Thursday 27 March 2014

Justices sound ready to reject contraceptives mandate under Obamacare

«The case also raises the question of whether for-profit corporations can invoke the religious beliefs of their owners in order to seek an exemption from federal law.

David and Barbara Green, founders of the Hobby Lobby chain of arts and crafts stores, sued and won an exemption from a lower court.

Verrilli argued that for-profit corporations do not have a right to religious liberty that trumps federal law.

But Paul Clement, the former solicitor general under President George W. Bush, defended the Greens and argued that they had followed their faith in operating the Hobby Lobby store»
Justices sound ready to reject contraceptives mandate under Obamacare - latimes.com
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-supreme-court-contraceptives-obamacare-christian-20140324,0,2642446.story#axzz2wzdjmWcv


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