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Sixth Circuit rejects legal challenges by catholic non-profits to contraception mandate under federal health care statute

In my first post of the year back on January 3, I reported on how a divided Sixth Circuit panel on New Year’s Eve had granted a motion filed by Michigan Catholic Conference and Catholic Family Services to halt the so-called contraception mandate by the Department of Health and Human Services that went into effect under … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Appellate Blog Featured Today on LXBN TV For Continuing Coverage Of The Challenge to the Contraception Mandate Under the Affordable Care Act

As we reported last week, a divided Sixth Circuit panel granted a motion by Michigan Catholic Conference and Catholic Family Services to halt the so-called contraception mandate by the Department of Health and Human Services that went into effect under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  See Michigan Catholic Conference, et al. … Continue Reading

A Divided Sixth Circuit Panel Temporarily Halts The Contraception Mandate Under The Federal Health Care Statute

On New Year’s Eve, a divided Sixth Circuit panel granted a motion by Michigan Catholic Conference and Catholic Family Services to halt the so-called contraception mandate by the Department of Health and Human Services that went into effect under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  See Michigan Catholic Conference, et al. v. … Continue Reading

Busy Day Today for Legal Challenges To The Health Care Statute As The Sixth Circuit Issues A New Opinion And The Obama Administration Announces Proposed Shift in Policy

Today has been an active day for legal challenges relating to the new health care statute.  To start things off, the Sixth Circuit earlier this morning rejected the latest constitutional challenges to the so-called individual mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  … Continue Reading

Video Interview: Discussing Recent Challenges to the Abortion and Contraception Mandate with LXBN TV

Below is a link to my recent interview on LXBN TV with host Colin O’Keefe of LXBN where I discuss the legal challenges to the so-called abortion and contraception mandate under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  As I highlight during the interview, there currently are over 40 lawsuits making their way through … Continue Reading

Sixth Circuit Case May Shape Supreme Court’s Landmark Decision On The Constitutionality Of The Health Care Statute

We are closing in on the one-year anniversary of the Sixth Circuit’s June 29, 2011 decision rejecting a constitutional challenge to the mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148.  The Sixth Circuit was the first Circuit Court in the country to rule on the … Continue Reading
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