Liberty University Asks High Court To Review Health-Law Ruling
This Virginia university became the latest party to ask the Supreme Court to intervene and to resolve the questions regarding the constitutionality of the health law.
Politico: SCOTUS Adds Health Care Petitioner
Liberty University is the latest in a series of petitioners to ask the Supreme Court to review its case against the health care reform law. The conservative university filed its petition, along with two individuals, on Friday (Haberkorn, 10/10).
The Associated Press/Wall Street Journal: University Asks High Court To Review Health-Law Ruling
Liberty University appealed the dismissal of its lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's health care law to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. Mathew Staver, an attorney for the university and two individuals who sued, said a petition asking the justices to review the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling was electronically transmitted early Monday morning. He said he expects the court to decide whether to consider the case before it takes its December break (10/10).
Fox News: Virginia University Petitions Supreme Court For Health Care Suit Review
A Virginia university is the latest party to request the Supreme Court step in and resolve the multifront legal brawl over the constitutionality of President Obama's health care overhaul. Liberty University, a private Christian university founded by the late Jerry Falwell, asked on Monday for the high court to review an appeals court's decision to dismiss its challenge of the law. The move comes after the Department of Justice and Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli each petitioned the Supreme Court to review the legality of the law. But in seeking to add their case to the list, Liberty University lawyers are trying to have the justices dig even deeper (10/10).
