Supreme Court dodges major decision on Obamacare birth control
- 8 years ago
he Supreme Court failed to resolve a knotty dispute between faith-based groups and the Obama administration over birth control on Monday.
The case concerns the administration’s arrangement for sparing faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans.
“The court expresses no view on the merits of the cases,” the justices wrote, ending a major confrontation over President Barack Obama’s health care law ended with a whimper and no resolution.
The matter almost certainly will not return to the Supreme Court before the 2016 presidential election, and perhaps not until a new justice is confirmed to take Scalia’s seat, if at all.
The case concerns the administration’s arrangement for sparing faith-based groups from having to pay for birth control for women covered under their health plans.
“The court expresses no view on the merits of the cases,” the justices wrote, ending a major confrontation over President Barack Obama’s health care law ended with a whimper and no resolution.
The matter almost certainly will not return to the Supreme Court before the 2016 presidential election, and perhaps not until a new justice is confirmed to take Scalia’s seat, if at all.