"Obamacare May Be Headed Back to the Supreme Court"

[applegrove]

Obamacare May Be Headed Back to the Supreme Court

By Greg Stohr at BusinessWeek

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-08-01/obamacare-may-be-headed-back-to-the-supreme-court

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The next clash may be over the requirement that employer-provided insurance plans include contraceptive coverage; a case involving that issue could reach the high court this year. Hobby Lobby, a family-run craft store chain, and at least 34 other companies have sued for an exemption. They say the birth-control mandate violates their religious freedom, forcing them to provide something they consider immoral. “The government has plenty of other ways to deliver these drugs,” says Mark Rienzi, a lawyer for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. The group represents Hobby Lobby, whose owners say they run the company “consistent with Biblical principles.”

The core legal question is whether companies can assert the same rights as people—the very issue that drove an ideological wedge through the court in the 2010 Citizens United case, which cleared the way for corporations to spend unlimited sums on political campaigns, just as individuals can. The Obama administration says for-profit corporations aren’t covered by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which is designed to protect the rights of “a person.” One federal appeals court backed Hobby Lobby in June; in late July, a different appeals court rejected a similar claim by a Mennonite-owned cabinet maker in Pennsylvania, Conestoga Wood Specialties. The at-odds rulings create the type of lower court division that often triggers Supreme Court review.




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[gopiscrap]

1. Jesus fucking Christ redneck assholes, Obama haters and anit abortion zealots,

get over it, you friggin lost!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[veganlush]

2. benefits are supplied to employees

as part of a COMPENSATION package, compensating you for renting yourself out to them by the hour , to work at your store. Part of the "package" is in the form of benefits, part of the package is in the form of pay, also know as money. If employers can say that they are "giving" you health insurance, and therefore should be able to dictate what it includes, then they should also be able to dictate how the rest of your compensation is spent. According to that simple premise, employers SHOULD be able to require you to provide proof that the MONEY part of your compensation wasn't spent on ANYTHING else they don't agree with, including birth control, porn, etc..

[russspeakeasy]

3. Well said.

[joeglow3]

4. Many can and do

Employers have fired people for buying and using cigarettes.