Religious Order, California Face Off Before Supreme Court In ACA Rules Appeal

Mealey's (May 14, 2019, 1:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court again confronts the question of whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s contraceptive mandate infringes on religious objectors’ rights under federal law, as it receives dueling briefs in the latest development in the litigation.  California filed its response to the Supreme Court petition for certiorari review on May 13 (Little Sisters of the Poor Jeanne Jugan Residence v. California, et al., No. 18-1192, U.S. Sup.)....