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a law that was later struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court as unconstitutional
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The state Supreme Court struck down the 2021 amendment this week.
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Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article The Colorado Supreme Court struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody.
—Katie Langford, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
In that 2022 decision, the court struck down a Maine law that excluded religious schools from a public tuition program, holding that the free exercise clause prohibits such discrimination.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
While former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act required states to expand Medicaid coverage to continue receiving federal funding, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down that requirement in 2012, leaving it to individual states to decide whether to broaden the list of who qualifies.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2025
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Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2025
Loading your audio article The Colorado Supreme Court struck down a national animal rights organization’s ninth attempt to declare animals legal persons in court and secure them the right to challenge their confinement and custody.
—Katie Langford, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
In that 2022 decision, the court struck down a Maine law that excluded religious schools from a public tuition program, holding that the free exercise clause prohibits such discrimination.
—Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Jan. 2025
While former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act required states to expand Medicaid coverage to continue receiving federal funding, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down that requirement in 2012, leaving it to individual states to decide whether to broaden the list of who qualifies.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Strike down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strike%20down. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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