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Two businesses will not comply with Supreme Court's order on contraception mandate
December 28, 2012 by Julia Zebley
Hobby Lobby, Inc. and Mardel Inc. announced Thursday that they will not comply with Justice Sonia Sotomayor's order that the companies provide employees with coverage for contraceptives under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The two businesses, a craft store and religious.... [more]
Supreme Court Justice denies injunction against contraceptive coverage mandate
December 27, 2012 by Sarah Posner
US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday denied Hobby Lobby, Inc.'s application for injunction which would have prevented enforcement of the provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) mandating that companies provide employees with coverage for contraceptives.... [more]
Senate committee recommended Sotomayor for Supreme Court [this day at law]
July 28, 2012 by Cynthia Miley
On July 28, 2009, the US Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-6 to recommend the confirmation of Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court. All 12 Democrats on the committee and one Republican voted in favor of the recommendation. On May 25, 2009, US President Barack Obama had nominated Sotomayor.... [more]
Supreme Court rules on Chapter 12 bankruptcy tax issue
May 15, 2012 by Julia Zebley
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Monday in Hall v. United States that family farmers filing bankruptcy under Chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code cannot discharge a capital gains tax incurred by a post-petition sale of a farm, as the profit of that sale is not considered part of the estate. The.... [more]
Kagan sworn in as Supreme Court justice [this day at law]
August 7, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On August 7, 2010, Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice of the US Supreme Court. The former US Solicitor General and dean of Harvard Law School replaced Justice John Paul Stevens. Kagan was nominated to the court by President Barack Obama in May 2010 and the US Senate confirmed her.... [more]
Supreme Court says 'cocaine base' has broad definition
June 9, 2011 by Zach Zagger
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in DePierre v. United States that the harsher sentences under a federal anti-drug statute for "cocaine base" applied to more than just "crack cocaine," but to all forms of cocaine in its basic form. All the justices joined in the opinion written by Justice Sonia.... [more]
President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court [this day at law]
May 25, 2011 by Clay Flaherty
On May 25, 2009, US President Barack Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor for the US Supreme Court. Sotomayor was serving as a judge for the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit when she was nominated, and was designated to replace Justice David Souter following his retirement. The confirmation.... [more]
Supreme Court rules no immediate right to appeal disclosure orders
December 8, 2009 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter that disclosure orders adverse to the attorney-client privilege do not qualify for immediate appeal under the collateral order doctrine. The Court affirmed the decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit,.... [more]
Most US federal court judges still white men, but demographics changing: report
August 18, 2009 by Jaclyn Belczyk
As Justice Sonia Sotomayor takes a seat on the US Supreme Court- the first Hispanic and only the third woman to do so- the federal judiciary as a whole continues to be heavily dominated by white males, according to a new report released by the Brookings Institution. As of early August 2009, 70 pe....... [more]
Supreme Court refuses stay of execution in Sotomayor's first vote as associate justice
August 18, 2009 by Jaclyn Belczyk
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the execution of death row inmate Jason Getsy. The Court also declined Getsy's petition for review. This was the first decision for newly sworn in Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who would have stayed the execution, along with Justices John Paul Stevens....... [more]
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