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| Appeals court strikes down ACA birth control mandate. |
| 2013-11-04 |
| [Daily Caller] A federal circuit court struck down the Obamacare birth-control mandate Friday, ruling that the requirement places a substantial burden on the religious beliefs of individual employers. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the mandate infringes on the religious freedom of individual business owners, in this case Francis and Philip Gilardi, the Catholics who own Freshway Foods and Fresh Unlimited. The court did not, however, extend the same rights to companies themselves. The Affordable Care Act requires that employers offer health insurance that covers contraception or face penalties. Catholics object to the mandate on religious grounds. Now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court. No victory laps just yet. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Which is one of the reasons he has been purging the military. How many divisions does Justice Roberts have? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-11-04 11:08 |
| #4 Good point, g(rom). Even if the Supremes declare the law unconstitutional, Obama will probably just take the Andrew Jackson approach: "Justice Roberts has made his decision. Now let him enforce it." |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-11-04 08:44 |
| #3 Does the ACA still have provisions for women to have prostate exams? How about men? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2013-11-04 08:29 |
| #2 D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has a way to enforce it's rulings? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-11-04 08:18 |
| #1 I'm now sure that when this and other suits against the ACA reach the Supreme Court, Roberts et al. will twist themselves into knots again to avoid declaring the law unconstitutional. In other words, the First Amendment, especially the religious freedom clause, is dead. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2013-11-04 08:16 |