VOL. 20  ISSUE NO. 52   |    DECEMBER 31, 2014 – JANUARY 6, 2015

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 31, 2014

AZ Supreme Court allows Medicaid expansion case to move forward

‘Regardless of how the case ultimately comes out, today’s decision means lawmakers can’t vote to ignore the Constitution’

PHOENIX – After a year and a half of legal wrangling by the Brewer administration, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled today that state legislators have standing to challenge a hospital provider tax passed by a simple majority vote and signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer to fund the Medicaid eligibility expansion.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 31, 2014

SCOTUS to hear oral arguments on Obamacare in March

‘The longer this litigation drags on, the more money is unlawfully spent without congressional approval – a very serious matter indeed’

WASHINGTON – On Nov. 7, the Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition to review a controversy over the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare as it has become known, to decide whether the federal government can expand the program of subsidies to those who purchase health insurance in federally-run exchanges, despite the ACA explicitly stating such tax credits are only available to those who purchase insurance on state-run exchanges.

BY LINDA BENTLEY  |  DECEMBER 31, 2014

Tennessee joins 24 states in fight against Obama’s executive amnesty

Klayman to file ‘leapfrog’ appeal to U.S. Supreme Court in Arpaio case

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – On the heels of an Obama-appointed judge dismissing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s complaint and motion for a preliminary injunction last week to halt the president’s executive amnesty program that would grant privileges and benefits to over four million illegal aliens, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery announced on Monday it will be joining another legal challenge to Obama’s executive action, rounding out the number of plaintiff states to 25.

 

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