Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. was a legal dispute herd by the United States Supreme Court. Employees in the United States are generally covered by employer sponsored heath insurance. Under the Affordable Care Act, this includes contraception. However, some religious business owners, such as the owners of Hobby Lobby Stores, object to providing this to their employees because of religious concerns. In 2014, the Supreme Court sided with the employers and ruled that closely held corporations are exempt from laws that violate the owner's religious beliefs if there is a "less restrictive means" for the purpose of the law to be realized. The primary dissenting opinion began:

"In a decision of startling breadth, the Court holds that commercial enterprises, including corporations, along with partnerships and sole proprietorships, can opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs. ... Compelling governmental interests in uniform compliance with the law, and disadvantages that religion-based opt-outs impose on others, hold no sway, the Court decides, at least when there is a 'less restrictive alternative.' And such an alternative, the Court suggests, there always will be whenever, in lieu of tolling an enterprise claiming a religion-based exemption, the government, i.e., the general public, can pick up the tab."

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