November 6th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
About 684,000 North Carolinanians would qualify for a tax credit in 2014 if they acquire health insurance through the federal exchange that launched Oct. 1, according to a report from a nonprofit agency focused on health care issues.
November 6th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
At a recent Tea Party meeting in Hood County, Texas, Rafael Cruz, the father of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), made bold statements reeking of white supremacy and Christian nativism, suggesting that the U.S. is a “Christian nation,” in which the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were a “divine revelation from God […] yet our president has the gall to tell us that this is not a Christian nation […] The United States of America was formed to honor the word of God.” And just months prior to that event, in speaking to the North Tea Party on behalf of his son Ted (who was then running for Senate), Rafael urged the crowd to send Obama “back to Kenya.” Continue reading »
November 1st, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
GREENSBORO — As the fall campaigns wind down, a battle is just beginning to brew over the state’s voting rules.
October 30th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
In the United States, the framework for safeguarding people and the environment against the dangers of toxic chemicals comprises three mutually reinforcing legal systems: federal regulation, state and federal civil justice systems, and state regulation.
October 30th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Wake Forest Law Dean Blake D. Morant has been appointed to the Federal Judicial Center Foundation Board by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. Morant’s five-year term began Oct. 24, 2013. Continue reading »
October 29th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
WASHINGTON — The Senate is inching closer to a knock-down, drag-out fight over confirming nominees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — a top priority for President Barack Obama that some Republicans are determined to sink. Continue reading »
October 28th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
The Center for Progressive Reform will release a report Oct. 29 offering recommendations for legislation to update the Toxic Substances Control Act. Continue reading »
October 28th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
HOUSTON — The 18th Annual Frankel Lecture, sponsored by the Houston Law Review at the University of Houston Law Center, will focus on the prospects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) succeeding or failing with its efforts to overhaul health insurance.
October 24th, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
BALTIMORE — Professor Kami Chavis Simmons will speak at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law’s Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class annual Fall Symposium on Friday, Oct. 25.
October 21st, 2013 | Research | Comments Off
Professor Jonathan Cardi will speak at the Ohio State Law Journal symposium titled, “Torts and Civil Rights Law: Migration and Conflict,” on Friday, Nov. 15.
