The U.S. Supreme Court, over the course of little more than a week at the end of this past term, issued decisions in three different cases that demonstrated the Court’s strong support of religious freedom. Indeed, the spate of pro-religion rulings by the Court should make it clear to the religious community, and to federal and state legislators, just how strongly the Court supports religious liberty.

In these cases, the Court:

  • Struck down the “no-aid” provision in the Montana constitution, which prohibited aid to a school controlled by a “church, sect, or denomination”;
  • Rejected federal employment discrimination claims brought by two elementary school teachers at Catholic schools in Los Angeles; and
  • Held that the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury (collectively, the Departments) have the statutory authority to provide exemptions from the regulatory contraceptive requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the ACA) for employers with religious and conscientious objections.