On April 12, 2016, a district court in Nebraska rejected the religious accommodation claims advanced by a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.1 In denying the religious accommodation claims, the court was...more
4/26/2016
/ Compelling Governmental Interest ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Protection ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
LGBTQ ,
Prison ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
RLUIPA ,
Substantial Burden ,
Title VII ,
Undue Burden
For the third time in four years, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a portion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Obama’s signature health reform law passed in 2010. On November 6, 2015, the Supreme...more
On June 30, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that closely held, for-profit entities with religious objections to certain aspects of the birth control mandate imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("the...more
In Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. et al. v. Sebelius, et al.,1 an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that Hobby Lobby Stores Inc. and Mardel Inc., two for-profit corporations owned and operated by...more
7/8/2013
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Contraceptives ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Hobby Lobby ,
HRSA ,
Privately Held Corporations ,
Religion ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
Standing