The Supreme Court then concludes that corporations can be ‘persons’ exercising religion for purposes of the statute and that, as a matter of constitutional law, free exercise rights may extend to some for-profit organizations.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Hobby Lobby Stores v. Sebelius. The plaintiffs, a for-profit corporation and its shareholders, claim the Affordable Care Act violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the First Amendment by forcing them to “provide health insurance coverage for abortion-inducing drugs and devices, as well as related education and counseling.”
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