Thanks to the Constitution Daily, here are good sources for information about what the attorneys said and how the Justices reacted to yesterday’s United States Supreme Court argument on whether there is a religious exception that would allow employers not to provide women contraception coverage under the Affordable Health Care Act.
Lyle Denniston reported on the arguments:
“The Supreme Court, in a one-hour, twenty-eight minute session Tuesday, staged something like a two-act play on a revolving stage: first the liberals had their chance and Justice Anthony M. Kennedy gave them some help, and then the scene shifted entirely, and the conservatives had their chance — and, again, Kennedy provided them with some support.”
You can also get all the documents related to the case on SCOTUSblog.
The Journal said:
“[T]he court’s three female justices, all part of the court’s liberal wing, dominated the questioning during the first half on Monday’s 90 minute oral argument, repeatedly pressing the corporate challengers to the government’s contraception requirements.”
David G. Savage of the Los Angeles Times reported that:
“The Supreme Court’s conservative justices sharply criticized part of President Obama’s healthcare law Tuesday, suggesting they will rule later this year that requiring Christian-owned corporations to offer their employees contraceptives coverage violates the freedom of religion.”
Adam Liptak reported for the New York Times that:
“The court seemed ready to accept that at least some for-profit corporations may advance claims based on religious freedom. But the justices appeared divided along ideological lines over whether the objections before it, based on a requirement in President Obama’s health care law, should succeed.”
Like many other observers of the argument, Mr. Liptak also reported that Justice Anthony Kennedy asked questions on both sides of the issue.
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