Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
Decided July 8, 2020. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-431 · 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
Holding
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury had authority under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to promulgate rules exempting employers with religious or moral objections from providing contraceptive coverage to their employees; and those rules satisfy the Administrative Procedure Act’s notice requirements.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a concurring opinion
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
Concurring · 2
- Elena Kagan · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
- Stephen G. Breyer
Dissenting · 2
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Official text
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