WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is acknowledging that the Supreme Court should step into the latest battle over the president’s health law.
At issue are claims from faith-affiliated charities, colleges and hospitals that object to rules allowing them to opt out of covering contraceptives for women who are part of their health plans.
The Justice Department says in a new court filing that the justices should resolve a dispute among lower courts.
The federal appeals court in St. Louis last month became the first to agree with the religious-oriented nonprofits, after seven other appellate panels sided with the administration.
The groups oppose some or all contraception as immoral. They say they remain complicit in providing government-approved contraceptives to women covered by their plans, though the organizations do not bear any financial cost.
- Posted October 06, 2015
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Obama supports high court review of dispute
headlines Macomb
- Lawyer publishes first of three children’s books
- MDHHS to issue maternal health quality payments to hospitals
- Charges amended on two Warren police officers
- No charges yet in weekend crash that killed two siblings at Michigan birthday party
- Justice Dept. launches updated voting rights and elections website
headlines National
- New Legalese: You may have heard a deepfake, but what about ‘Twiqbal’?
- From Intake to Outcome: An in-house lawyer’s guide to matter management solutions
- 2 BigLaw firms in merger talks that could produce 1,600-lawyer firm with top 50 revenue
- Send in the paralegals
- Lawyer reprimanded after mistakenly emailing opposing counsel with plan to avoid judge’s call
- ‘I don’t play well’ judge who threatened to track down, jail misbehaving litigant gets tossed from case