Case Study: Burwell V. Hobby

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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.

Hobby Lobby is an arts and crafts retail store that was founded in 1972 by David Green. The store began with 300 square feet and now there are over 600 stores and thousands of employees in the chain. The chain is still owned and operated by the Green Family. (5) The members of the Green family are devout Evangelical Christians. (2) The owners of Hobby Lobby strongly believe that life begins at conception. They believe than any form of birth control that may destroy a fertilized egg is equivalent to abortion, which they are also against, as killing goes against their faith. To put it into medical terms, pregnancy begins only when a fertilized egg attaches to the uterine wall. Some anti-abortion groups and …show more content…
This includes the copper IUD, an IUD with progestin, Plan B, and Ella. Copper IUDs interfere with the transportation of sperm and could also prevent an already fertilized egg from being implanted. IUDs with progestin may do many things, including preventing implantation of a fertilized egg by altering the endometrium. Plan B is an emergency contraceptive pill that also alters the endometrium, preventing implantation of the egg. Ella is another pill that prevents/delays ovulation and may also alter the endometrium to prevent implantation. (1) The Greens did not object to any other forms of birth control, such as daily birth-control pills. Apparently, there are some religious people who own businesses that do not want to provide any type of birth control for their employees. Hobby Lobby is fortunately not one of these companies. This is an even more controversial topic because allowing companies to say they do not want to provide ANY contraceptives would require the government or another third party not involved with the employer to help pay for certain types of birth control.

Case Study: Burwell V. Hobby Lobby

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby was a landmark court cases that lasted from November 26, 2013 to June 30, 2014. Although the court case was being appealed since Semptember 2012. The case came down to a very slim margin; the jury voted in Hobby Lobby's favor with a 5-4 vote. The court case was mainly about religious freedoms in for-profit businesses. Hobby Lobby is a business that was founded by the Green Family that started with a $600 loan used to make picture frames in there house. That has expanded to…

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Burwell V. Hobby Lobby Case Study

interpretation must give greater weight to the text of the Constitution and what the common meaning of the language was at the time of its adoption. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the dissenting opinion writer in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The case focused on the ability of a corporation, Hobby Lobby, to deny access to birth control options to their employees as mandated by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on the grounds of religious…

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Burwell V. Hobby Lobby Case Study

contraception in their health care plans, but in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby this requirement was challenged (oyez.org 2). Usually the Department of Health and Human Services would be fine with a non-profit corporation not having to cover the cost of contraceptives, but it’s a different story with large for-profit corporations (American Constitutional Law pg. 346). The main issues involved in this case were religious beliefs and women’s rights. Hobby Lobby is a Christian-based chain store company…

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Case Study: Burwell V. Hobby Lobby Store

peaceably to assemble, and to petition” but it also protects our rights to believe in our own religion and to be able to express it freely. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one of the most politically controversial topics around and in the case of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Store, Inc., the arts and crafts store is resisting Patient Protection to its female employees. The stores belong to the Greens, a Christian Faith based family, who are refusing to provide contraception such as the morning after pill…

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Case Study: Burwell V. Hobby Lobby Stores

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 2014 was another recent case that moved to extend corporate personhood on the basis of the first amendment’s right to freedom of religion. The Affordable Care Act mandated that health insurance plans provided by employers include coverage for a variety of health services, including contraceptives. The Christian family owners of Hobby Lobby appealed that providing contraception to their female employees would infringe on their religious beliefs. As it stood, religious…

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Burwell V. Hobby Lobby Case

under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are all covered in the new insurance plans without deductible or cost sharing. Studies also show that many women are using birth control in order to control the fertilization or to delay the pregnancy. Background Basically, Hobby Lobby case is two cases heard together which is between Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell. Burwell is the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). When people want to sue the government for…

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Analysis Of Supreme Court Cases

COURSE SYLLABUS CLASS SECTIONS Section Number Days/Times Room 29760 MWF; 8:00 – 8:50 OAB 271 29761 T – Th; 8:00 – 9:20 OAB 271 COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will focus on the analysis and evaluation of notable Supreme Court cases, together with an examination of the logic and interpretive reasoning used by its justices in making constitutional judgments. Emphasis will be placed on the historic protection of individual rights, and the ability of government to limit those prerogatives…

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