Posted on 06/30/2014 7:22:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The Supreme Court has ruled that Hobby Lobby and other closely held for-profit corporations can opt out of the Affordable Care Act's provisions for no-cost prescription contraception in most health insurance plans. The companies' owners had objected on the grounds of religious freedom.
The ruling affirms a Hobby Lobby victory in a lower court and gives new standing to similar claims by other companies...
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
Yet another 5-4 decision. Thankfully, they’ve ruled properly, but God help us if one of the conservatives on the court dies.
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Let me guess. A 5 to 4 decision?
The media would have us believe this is about birth control pills. Hobby Lobby covers those. The objection was to the “morning after pills” and such that actually kill a possible live fetus. No one should be forced to pay for someone to kill or possibly kill an unborn child.
Finally, some sanity from the Supreme Court!
Sounds like it only helps privately held companies perhaps and maybe churches will benefit. Not much help for the rest of us.
Yes. I believe that wholeheartedly.
We can say whatever we want.
The fact is that the SCOTUS was 5-4 in a 9-0 decision. There is NO reason why something as irrelevant as contraception coverage in employee benefit packages should EVER be up for government review. As a matter of fact. The SCOUTUS should have NO SAY in whatever is offered in ANY form of employment contract and benefit package.
What business is it what I decide what value my own labor has.
How are things back in 1962?
He doesn’t care. He will continue to proclaim things he desires as LAW through Executive Orders and wait out the law suites which always take years.
I think it may be something like 13 to 0 against Obama ...
I would think this is good news for EWTN. Catholic hospitals is a lawsuit for another day.
Obama has had 12 prior US Supreme Court decisions against him ...
Mark Levin will fill us in. He, I believe has an Americus Brief filed in the case. It will be interesting to find out what he says it means. I believe that it is less substantial than all of us may hope. Particularly when it is only 5-4!
Obama wasn’t able to wait out the previous 12 US Supreme Court decisions against him thus far. This is an unprecedented number of US Supreme Court decisions against a President, so the “results” are coming in and they are stacking up against him.
You’d think a constitutional law prof would know better...lol
Ah, the SCOTUS places limits on the Canaanites’ ability to force their sacrament of unfettered abortion on Christians. There will be hissing, spitting and cursing in the streets.
Because contraception is not irrelevant.
According to Catholic News Agency, the Hobby Lobby decision, which applies to for-profit businesses, won't necessarily affect the Irondale nonprofit TV network. EWTN's filing came 10 days after a U.S. District Court Judge ruled against the network. Without an injunction, EWTN would be forced to offer contraception to its employees as part of its health care plan beginning July 1.
We will have to wait until later today to gain a better understanding of the full impact. In the Hobby Lobby case, the company did not object to contraception, only 3 of the drugs which cause an abortion. The Catholic Church is against contraception.
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