Supreme Court of the United States
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Justice Anthony Kennedy
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Justice Sonia Sotomayor & Justice Stephen Breyer & Justice Elena Kagan
Justice Elena Kagan & Justice Stephen Breyer
The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that closely held corporations that have religious beliefs concerning birth control may be exempt from having to provide health insurance plans for employees which include birth control coverage.
Justices Breyer and Kagan signed onto the vast majority of Ju...
JUSTICE BREYER and JUSTICE KAGAN, dissenting.
We agree with JUSTICE GINSBURG that the plaintiffs' challenge to the contraceptive coverage requirement fails on the merits. We need not and do not decide whether either for-profit corporations or their owners may bring claims under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993. Accordingly, we join all but Part III-C-1 of JUSTICE GINSBURG's dissenting opinion.
Justice Elena Kagan released Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (Dissent) on Mon Jun 30 2014.