The U.S. Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision [PDF] this week leaves the law in limbo when it comes to what employers can do in the name of religion. And that means only one thing: More litigation for companies.
The case involved two privately held companies that wanted to opt out of the Affordable Care Act’s mandate to pay for female contraceptives. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s dissent suggests that some companies might try to use the ruling to circumvent antidiscrimination laws, especially those dealing with areas that sometimes touch on religious beliefs such as gender and sexual orientation.
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