The Basics
Year the case was decide
What is 2014?
The amendment most people assume is involved
What is the First Amendment?
Hobby Lobby’s main claim
What is that the mandate forced them to violate their religious beliefs?
Which side won
What is “Hobby Lobby”?
The federal law Hobby Lobby objected to
What is the Affordable Care Act (ACA)?
The federal statute actually driving the case (not the Constitution!)
What is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)?
Government’s primary counter-argument
What is that the mandate was necessary to provide women comprehensive health coverage?
Vote count of the dWhat the Court allowed closely held corporations to decision
What is “5-4”?
Government department Hobby Lobby sued
What is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)?
What RFRA stands for
What is the Religious Freedom Restoration Act?
Why the Court considered Hobby Lobby a “person” under RFRA
What is that closely held corporations can exercise religious rights?
What the Court allowed closely held corporations to do
What is “refuse to cover certain contraceptives on religious grounds”?
The type of mandate the company challenged
What is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)?
The legal test used to decide if a religious burden is too heavy
What is the “least restrictive means” test?
What “substantial burden” means in this case
What is forcing the company to pay for contraception it religiously objects to or face heavy fines?
Long-term impact on religious liberty and employer health plans
What is “expanded protections for employers claiming religious exemptions”?