Supreme Court Justice Temporarily Halts Enforcement of Contraceptive Mandate Against Nuns

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on December 31 issued an order temporarily blocking enforcement of the contraceptive mandate against a nonprofit religious group, ordering the federal government to respond by January 3 (Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Sebelius).

The emergency application by the Little Sisters of the Poor came after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said an injunction pending appeal was not warranted at this stage after the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado denied the group’s injunction motion.

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