Contents tagged with Constitution
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 6:39 PM May. 1, 2012
Constitutional Questions Plague HHS Secretary
It was an extraordinary exchange. Rep. Trey Gowdy, (R-SC) asking Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sebelius to explain the constitutional implications involved in the HHS mandate, which is under attack for violating the religious beliefs of millions of Americans. The mandate requires employers to purchase health insurance for their employees that includes coverage for contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs. We filed a federal lawsuit challenging this mandate in March Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Geoffrey Surtees | 11:55 AM Apr. 30, 2012
Secretary Sebelius Ignorant of the Constitution?
Last Thursday, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, appeared at a full committee hearing of the House Education and Workforce Committee. Representative Trey Gowdy of South Carolina asked Sebelius to explain her statement earlier this year that requiring religious employers to include abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and contraceptive services in their health insurance plans “strikes the appropriate balance between respecting religious freedom and increasing ac Continue Reading...
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jay Sekulow | 2:22 PM Apr. 13, 2012
A Catholic Call to Defend Religious Freedom
As you may recall, we're involved in a major federal lawsuit - defending a Catholic business owner in Missouri who is challenging the Obama Administration's HHS mandate, which requires employers to purchase health insurance for their employees that includes coverage for contraceptives, sterilization, and abortion-inducing drugs. We represent Frank R. O'Brien and O'Brien Industrial Holdings, LLC, based in St. Louis. Our lawsuit, which marks the first legal challenge to the HHS mandate from a pri Continue Reading...
Filed in: US Constitution | by Jay Sekulow | 3:45 PM Apr. 9, 2012
The Obama Assault on Our Values
President Obama is doing everything in his power to change America. He wants to re-shape this country. The fact is we have a president who is engaged in a radical assault on our values. We have a president forcing Americans to purchase pro-abortion health insurance under penalty of law. A president who ignores the Founder's framework and issues a stinging warning to an independent Supreme Court - a troubling threat as the case is still pending. The criticism continues to mount. The American Ba Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 3:17 PM Mar. 29, 2012
ObamaCare is the Issue - Not the Supreme Court
The political posturing began long before the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on the constitutionality of ObamaCare. But, now with arguments concluded, the political posturing is being ratcheted up. While a new poll suggests most Americans expect the high court to overturn the pro-abortion, government-run health care law, the fact is this will be a very close case. What's both interesting and troubling is the fact that some on the Left are attempting to put the Supreme Court itself 'on tria Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 1:28 PM Feb. 24, 2012
Obama's Violation of Religious Liberty Facing More Challenges
The mandate and compromise by the Obama Administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) are facing new challenges each day. The latest legal challenge comes from seven states and a host of organizations - including two private citizens, two religious non-profit organizations and a Catholic school. They have filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of HHS regulations, which we have contended from the very start violate the free exercise of religion and the conscie Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jay Sekulow | 12:01 PM Feb. 14, 2012
Debate Over Obama Mandate & Compromise Intensifies
The American people are watching, and they don't like what they see. The issue: President Obama's mandate and follow-up compromise targeting people of faith - policies that violate religious liberty and the conscience rights of millions of Americans. We've been extremely active in calling attention to this problematic development. Our legal team has been writing about this issue for weeks now. We've been discussing this daily on our radio broadcast. We've heard from nearly 60,000 people who hav Continue Reading...
Filed in: American Heritage | by Jay Sekulow | 9:36 AM Feb. 9, 2012
Atheist Group Launches Legal Attack Against Jesus Statue in Montana
We knew it would happen. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an atheist group that continually challenges everything from the National Motto, the National Day of Prayer, and the Pledge of Allegiance, has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Jesus statue - a Montana war memorial that's been displayed on a mountaintop since the 1950's. The FFRF lawsuit comes just days after the National Forest Service rejected arguments from the atheist group to remove the statue. The federal governmen Continue Reading...
Filed in: US Constitution | by Geoffrey Surtees | 9:57 AM Feb. 2, 2012
No “Constitutional Rights Issues” in Violating Religious Liberties? White House Doesn’t Get It
On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary, Jay Carney, was asked about the recent announcement from HHS that religious institutions, such as religious schools and hospitals, would have to include abortifacient drugs, sterilization, and contraception in their insurance policies for employees. (For more on the HHS Rule, click here.) At the close of the discussion, Carney was asked point blank, “What about the constitutional right to freedom of religion?” Carney’s response: &ldquo Continue Reading...
