Contents tagged with HHS
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: Planned Parenthood | by Geoffrey Surtees | 12:01 PM Apr. 23, 2012
The U.S. Department of Planned Parenthood
Anyone who doubts that the current administration is in the back pocket of Planned Parenthood need only consider the latest personnel shift at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Effective last Friday, Tait Sye, once media director for Planned Parenthood, is now deputy assistant secretary for public affairs for HHS. Normally, an appointment to a deputy assistant to anything in our federal bureaucracy is hardly worth a mention. But this personnel choice is yet Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Jordan Sekulow | 10:24 AM Mar. 30, 2012
Why the Health Care Fight is Also About Abortion
For more than two years, conservative legal organizations like the ACLJ have said that Obamacare is about much more than a choice between individual liberty and a federal takeover of the health care industry. Recent news lends further evidence to concern that the Affordable Care Act is also about expanding access to and funding for abortion. This month, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), co-chairman of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, said of the newly-released abortion funding rules for state insurance Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by David French | 2:42 PM Mar. 29, 2012
It’s Tough to Perform Brilliantly When You Have a Bad Argument
While we still don’t know the outcome of the Obamacare case, that hasn’t stopped some on the left from piling on Solicitor General Donald Verrilli for allegedly “choking” during oral arguments. While I haven’t argued in front of the Supreme Court, I’ve had more than my share of state and federal appellate arguments, and these armchair quarterbacks are overlooking a few factors. First, it’s tough for any advocate to compare well to Paul Clement. Virtuall Continue Reading...
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 8:52 AM Mar. 29, 2012
ObamaCare: What Happens Next
The Supreme Court spent more than six hours over the past three days hearing oral arguments on the four issues involved in the ObamaCare case. You can read my posts on these issues here, regarding the Anti-Injunction Act, here, regarding the individual mandate, and here, regarding severability and the expansion of Medicaid. Now that oral argument has concluded, what does the Supreme Court do next in the ObamaCare case? The nine Justices will meet in a private conference this Friday to discuss Continue Reading...
