The high court said the agency did not misinterpret the law with a policy it rolled out in the mid-2000s that dictated the payments hospitals received for treating a disproportionate share of low-income patients. Supreme Court backs HHS approach to Medicare payments for hospitals serving low-income patients The US Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC on February 8, 2022. The legal challenge targeted HHS’ interpretation of the formula used to calculate Medicare’s disproportionate share hospital adjustments, known as DSH payments. The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the approach taken by the Department of Health and Human Services in calculating certain Medicare payments for hospitals that serve a large number of low-income patients. The opinion will make it easier for other state government officials to intervene in some instances in lawsuits when the state government is divided. The Supreme Court said on Thursday that two Republican leaders of the North Carolina legislature could step in to defend the state’s voter ID law even though the state’s attorney general, a Democrat, is already doing so. The decision could make it easier for inmates to challenge their potential execution method. The court said the inmate could bring the challenge under a federal civil rights law that allows individuals to seek remedies when their constitutional rights are violated. The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of a death row inmate in Georgia, who is challenging the state’s lethal injection protocol and seeks to die by firing squad – a method not currently authorized in the state. The opinion changes the framework that lower courts will use going forward as they analyze other gun restrictions, such as weapons bans in California or the gun safety bill President Joe Biden signed into law Saturday. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his 6-3 majority opinion that the Constitution protects right to carry a gun outside the home. The Supreme Court struck down a New York gun law enacted more than a century ago that placed restrictions on carrying a concealed handgun outside the home. It will not affect, however, the exclusion of such evidence at a criminal trial. It means that the failure to administer the warning will not expose a law enforcement officer to potential damages in a civil lawsuit.

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that suspects may not sue officers who fail to inform them of their right to remain silent for damages. Several GOP-led states have already moved to enact statewide bans following Friday’s ruling. The court’s ruling leaves abortion rights to be determined at the state level. The decision was long anticipated after a leaked draft of the ruling was obtained by Politico in May. Anna Johnson/APġ3 states have passed so-called 'trigger laws,' bans that go into effect with overturn of Roe v.

A crowd of people gathered outside the Supreme Court on Monday, May 2.

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