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)

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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