2020-07-08 00:00:00, Tyler Olson, Fox News
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"But for the past seven years, they-like many other religious objectors who have participated in the litigation and rulemakings leading up to today's decision- have had to fight for the ability to continue in their noble work without violating their sincerely held religious beliefs."
The court ruled 7-2 in favor of the Trump administration and the Catholic charity that cares for the elderly in two related disputes against Pennsylvania, which sued over the validity of a rule from the Trump administration that allowed religious-affiliated groups and some for-profit companies to opt-out of providing contraception coverage to employees.
We now send these cases back to the lower courts, where the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New Jersey are all but certain to pursue their argument that the current rule is flawed on yet another ground, namely, that it is arbitrary and capricious and thus violates the APA," Alito wrote.
It is outrageous that the Obama administration forced a group of nuns to violate their religious beliefs in the first place," Judicial Crisis Network Vice President and Senior Counsel Frank Scaturro tweeted.
There were two concurring opinions, one written by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, and another written by Justice Elena Kagan and joined by Justice Stephen Breyer.
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