WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Legal Sidebar white paper (No. LSB11351) on Aug. 25, 2025, by legislative attorneys Wen W. Shen and Jennifer A. Staman: * * * High Court Rejects Private Challenges to Medicaid Provider Requirements In June 2025, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, holding that private litigants cannot sue under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 (Section 1983) to challenge a state's deci  more

MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 2 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * SC Clarifies Appropriate Legal Actions for Claiming Land Ownership and Possession The Supreme Court (SC) has clarified the appropriate legal remedies for recovering land, depending on whether the objective is possession and/or ownership, as well as the applicable prescriptive periods. These remedies include ejectment, accion publiciana, and accion reivindicatoria. In a Decision writt  more

MANILA, Philippines, Sept. 1 -- The Supreme Court of the Philippines issued the following news release: * * * Senior Associate Justice Leonen to Law Students: Avoid Over-reliance on AI Supreme Court (SC) Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen cautioned incoming law students against being overly dependent on artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking at the De La Salle (DLSU) Tanada-Diokno School of Law Seminar on Study Techniques on August 16, 2025, at the Caroline Tanchay Auditorium, DLS  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13091) on Aug. 25, 2025, by legislative attorney Cassandra J. Barnum: * * * The Void-for-Vagueness Doctrine in Criminal Law Vagueness as Constitutional Violation Defendants in federal criminal cases often challenge their prosecutions by arguing that the laws they allegedly violated are unconstitutionally vague. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that no pers  more