Thursday, July 3, the United States Supreme Court granted an application for injunction pending appeal by Wheaton College, overriding its requirements for exemption from the contraceptive mandate under the Affordable Care Act, while calling into question the extent of the court’s holding in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor writes that this order “evinces disregard for even the newest of this Court’s precedents and undermines confidence in this institution.” Wheaton v. Burwell, 573 U.S. ____ (2014).
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