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U.S. Supreme Court Scheduled to Discuss Puerto Rico SSI Case This Week
It is pending whether it will accept the appeal for review on the eligibility of island residents to benefit from the Supplemental Security Income Program Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 - 12:27 p.m. By Alex Figueroa Cancel...
U.S. government appeals decision declaring unconstitutional the exclusion of Puerto Rico from three federal programs
Seeks reversal of Judge William Young's decision ordering island residents' access to SSI, SNAP and Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidies (LIS) Sunday, September 13, 2020 - 4:21 p.m. By Alex Figueroa Cancel...
U.S. government appeals decision declaring unconstitutional the exclusion of Puerto Rico from three federal programs
Seeks to reverse Judge William Young's decision that ordered island residents' access to SSI, SNAP and Medicare Part D Low Income Subsidies (LIS). Sunday, September 13, 2020 - El Nuevo Día - By Alex Figueroa Cancel The...
Millions of federal funds in the balance of the judicial system
Friday, September 11, 2020 - Column by Kenneth Rivera for El Nuevo Día Last September 9, the federal government filed a petition for certiorari in the federal Supreme Court regarding US v. Vaello-Madero. The Vaello case is about a person...
SIXTA GLADYS PEÑA MARTÍNEZ AND OTHERS. V. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE; AND SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.
YOUNG, D.J.∗ August 3, 2020 FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW, AND ORDER FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW, AND ORDER ∗ Pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Commissioner Andrew Saul is automatically substituted as the named defendant in...
Biden takes a swipe at Trump for action against SSI program for Puerto Rico
He blames the U.S. president for denying resources to the island. By Primera Hora - September 6, 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden reacted tonight to the U.S. government's decision to resort to the...