On Monday, Washington lawyer Lisa S. Blatt will pull out her favorite suit, put on her lucky, understated jewelry and stride to the lectern to address the justices of the United States Supreme Court.In her dining room. On the telephone.“I’m going to replicate the process as much as possible,” said Blatt, although the only people…
A bicyclist passes the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, April 16, 2020.Al Drago | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the government has to pay a $12 billion debt owed to insurance companies that participated in a program that existed in the first years of the Affordable…
In an 8-to-1 decision, the court said the government must shield insurers from losses under the Affordable Care Act.The Supreme Court ruled in favor of protection for insurers.Credit...Anna Moneymaker/The New York TimesApril 27, 2020Updated 3:29 p.m. ETWASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the federal government must live up to its promise to shield…
On Monday, the Supreme Court voted 8-1 to reject a Republican effort to sabotage parts of the Affordable Care Act. The upshot of this decision is that health insurers will receive payments owed to them under Obamacare’s “risk corridor” program. Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s majority opinion in Maine Community Health Options v. United States, relies on…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…