Supreme Court agrees to hear cases on contraceptive mandate [View all]
The Supreme Court has agreed to revisit Obamacare, this time to review the requirement that most employers provide contraceptive coverage in their employee health insurance plans. The court accepted two cases, centered on the issue of religious expression, that represent the second challenge to the health law heard by the high court.
In Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc., the Obama administration is asking the court to reverse a lower court decision that sided with the craft-store chain’s owners, who say they have religious objections to providing access to contraception to their employees. The court also agreed to hear a similar suit brought by Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp.
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The central question in both the Hobby Lobby and Conestoga cases is whether a for-profit, secular corporation can claim constitutional protection from the provision based on religious grounds. The cases will be combined and given one hour of oral arguments before the justices next spring.
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