The Supreme Court, this morning, June 30, held that privately held corporations don’t have to cover abortion drugs for their employees as it would violate the First Amendment rights of their owners.
The decision in Burwell vs Hobby Lobby Stores was 5-4 with the all the Democrat-appointed justices dissenting.
It was written by Samuel Alito.
The Court also ruled 5-4, again with Alito writing the opinion and the Democrat-appointed justices dissenting, that those who are not “full-fledged” public employees don’t have to pay dues to a public employee union as this would violate their First Amendent rights.
The case was Harris et al v Quinn, Governor of Illinois in with the State of Illinois was trying to make home health workers pay dues to Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare Illinois and Indiana.
Union dues are used to fund the campaigns of Democrats.
Hat tip Bryan Preston at PJMedia.com
Hobby Lobby Wins, SEIU Loses