The U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing—the three female justices, plus Stephen Breyer—flexed its muscles again Wednesday during contentious arguments over mandated insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act.
The four liberals tried to undercut arguments made by religious nonprofit employers including Little Sisters of the Poor, which operates nursing homes. The plaintiffs assert that the mandate—as well as the workaround the Obama administration adopted to defuse their concern—would force them to enable contraception, contrary to their faith.
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