WASHINGTON, Dec. 27 (UPI) — The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked Hobby Lobby’s request for an emergency injunction to block contraceptive insurance coverage requirements.
The court said Wednesday it won’t decide the craft chain’s case — along with Christian bookseller Mardel, both owned by the Green Family of Oklahoma City — before lower courts have ruled.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the stores don’t meet extremely high standards required for an emergency injunction, a document on the Supreme Court’s Web site stated.
“Even without an injunction pending appeal, the applicants may continue their challenge to the regulations in the lower courts. Following a final judgment, they may, if necessary, file a petition” for the Supreme Court to hear the case, she wrote.
The stores have challenged the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s provisions pertaining to certain employer-funded contraception devices and pills that will go into effect Jan. 1.
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Doesn’t anyone understand that the judges are all on Nobama’s payroll now too? Find me someone, someplace, within the White House’s control, that is not corrupt. Anyone??????
Justice Sonia Sotomayor what do you expect, bozo is their boss, and you all know what the bozo wants he will get… just look at chicago, look at all the zombies, see all the votes he got , WOW 140% in an area, or 100%, wow a lot of……………… out there. God Bless Them All. So the courts think it is ok for disease, rape, and corruption is fine. God will have the last say.
Abortion isn’t just a political issue; it can also be a religious one. In which case, forcing employers to pay for abortion-causing drugs violates their freedom and practice of religion, a Constitutional right.
If you agree, make your voice heard and exempt companies like Hobby Lobby from the healthcare mandate.
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