Today Obamacare was handed a set-back and The Little Sisters of the Poor got a check in the win column.
Kind of.
The Supreme Court rid itself Monday of a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control. The court asked lower courts to take another look at the issue in a search for a compromise.
The justices issued an unsigned, unanimous opinion in a case over the arrangement devised by the administration to spare faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans.
Basically the Supreme Court punted the decision back down to four federal appeals courts.
In Zubik v. Burwell, re ACA contraceptive mandate, Court remands lower-court judgments for further proceedings.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 16, 2016
The Court has not decided whether the birth-control mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 16, 2016
Below is a quick recap of the history of this case.
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