Supreme Court News

Virginia Move Could Speed Up Supreme Court Review of Healthcare Law

Virginia said Thursday it will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its challenge to President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, bypassing the appeals process in a rarely used move to try to speed up a definitive ruling on the year-old …

Supreme Court: Worker’s Protection from Retaliation Extends to Fiancee

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal law barring retaliation against a worker for complaints about on-the-job discrimination also protected the employee’s relative from unlawful dismissal. The high court unanimously ruled for Eric Thompson, who was fired from his …