Posts Tagged: US Supreme Court
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...
US Supreme Court to Hear Two Cases Related to Holocaust Restitution
JNS.org - The US Supreme Court will hear two cases on Dec. 7 related to the issue of Holocaust restitution. The court will decide if the...
US Supreme Court Backs Jewish, Christian Groups Over New York Virus Curbs
The US Supreme Court late on Wednesday backed Christian and Jewish houses of worship challenging New York state's latest restrictions in novel coronavirus hot spots. The...
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Becomes First Jew to Lie in State at US Capitol
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a champion of gender equality, made history again on Friday as the first woman and first Jewish person to lie in state...
Mourners Pay Respects to Ruth Bader Ginsburg at US Supreme Court
Mourners quietly filed past the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's flag-draped coffin outside the white marble court building on Wednesday as the United States...
US Senate Republicans, Romney Pave Way for Vote on Trump Supreme Court Pick
Senate Republicans including Mitt Romney on Tuesday lined up behind President Donald Trump's push to widen the US Supreme Court's conservative majority, leaving Democrats little hope of...