I blogged about it here: http://balkin.blogspot.com/2014/07/confirmation-that-supreme-courts.html
DOJ has now told the 10th Circuit that the new reg will be issued no later than a week from today (Aug. 22). On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Conkle, Daniel O. <con...@indiana.edu> wrote: > This is old news, but I hadn’t seen it and so pass it along in case > others missed it as well. > > > > Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules > > > > July 24 — The Obama administration intends to issue interim final rules > within a month regarding the “accommodations” granted to religious > nonprofit organizations that object to providing contraceptive coverage > under the Affordable Care Act, according to a government brief > <http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor_et_al_v_Burwell_et_al_Docket_No_130154> > filed July 22 (Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell, 10th Cir., No. > 13-1540, brief filed 7/22/14). > > > > . . . . . > > > > “The Wheaton College injunction does not reflect a final Supreme Court > determination that RFRA requires the government to apply the accommodations > in this manner,” the July 22 DOJ brief said. “Nevertheless, the Departments > responsible for implementing the accommodations have informed us that they > have determined to augment the regulatory accommodation process in light of > the Wheaton College injunction and that they plan to issue interim final > rules within a month. . . .” > > “The administration believes the accommodation is legally sound, but in > light of the Supreme Court order regarding Wheaton College, the departments > intend to augment their regulations to provide an alternative way for > objecting non-profit religious organizations to provide notification, while > ensuring that enrollees in plans of such organizations receive separate > coverage of contraceptive services without cost sharing,” a senior > administration official told reporters in a briefing July 22. The official > spoke on condition of anonymity. > > > > > > Bloomberg BNA, U.S. Law Week (subscription required) > > > > > http://news.bna.com/lwln/LWLNWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=50879221&vname=lw1notallissues&fcn=56&wsn=498320000&fn=50879221&split=0 > > > > > > Daniel O. Conkle > ************************************************ > Daniel O. Conkle > Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law > Indiana University Maurer School of Law > Bloomington, Indiana 47405 > (812) 855-4331 > fax (812) 855-0555 > e-mail con...@indiana.edu > ************************************************ > > > > _______________________________________________ > To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see > http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw > > Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as > private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are > posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or > wrongly) forward the messages to others. >
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