Big Brother Bullies Little Sisters at the Supreme Court

The plaza of the U.S. Supreme Court and the courtroom itself were full of people you don’t normally see at the court—priests, ministers, and nuns of various religious orders. They were there Wednesday to hear the U.S. government argue that the Little Sisters of the Poor—an order of Catholic nuns who have served the elderly and the poor for 175 years—must violate their faith and assist in providing contraceptive drugs and devices (including abortifacients) for all of their nuns and any other employees—through their health care plans. In Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell, the Little Sisters and several other religious nonprofits challenged Obamacare’s abortion/contraceptive mandate under the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). More...