Legal News
Divided court sides with government, cutting Medicare payments to safety-net hospitals
On Friday, in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, the Supreme Court had yet another chance to topple the Chevron doctrine, a stalwart of administrative law under which courts generally defer to federal agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes. App
By IG
Jun 28, 2022
Tantamount to nothing: Miranda “rights” can(not) be wronged
On Thursday, the Supreme Court released its opinion in Vega v. Tekoh, in which a 6-3 court held that a violation of Miranda v. Arizona does not provide a basis for civil damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The majority’s decision both hobbles Miranda’s enforc
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Jun 28, 2022
Justices agree to hear technical bankruptcy case but won’t reconsider pillar of defamation law
At last Thursday’s conference, the justices considered several high-profile petitions for review, involving issues like New York’s vaccine mandate for health-care workers, whether to overrule the court’s landmark decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, an
By IG
Jun 28, 2022
A minor impact on gun laws but a potentially momentous shift in constitutional method
This article is part of a symposium on the court’s decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen. Randy E. Barnett is the Patrick Hotung professor of constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center and the faculty director
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Jun 28, 2022