July 2, 2018 Chelsea Langston Bombino On June 26, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 ruling in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates…
By Chelsea Langston Bombino On Tuesday, March 20, the U. S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v….
On March 9, 2015, the US Supreme Court told the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Chicago) to review its ruling denying the University of Notre…
On Friday, August 22, 2014, the federal government proposed an alternative accommodation method for religious nonprofits that object to including coverage of some or all…
On June 30, the US Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Woods, two family-owned companies that had…
Within just a few days of its Hobby Lobby ruling, the US Supreme Court gave temporary protection against the contraceptives mandate to Wheaton College, an…
A significant number of Catholic (as well as Protestant) businesses and religious nonprofit organizations have sued the federal government to get relief from the mandate…
The federal government has created a three-tier religious freedom system as part of the HHS contraceptives mandate. Churches are fully religious and exempt. Businesses are…
This dispute is far from over. New lawsuits continue to be filed, and courts continue to rule, albeit slowly–and the very strong trend of vindicating…
Supreme Court: business isn’t a religion-free zone
“The US Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision upholds a vital principle, according to IRFA President Stanley Carlson-Thies: “[T]he decision importantly vindicates business as a realm…