What Alito said is that they do not have to sign a form. They simply say we’re not providing this coverage, and it’s over for them.
That is a distinction that makes a difference. It is saying, “No” and having it mean no.
Basically, Justice Scalia said that these religious Organizations have told the government that do not want to provide contraception/abortion pills WITHOUT USING FORM 700.
This is the key point.
However, this is only an interim ruling until the court takes up the issue probably in the next session starting October 2014.
Link to the PDF:
Wheaton College v. Sylia Burwell [HHS Secretary]
One need read up to the sentence:
JUSTICE SCALIA concurs in the result.
The rest is pages and pages of dissent by the female Justices.
Just a very complicated situation...