...Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, represents a landmark decision made by the United States Supreme court that largely impacted the way American society views for-profit corporations regarding their religious beliefs and liberty, yet also the rights of women. Hobby Lobby operates as an arts and crafts company founded by David Green, and owned by the Evangelical Christian family with approximately 13,000 employees. Under the Affordable Care Act, which relies on the Health Resources and Services Administration, preventive care for women in regards to contraceptives need to be provided in specific employer-based health plans. Yet based off of Green’s religious beliefs, as well as the backing provided by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Hobby Lobby dropped its coverage of specific contraceptives that were deemed “abortifacients”- contraceptives that ultimately aid in abortion. Arguing that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 prohibits the government from substantially burdening a person’s exercise of religion, Hobby Lobby cited their religious freedom under the Free Exercise Clause in the First Amendment, which they believed indicated the right to deny access to these contraceptives (Fung). On the...
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...In past years, religion and the use of contraceptives has been a hot topic. There has been a lot of controversy over whether employers should have to provide contraceptives if they have religious views or not. One case in particular is Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores. Hobby Lobby Stores originally sued Kathleen Sebelius before Sylvia Burwell was confirmed the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (Duignan). Hobby Lobby Stores sued them because they felt they should not be forced to provide contraceptives against their religious views. The Green family owns and operates Hobby Lobby Stores under Christian beliefs. Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, they must provide certain types of preventative care, including contraceptives which the Green family is against. There are exemptions available, but none are for for-profit institutions. On September 12, 2012, the Greens sued the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, and challenged the contraception requirement (“Burwell”). The regulation required companies with fifty or more employees to provide their employees with coverage of the 20 contraceptive methods. The Green family believed that four of these methods were abortion inducers. Therefore, the Greens believed that this was...
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...Case name and citation: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. 134 S.Ct. 2751 (2014). Facts: Here we have the Green family who operates their business (Hobby Lobby) as a for- profit corporation. As doing so they feel the need to exercise their religion as Christians. So even knowing that they will lose large amounts of financial gains for closing on Sunday they still do to exercise their religion. They include biblical principles in the way that they operate their business. Who later brought action against the Health and Human Services (HHS) and other government officials and agencies, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief regarding regulation under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), based on allegations of being forced to provide health care that covers contraception which violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (RFRA)....
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...Part I: The Setup 11. Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 12. In from the Cold 13. Poppy’s Proxy and the Saudis 14. Poppy’s Web 15. The Handoff 16. The Quacking Duck 17. Playing Hardball 18. Meet the Help 19. The Conversion 20. The Skeleton in W.’s Closet 21. Shock and . . . Oil? 22. Deflection for Reelection 23. Domestic Disturbance 24. Conclusion Afterword Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes Foreword When a governor or any state official seeks elective national office, his (or her) reputation and what the country knows about the candidate’s background is initially determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade trying to find accurate information on Bush’s record in the Texas National Guard. My curiosity had been prompted by his failure to adequately answer a question I had asked him as a panelist in a televised debate with Ann Richards during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. Eventually I published three books on Bush and his political consigliere, Karl Rove. During Bush’s...
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