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November 16, 2020

Orthodox Jewish groups ask Supreme Court to lift NY Gov. Cuomo's COVID-19 restrictions

Filing says Cuomo’s restrictions “have eliminated the ability of many Jews to worship on important religious holy days."

November 13, 2020

Progressives furious over Supreme Court Justice Alito comments

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has come under fire from congressional Democrats after he gave an unusually charged address Thursday evening, hitting conservative talking points he believes have become unpalatable in the political climate.  

November 13, 2020

Gov. Cuomo slammed as 'Big Apple's biggest bigot' for coronavirus restrictions on houses of worship

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is discriminating against houses of worship with coronavirus restrictions, Montse Alvarado, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty executive director, told "Fox & Friends" Friday.

November 13, 2020

Justice Alito warns of dangers to free speech, religious liberty in Federalist Society address

Religious liberty and free speech are among Americans' personal freedoms potentially imperiled along with government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito warned Thursday.

November 12, 2020

Roman Catholic diocese seeks Supreme Court emergency relief over Cuomo coronavirus restrictions

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn is turning to the Supreme Court over coronavirus restrictions that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed that include limits on how many congregants can gather for religious services.

November 12, 2020

Ex-HHS Secretary Price & Ortiz: ObamaCare court challenge no threat to preexisting conditions coverage

People with preexisting medical conditions are not threatened by the Trump administration's legal challenge to ObamaCare.

November 10, 2020

Experts, top Democrats say ACA likely to stand while Republicans slam individual mandate after SCOTUS hearing

Top Democrats and legal experts on Tuesday were optimistic that the Supreme Court will uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the most recent challenge against the law while Republicans continued to slam the individual mandate in the act as "plainly unlawful" and more broadly slammed the health care law as a "one-size-fits-all approach."

November 10, 2020

At arguments, justices suspicious of GOP challenge to ObamaCare after Dems warned Barrett could overturn law

Several Supreme Court justices, including conservative Trump appointees, appeared suspicious Tuesday of arguments by the Trump administration and red states that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be overturned after Congress in 2017 removed the financial penalty associated with the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. 

November 10, 2020

Barrett in spotlight as Supreme Court takes on ObamaCare challenge

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, exactly two weeks into her new job, will on Tuesday hear the Affordable Care Act (ACA) case that Democrats hammered her over throughout her confirmation hearings and has the potential to overturn the law that is former President Obama's signature legislative achievement.

November 10, 2020

ObamaCare faces another Supreme Court test with bolstered conservative majority

For the third time since its inception a decade ago, the Affordable Care Act is headed to the Supreme Court, facing the most conservative panel of justices who have sat on the bench in years.