Government Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear ACA Contraception Case

In a recent article, DOJ Seeks SCOTUS Review of Hobby Lobby Decision, FindLaw states that:

"Last week the Department of Justice filed a 251-page petition for writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to determine whether a for-profit corporation could deny its employees health coverage (and contraceptives) under the RFRA because of the corporation's owners' religious beliefs, reports the AP.

On the same day, the Alliance Defending Freedom submitted a petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court asking it to determine whether the Third Circuit correctly held, in a very similar fact pattern to Hobby Lobby, that a for-profit, secular corporation could not "exercise" religion in Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius."

For the entire article, click here.
To read the government's brief, click here.

The Court of Appeals decision is available here.