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To: fwdude; BuckeyeTexan
SCOTUS Blog.com is calling this an interim order (whatever that means).

This case is:

Wheaton College v. Sylvia Burwell (Secretary of Health and Human Services).

Poster BuckeyeTexas might be able to explain this...

6 posted on 07/04/2014 10:13:25 PM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: topher; fwdude

SCOTUS granted Wheaton’s request for an emergency injunction. That’s really all there is to it.

Wheaton College’s case is currently in the U.S. District Court for the Norther District of Illinois, which is in the 7th Circuit. Justice Kagan is over the 6th and 7th Circuits. So all requests for such things must be submitted to her according to SCOTUS rules. She can grant a request, deny a request, or refer it to the whole court. Since it is a significant case, she chose to refer the request to the whole Court for a vote.

If she had denied the request, Wheaton would have been entitled to submit the request to a justice of their choice. That justice would likely have been one of the five in the majority on Hobby Lobby. That justice has the same options as Kagan.

SCOTUS felt this request constituted a legitimate emergency. In this case, Wheaton had a deadline to meet to submit/sign that form. The Circuit Courts are divided over whether or not to grant such injunctions for religious non-profits who object to the form. So SCOTUS granted the injunction pending completion of the appeals process.

(I’m goofy tired. I hope that made sense.)


11 posted on 07/05/2014 12:21:36 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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