07-10-2020, 05:00 PM
(07-10-2020, 12:59 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I thought we'd try to have one thread were we could have a discussion about SCOTUS decisions and some folks could speak to them more analytically instead of emotionally.
For instance 2 big decisions the last couple of days have been the decision on the ACA toward contraception and Trump's taxes.
As I understand each:
ACA- An employer does not have to cover the cost of contraception because of religious tights?
Taxes- A newspaper can have them, but Congress cannot?
The Obama plan did that for churches and other business on religious grounds if they signed an exemption form. The argument for the trump change was that if employers signed the exemption form it was the same thing as allowing the employee to get birth control.
Trump expanded it to religious and moral grounds, which the court upheld. The courts said it satisfied the separation of church and state by allowing employers to deny coverage for non-,religious reasons.
