Court to hear case on whether Obamacare violates religious liberties- Also take the quiz at the end to see if you know anything at all about Obamacare

[Mr Khan]

Kasz216 said:

Mr Khan said:
There is supreme court precedent that the practical laws of the land have precedent over religious affairs. Fringe fundamentalist Mormons don't sue that the anti-polygamy laws are trampling their religious freedoms, for one, but more importantly for jurisprudence, there was this native american group in Oregon that smoked peyote as part of their religious rituals which did not exempt them from the Controlled Substances Act.

My guess is the court understands the difference between a law intended to shackle religious groups and a law which happens to irk some religions in pursuit of some different aim.

Or the courts don't care about fringe mormons and native americans because they're small isolated groups.

I'm confused though... I thought there was some rider that already took care of... guess that was just abortions.


Which will be another interesting court fight.

Since a number of states have used Obamacare to defacto ban abortions for the poor.   Since Obamacare allows the states to give private health insurance rules... and one that's been passed in about 20 states is  "Health Insurance can not cover abortion."

 

The native american thing was an actual case. I remember (granted this was AP Government back in senior year of high school) that whatever that was was a landmark case on freedom of religion.

Plus this court has a positive association with "government forcing people to do stuff."

Between their ruling on the broader ACA and their history on the clash between religion and law, the evidence leans in one direction.

Though this court has been known to contradict itself (apparently first sale doctrine applies to college textbooks but not to seeds generated by living plants...)