Supreme Court rules in favor of Little Sisters of the Poor in ObamaCare contraception case

Fox News ^ | July 08 2020 | Ronn Blitzer

[knighthawk]

The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the Trump administration acted within its authority when it expanded exemptions to the Affordable Care Act’s requirement for employers to provide insurance coverage that includes contraception.

[Sacajaweau]

Winning....

[CFW]

On Wednesday, the court released opinions in the following cases: In Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, the justices held that employment discrimination suits by female teachers fired by Catholic elementary schools are barred by the First Amendment's "ministerial exception." In Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania, the justices upheld a federal rule exempting employers with religious or moral objections from providing contraceptive coverage to their employees under the Affordable Care Act.

https://www.scotusblog.com/

[wiseprince]

Gee, thanks. The Supreme court is completely broken.

[Skywise]

W00t!

[nwrep]

How so?

[KierkegaardMAN]

Even a blind hog finds an acorn now and again.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Everyone please remember the Sisters in your charitable giving. They’ve had to contend with immense legal bills due to this type of harassment by our state’s AG, as well as the increased expense of protecting residents in their facilities from the China Virus.

[airborne]

7-2 decision.

[karnage]

Good news.

The Little Sisters endured a lengthy and expensive satanic attack during the Obama years.

[seawolf101]

[zerosix]

7 - 2 ruling. Kind of surprises me.

I thought it might be the usual 5-4 but two more libs even ruled in favor of freedom, at least where providing pregnancy ending contraceptives are concerned!

[plushaye]

Agreed. LSP keeps winning and their opponents keep losing. There is definitely Someone on their side.

[faithhopecharity]

Yay! Finally! Yippee!

[semimojo]

They’ve had to contend with immense legal bills...

Don't assume this is over.

Kagan, who was in the majority, expects the Trump rule to be challenged on procedural grounds and expects the administration to lose in the lower courts.

The APA has been Trump's Achilles' heel and may be again.

[livius]

I can’t find the 2 dissenters mentioned. Who were they?

[Thommas]

Ruth “Buzzy” Ginsberg and Sotomayor (the wise Latina) thought the religious exemption was the work of Satan, or Orange Man.

[Labyrinthos]

Don't assume this is over. Kagan, who was in the majority, expects the Trump rule to be challenged on procedural grounds and expects the administration to lose in the lower courts. The APA has been Trump's Achilles' heel and may be again.

I disagree. Beginning at Part III on page 22 of the Opinion, the Court rejects the argument that the rules at issue were promulgated in violation of the APA.

[airborne]

Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

[Buckeye McFrog]

Or the idea of forcing nuns to buy contraceptives is enough to make even moderately liberal heads explode.