Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the agencies had statutory authority under the ACA and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq., to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate.
2. Whether the agencies' decision to forgo notice and opportunity for public comment before issuing the interim final rules rendered the final rules—which were issued after notice and comment—invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 551 et seq., 701 et seq.
3. Whether the court of appeals erred in affirming a nationwide preliminary injunction barring implementation of the final rules.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the agencies had statutory authority to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate
Docket Entries
2020-08-10
JUDGMENT ISSUED.
2020-03-19
The record received from the U.S.D.C. Eastern District of Pennsylvania has been electronically filed.
2020-02-26
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. 3rd Circuit.
2020-01-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/17/2020.
2019-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-20
Reply of petitioners Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al. filed.
2019-12-09
Brief of respondents Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al. in opposition filed.
2019-10-24
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted in part; the time is extended to and including December 9, 2019.
2019-10-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from November 6, 2019 to December 16, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-10-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 6, 2019)
Attorneys
American Center for Law and Justice
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Nurses Association, American Academy of Nursing, Physicians for Reproductive Health, and Nurses for Sexual and Reproductive Health
Catholics of Choice, et al.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.
Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al.
Howard University School of Law, Civil and Human Rights Clinic
National League of Cities, United States Conference of Mayors, International City/County Management Association, and International Municipal Lawyers Association
New Civil Liberties Alliance
Professors - Zachary D. Clopton, Amanda Frost, Suzette Malveaux, Alan Trammell
Religious and Civil-Rights Organizations
The States Of Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, And West Virginia
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, et al.
Yale Law School Program for the Study of Reproductive Justice