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July 8, 2014 Emerging Issues

Hobby Lobby Precedent Already Undermined, Says Justice Sotomayor

Thursday, July 3, the United States Supreme Court granted an application for injunction pending appeal by Wheaton College, overriding its requirements for exemption from the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act, while calling into question the extent of the court’s holding in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor writes that this order “evinces disregard for even the newest of this Court’s precedents and undermines confidence in this institution.” Wheaton v. Burwell, 573 U.S. ____ (2014).

Wheaton College …

July 3, 2013 Policy Conditions, Considerations, Construction, and Formation

10th Circuit Doesn’t Agree with ACA Rule on For-Profit Religious Organization Exemptions

Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. et al. v. Sebelius et al.
June 27, 2013
The plaintiff in Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. et al. v. Sebelius et al. operates 525 retail stores across the country and employs more than 13,000 full-time workers. The family which owns the Oklahoma-based company says having to provide coverage for the morning-after pill and similar contraceptives, which they regard as tantamount to abortion, violates their Christian beliefs.

The 10th Circuit found that the for-profit employer may be entitled to an exemption …