National Right to Life is challenging President Obama to respect Americans’ sacred, historical right to observe our most deeply held moral and political beliefs. NRLC President Carol Tobias spoke at a rally outside the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., today after oral hearings in the case of Priests for Life v. Sebelius. …
Continue reading "Mr. Obama, tear down this mandate!"By Dave Andrusko Leading up to and coming out of the oral arguments delivered to the United States Supreme Court yesterday, there’ve been a tremendous number of very thoughtful explanations of what is really going on with the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they …
Continue reading "The Obama Administration’s hostility to religious believers who disagree with the mandate"By Dave Andrusko In a widely anticipated case, the Supreme Court this morning heard two challenges consolidated into one case that are contesting the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. Each side was given 45 minutes to present its …
Continue reading "Supreme Court hears oral arguments in challenge to Obama Mandate"By Dave Andrusko As NRL News Today reported last month, on March 25 the United States Supreme Court will hear two lawsuits which challenge the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. The core arguments raised in Sebelius v. Hobby …
Continue reading "In Supreme Court brief Hobby Lobby says government mandate violates business owners’ religious rights"Amicus Briefs Supporting Religious Freedom Outnumber Government by almost 3-1 Editor’s note. The following was distributed by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty. At issue is the controversial HHS mandate that compels employers, including religious groups, to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. Washington, D.C. …
Continue reading "Hobby Lobby Gains Diverse and Widespread Support at Supreme Court"By Dave Andrusko Last Friday, the Supreme Court extended a temporary injunction barring the Obama administration from enforcing a controversial HHS mandate against the Little Sisters of the Poor and more than 400 other organizations that use the same health benefits provider, Christian Brothers. A district judge had ruled against the Little Sisters, an …
Continue reading "Supreme Court extends injunction barring HHS from enforcing mandate against Little Sisters of the Poor"By Dave Andrusko On March 25, at 10:00 am, the United States Supreme Court will hear two lawsuits which challenge the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. The announcement was made without flourish on Wednesday. The High Court merely …
Continue reading "Supreme Court to hear challenges to HHS Mandate March 25"By Dave Andrusko U.S. District Judge Lee H. Rosenthal today ruled in favor of two Texas Baptist institutions–East Texas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University–which opposed the Obama mandate that compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. In its 46-page opinion, the federal …
Continue reading "Two Texas Baptist Institutions win challenge to Obama Mandate"By Dave Andrusko Dr. James Dobson and his Christian “Family Talk” radio show and ministry have filed suit against the Obama mandate. His lawsuit is the latest in a deluge of legal challenges to the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or …
Continue reading "Dr. James Dobson’s ministry files lawsuit against Obama Mandate"By Dave Andrusko Here is the first of what may be many ripple effects from the Supreme Court’s decision last week to hear two lawsuits challenging the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. “Randy Reed Automotive v. Sebelius” is …
Continue reading "HHS Mandate stayed for Missouri business until Supreme Court issues its opinion in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp v. Sebelius"By Dave Andrusko As widely anticipated, the Supreme Court this morning agreed to hear two lawsuits challenging the HHS mandate which compels employers to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections. Plaintiffs had prevailed in one case—Hobby Lobby—and lost in a second– Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. …
Continue reading "Supreme Court agrees to hear to two lawsuits against Obama Mandate"By Dave Andrusko A brief update of a story National Right to Life News Today ran last week—“Supreme Court to consider soon whether to review HHS mandate, Obama Administration has had ‘a losing record in the lower courts.’” We are now on the eve of the “soon.” On Tuesday the Justices will review four …
Continue reading "Justices to decide Tuesday whether to review lawsuits challenging HHS Mandate"