Antonin Scalia’s dissent provides a model for interpreting the Constitution One of the most important sets of documents in American history are the Federalist Papers. Written in newspapers between 1787-1788, these papers were meant to convince the 13 states that they should ratify the new constitution coming out of the Philadelphia Convention. Alexander Hamilton wrote the majority of these 85 […]
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Christian company takes the contraceptive debate to the Supreme Court, battling Affordable Care Act provisions The First Amendment’s freedom of religion clause has found its way to the U.S. Supreme Court again in the case between the craft store chain Hobby Lobby and Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius. Hobby Lobby President Steve Green said […]
Read moreThe Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced a hearing date for Liberty Counsel’s challenge of the new health care law put into effect by the Obama administration. The hearing is scheduled for May 15 in Richmond, Va. Liberty University School of Law Dean and professor Mat Staver, the founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel, will be filing the […]
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Liberty University’s litigation against the president’s health care bill will be reconsidered in Richmond After being dismissed from court in June 2012, Liberty University’s lawsuit against President Barack Obama’s health care law will be reconsidered in the fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., according to a Supreme Court announcement Monday, Nov. 26. Liberty filed a petition for […]
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