Such a condition was permissible, in the Court's view, because the government should be allowed to make a value judgment favoring childbirth over abortion and to implement that judgment through the allocation of public funds. Again, similar reasoning could be used to justify a government's ...
Supreme Court on February 24, 1993. It found that insofar as the only reason the board rejected the organization’s request was solely that the group was of a religious nature, denying it access for that reason was a violation of the “viewpoint neutrality” standard. The Supreme Court was...
Recently, the new Washington Post publisher and CEO William Lewis was brought into the paper to stop a collapsing readership and revenue. He told the staff,“Let’s not sugarcoat it…We are losing large amounts of money. Your audience has halved in recent years. People are not reading your...
On June 27, 2024, the Court handed down a long-awaited ruling regarding the validity of such releases in the chapter 11 plan of pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, Inc. and its affiliated debtors (collectively, "Purdue"). InHarrington, United States Trustee, Region 2 v. Purdue Pharma L.P...
“In doing so, the majority shuts the door on other potential means of federal enforcement. We cannot join an opinion that decides momentous and difficult issues unnecessarily, and we therefore concur only in the judgment,” they wrote.
The National Taxpayers Union Foundation (NTUF) welcomed the Supreme Court's decision, citing its potential impact on the Internal Revenue Service. "Today's decision will level the playing field for taxpayers and government agencies," declared Joe Bishop-Henchman, executive vice president of the NTUF...
The Supreme Court noted that the state’s interest in not establishing religion and maintaining government neutrality on religion doesn’t justify cutting out parents who want to exercise their religious beliefs by sending their children to schools that provide religious instruction. Maine chose to oper...
992. Appellant urges, in the alternative, that we either vacate the judgment below because there is not presently a case or controversy between the parties, or that we reverse on the merits. I The District Court in its opinion found that "a Caucasian member in good standing brought plaintiff...