Posts Tagged: US Supreme Court
University of Virginia President Resigns Amid DEI Controversy With Trump Administration
The University of Virginia (UVA) is without a president following the reported resignation of James Ryan, a move which the US Justice Department stipulated as...
US Supreme Court Upholds Law on Suing Palestinian Authorities Over Terror Attacks
The US Supreme Court upheld on Friday a statute passed by Congress to facilitate lawsuits against Palestinian authorities by Americans killed or injured in terrorist...
Turkish Bank Appeals Iran Sanctions Decision to US Supreme Court
Turkey's Halkbank asked the US Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling saying it can be prosecuted for allegedly helping Iran evade American sanctions, a US-based lawyer for the bank said on Monday. The Supreme Court had given Halkbank until...
US Supreme Court to Weigh Landmark Terrorism Case Targeting Palestinian Authority’s ‘Pay-for-Slay’ Program
In a case that could redefine the legal landscape for victims of terrorism seeking justice, the US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments against...
Jewish MIT Students Prevail in Right to Work Settlement, No Longer Required to Pay Dues to Anti-Israel Union
The settlement of a federal discrimination suit filed by Jewish students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed their obligation to pay dues...
US Jewish Groups Cheer Upholding of Texas Anti-BDS Law
American Jewish groups on Monday cheered a federal Appeal's court ruling which upholds Texas' anti-boycott-divestment-sanctions (BDS) law, prohibiting companies from boycotting Israel for the duration...
Supreme Court Unanimously Backs Christian Postal Worker in Sabbath Observance Case
In a unanimous ruling with significant ramifications for observant Jews, the US Supreme Court on Thursday enhanced protections for religious employees by clarifying its interpretation...
Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments In Sabbath Observance Case With Major Impact For Religious Jews, Experts Say
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in Groff v. DeJoy, a religious accommodation in the workplace lawsuit with significant ramifications for observant Jews,...
American Jewish Committee Joins Amicus Brief in Religious Liberty Supreme Court Case
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) on Wednesday announced that it had joined a Supreme Court amicus brief in the case of Gerald Groff v. Louis...
US Supreme Court to Hear Case on Sabbath Observance
JNS.org -The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear a case involving religious accommodations in the workplace. An appeal in the case of Groff v....
US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Painting Stolen From Jewish Family by Nazis
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday on a case involving a family’s generations-long attempt to retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis in 1939. The...
US Supreme Court Rejects Republican Challenge to Obamacare Law
The US Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican bid that had been backed by former President Donald Trump's administration to invalidate the Obamacare healthcare...
US Supreme Court Rules Against Holocaust Victims’ Heirs in Nazi-Era Disputes
JNS.org – In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday against the heirs of Holocaust victims seeking to recover their families’ art...
US Supreme Court Hears World War Two-Era Jewish Property Claims
The lingering legacy of World War Two reached the US Supreme Court on Monday as the justices weighed two cases involving claims by Jews in...
