Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 07/02/2014 - 11:27
June thirtieth, 2014 - the Supreme Court ruled that family owned businesses [such as Hobby Lobby] are now allowed to refuse contraception coverage for employees due to religious violations. This was upheld in a five-to-four ruling due to the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). RFRA states that the government is not allowed to restrict religious practices and beliefs in any capacity. If the owning party of a [family owned] corporation has religious qualms with contraception coverage employees will no longer be aided in that regard.
Submitted by Kurt Mehta on Wed, 06/25/2014 - 20:07
As of Monday, [June 23 2014] in a seven-two ruling, the Supreme Court decided to uphold the Environmental Protection Agency’s pursuit to issue the Clean Air Act (Liptak, 2014). The Clean Air Act proposed by the EPA aims to require “that carbon pollution be addressed in permits for large emitters, such as power plants and refineries” (Avi, 2014). The EPA, after receiving validation from none other than the Supreme Court, hopes to put into motion a set of legislative dominos.
