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Cite as:  591 U. S. ____ (2020) 

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GINSBURG, J., dissenting 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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Nos. 19–431 and 19–454 
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LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR SAINTS PETER  
AND PAUL HOME, PETITIONER 
v. 
PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL. 

19–431 

DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE 
UNITED STATES, ET AL., PETITIONERS 
v. 
PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL. 

19–454 

ON WRITS OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT 

[July 8, 2020]

 JUSTICE  GINSBURG,  with  whom  JUSTICE  SOTOMAYOR 

joins, dissenting. 

In accommodating claims of religious freedom, this Court
has taken a balanced approach, one that does not allow the
religious beliefs of some to overwhelm the rights and inter-
ests of others who do not share those beliefs.  See, e.g., Es-
tate  of  Thornton  v.  Caldor,  Inc.,  472  U. S.  703,  708–710 
(1985); United States v. Lee, 455 U. S. 252, 258–260 (1982).
Today, for the first time, the Court casts totally aside coun-
tervailing rights and interests in its zeal to secure religious 
rights  to  the  nth  degree.  Specifically,  in  the  Women’s
Health Amendment to the Patient Protection and Afforda-
ble  Care  Act  (ACA),  124  Stat.  119;  155  Cong.  Rec.  28841 
(2009),  Congress  undertook  to  afford  gainfully  employed
women comprehensive, seamless, no-cost insurance cover-
age for preventive care protective of their health and well-
being.  Congress  delegated  to  a  particular  agency,  the