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Sixth Circuit Rules In Religious Discrimination Claim Over Counseling Gay Clients In University Program

30 Jan

There is an interesting case out of the Sixth Circuit where a graduate counseling student is challenging her dismissal from Eastern Michigan University. Julea Ward claimed her religious beliefs conflicted with certain aspects of counseling gay and lesbian clients, and…

 

11th Circuit Court of Appeals Rule Against Health Law Mandate

12 Aug

The rest of the law stays in place however. The opinion is here. This should set up a conflict in the circuits ripe for adjudication by the Supreme Court. The Sixth Circuit ruled otherwise. [MG]

 

Sixth Circuit Upholds the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act

29 Jun

From the opinion: Congress had a rational basis for concluding that, in the aggregate, the practice of self-insuring for the cost of health care substantially affects interstate commerce. Furthermore, Congress had a rational basis for concluding that the minimum coverage…