Contents tagged with abortion pill mandate
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 1:06 PM Apr. 30, 2013
ACLJ Files Opening Brief in the Gilardi HHS Mandate Appeal
The American Center for Law & Justice has filed its opening brief in Gilardi v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, an appeal pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. We represent Frank and Phil Gilardi and their two companies, Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics. The Gilardis are Catholic, and they run their companies pursuant to their faith. In keeping with their Catholic faith, the Gilardis have ensured for the past decade that th... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 10:16 PM Mar. 29, 2013
ACLJ Obtains Fifth Injunction Against HHS Mandate
We received wonderful news late this afternoon that the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit had granted an injunction in favor of our clients, Frank and Phil Gilardi and their two companies, preventing application of the HHS Mandate against them until their appeal is fully resolved. The Mandate was set to apply on April 1st, when the companies’ health plans were to be renewed. The Gilardis, who are brothers, own Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics. These ... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 11:58 AM Feb. 25, 2013
ACLJ Continues Work Supporting Challenges to the HHS Mandate
The HHS Mandate requires many employers, despite any religious objections they may have, to arrange and pay for employee health insurance coverage for contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization procedures, and related education and counseling. The American Center for Law & Justice ("ACLJ") represents the plaintiffs in five separate lawsuits challenging the application of the Mandate to businesses and business owners that object to the Mandate's requirements on religious grounds.... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by David French | 12:06 PM Feb. 19, 2013
The Private Corporation as Public Agency
As my ACLJ colleagues prepare to file their next round of briefs in the HHS mandate cases, I’ve been struck once again at how many Obamacare supporters are just aghast that a for-profit company would dare to assert its own rights against a federal regulation. In speeches and other public events, I’ve been pressed again and again: “Of course the government can regulate for-profits. If you win your cases, what’s next? A right to use child labor? A right to operate an unsafe... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 10:31 AM Feb. 11, 2013
ACLJ Seeks Injunction in Fourth HHS Mandate Case
My ACLJ colleagues and I have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Gilardi v. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which is the fourth lawsuit the ACLJ has filed against the HHS Mandate. The Mandate requires most employers, under pain of penalty, to pay for employee health insurance that covers contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization procedures, and related education and counseling. In this case, we represent two brothers, Francis and Philip Gilardi, and thei... Continue Reading
Filed in: ObamaCare | by Edward White | 1:19 PM Jan. 2, 2013
Appellate Court Understands HHS Mandate’s Burden on Religion
To date, the American Center for Law & Justice (“ACLJ”) has filed three federal lawsuits on behalf of for-profit businesses and their owners against the HHS Mandate and has filed friend-of-the-court briefs in thirteen other legal challenges to the Mandate. The Mandate requires most employers, especially those with fifty or more full-time employees, to pay for employee health insurance that covers contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, sterilization, and related education and c... Continue Reading
