHS preventative care task force
SCOTUSblog, April 22, 2025
The Supreme Court on Monday appeared to side with the federal government in a dispute over the constitutionality of the structure of a task force within the Department of Health and Human Services. The case came to court as a dispute over a 2019 decision... The post Court appears to back legality of HHS preventative care task force appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Federal Judicial Center Director Announcement
Supreme Court of the United States, April 10, 2025
A Split on the Right Over Whether Teenagers Can Have Guns
The New York Times, April 8, 2025
Conservative judges have come to opposite conclusions on what the Second Amendment has to say about limiting the gun rights of those under 21.
Is House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Proposal to Eliminate Federal Judgeships Constitutional?
Justia's Verdict, April 2, 2025
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf examines recent calls by President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, and their allies in Congress to remove or sideline federal judges who have blocked Trump administration policies, either through impeachment or by eliminating the courts themselves. Professor Dorf argues that such tactics are constitutionally dubious and dangerously undermine judicial independence, warning that the real threat to the republic comes not from the judges, but from efforts to evade legal checks on presidential power.
