Christian Colleges [Wheaton, Belmont Abbey] Score Win: Court Orders Rewrite of Birth Control Mandate

Christian Post ^ | 12/19/12 | Napp Nazworth

[rhema]

President Barack Obama has promised to make an accommodation for religious employers, but the only accommodation, thus far, has been a grace period for some religious employers before they will be bound by the mandate.

"The D.C. Circuit has now made it clear that government promises and press conferences are not enough to protect religious freedom," said Kyle Duncan, general counsel of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, who argued the case. "The court is not going to let the government slide by on non-binding promises to fix the problem down the road."

[grobdriver]

“Fry ‘em”

[Principled]

What about us regular folks who don’t want 0bamacare? Do I, as an individual, get the same “exemption”?

And why does such a change in the law not require that it be re-written? Hence back thru Congress?

Rules and regs vs law? Seems a competent lawyer could snag that.

[Clump]

I wished this article had more about which judges on the DC Circuit heard the case and the vote.
Nevertheless this is a good sign.
There will no doubt be continued challenges to zerocare and so far SCOTUS is fine with the challenges continuing.
All we need is for Roberts to find another way to strike down the law and save face.

[Michigan Bowhunter]

could be interesting to see how this dovetails into the 4th amendment

[Joe 6-pack]

Sounds good for now, but this gives the administration eight months to lean on the judges while the rule is being re-written.

That is the Chicago way.

[rhema]

The court's decision

[mosaicwolf]

Promises - Promises

[Principled]

search and seizure?

splain please...

[ArGee]

I didn’t think it was either legal or possible to hold the Federal Government accountable.

[Servant of the Cross]

Momentum building on this? Belmont Abbey and religious colleges achieved a similar Court ruling on an exemption.

[Servant of the Cross]

Oops. I meant to say religious organizations like Priests For Life also received an exemption ruling.

[Migraine]

Brave Sons and Daughters True: I am proud of my alma mater!

[OrangeHoof]

The court is not going to let the government slide...

Oh, yes it will. Religious freedom is in the hands of one government entity claiming to protect us from another government entity. We've already fallen for this trap once before.

[slowhandluke]

It’s not even great in the short run, as it didn’t decide that the schools had any unalienable rights in this issue, but that the schools have some rights as granted by the government officials who made a promise.

[Clump]

That’s an interesting opinion to say the least.
I get the feeling that they are sick of being told one thing and doing another and consistently getting away with it.

[DBeers]

Duncan believes the decision is a major victory for opponents of the mandate because HHS is now bound by the court to never implement the mandate in its current form.

The decision is a major joke. Here with this ruling we see not the rule of legitimate law being upheld or illegitimate law being st aside and voided -we see the rule of man being furthered. The vague law remains the same -this judge trumps Obama and rules his way today -who rules tomorrow?

[Michigan Bowhunter]

equal protection

[Michigan Bowhunter]

equal protection....scratch the4th.........14th! oops