Religion Law Quiz #6

Today we talk about the Supreme Court's holding in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014).  Let's see how you do.  

 

Which of the following item(s) did the Supreme Court hold in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014)?

 

A - For-profit corporations and other commercial enterprises can opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.

 

B - For-profit corporations have free rein to take steps that impose disadvantages on others.

 

C - RFRA demands accommodation of a for-profit corporation’s religious beliefs no matter the impact that accommodation may have on women. 

 

D - A federal regulation’s restriction on the activities of a for-profit closely held corporation must comply with RFRA.

 

 

 

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Answer: D.  See the following two quotes from the decision:

 

We do not hold, as the principal dissent alleges, that for-profit corporations and other commercial enterprises can “opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.” Post, at 2787 (opinion of GINSBURG, J.). Nor do we hold, as the dissent implies, that such corporations have free rein to take steps that impose “ disadvantages ... on others” or that require “the general public [to] pick up the tab.” Post, at 2787. And we certainly do not hold or suggest that “ RFRA demands accommodation of a for-profit corporation’s religious beliefs no matter the impact that accommodation may have on ... thousands of women employed by Hobby Lobby.”

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For all these reasons, we hold that a federal regulation’s restriction on the activities of a for-profit closely held corporation must comply with RFRA.

 

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 692-93, 719 (2014)

 

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