The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday put final touches on the October 2013 term by adding eight cases to next term’s docket that raise issues including pregnancy discrimination, religious speech and false-claims actions during wartime.
The justices also used their last orders list to dispose of cases they had been holding pending decisions in argued cases involving the same questions. The court vacated lower court rulings in three cases related to their landmark ruling Monday in Burrell v. Hobby Lobby, the challenge to the contraceptive coverage requirement in the Affordable Care Act; and two cases pressing challenges to the recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board which the justices resolved in NLRB v. Noel Canning.
