Religious liberties for corporations?
Subtitle: Hobby Lobby, the Affordable Care Act, and the Constitution
By: David H. Gans, Director of the Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Citizenship Program, Constitutional Accountability Center; and Ilya Shapiro, Senior Fellow in Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute ; with an introduction by Jeffrey Rosen, President of the National Constitution Center
Contributors: Shapiro, Ilya, author
Edition: First edition.
Series: Palgrave pivot; Palgrave pivot
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781137484673; 9781137479723; 9781137479709
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: United States; Trials, litigation; Corporations; Juristic persons; Corporation law; Religious aspects; Hobby Lobby (Firm); Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (United States); Freedom of religion
Description: This engaging book provides a comprehensive analysis of the issues in "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby", the blockbuster legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act regulation that requires employer-sponsored health plans to provide contraceptive coverage. Through a series of debates between advocates on both sides of the case, the book tackles questions such as: whether for-profit corporations can assert religious-exercise claims under the First Amendment or federal law, whether businesses with religious objections to certain contraceptives should be exempt from coverage requirements, and what the consequences are of the Supreme Court's June 2014 ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby. This case will be discussed for years to come, and the spirited debate between the authors provides fascinating and informative food for thought to scholars, students, and the public as they grapple with fundamental questions of corporate personhood, religious liberty, and health care policy--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 74-77) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction by Jeffrey Rosen; title: What rights do corporations have?; title: Corporate personhood and religious liberty; title: The broader implications of Hobby Lobby : is there a slippery slope?; title: The ruling : what does it all mean?; title: Conclusion.