States Want More Time To Respond To Petition In ACA Birth Control Rules Case

Mealey's (October 24, 2019, 12:07 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seeking to simultaneously respond to two petitions for writ of certiorari challenging a nationwide injunction on rules expanding moral and religious exemptions from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate, the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Oct. 22 asked the U.S. Supreme Court for additional time to file a response (Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, et al., Donald J. Trump, et al. v. Pennsylvania, Nos. 19-431, 19-454, U.S. Sup.)....