The United States Supreme Court this week decided to take two cases involving corporate rejection on First Amendment religious grounds of a government mandate. The mandate under President Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA) to extends insurance protection to employees for contraception without copayment. In 2012, the Supreme Court upheld the ACA from other challenges under the government's authority to tax. Though usually separately decided, reproductive rights, health care and corporate power have been among the most controversial issues the Supreme Court has undertaken in recent years. A Political Third Rail To see just how controversial such topics are, one need look no further than the...
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