Supreme Court will not hear Ohio's ARPA challenge
The refusal to hear Ohio's case is the second time this year the Court has declined to take up challenges to ARPA.
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The refusal to hear Ohio's case is the second time this year the Court has declined to take up challenges to ARPA.
Circuit Judge John K. Bush cited Alexander Hamilton's insistence in the Federalist Papers that states would retain their authority over their own taxation.
Treasury's move is the latest by the federal government to enforce its Offset Provision that bars states from using ARPA funds for tax cuts.
A Federal appellate court has issued two opinions in the cases of Ohio and Kentucky and Tennessee, and in the latter, agreed the offset provision is unconstitutional.
This week, the Ninth Circuit examines what constitutes securities fraud in connection with data published from a pharmaceutical clinical trial, and decides whether Arizona has standing to challenge conditions on federal grants to the states to deal with COVID.