AG Pruitt Files Brief to Support ObamaCare Fight
Groups file briefs in support of Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby
Hobby Lobby court case attracts support from conservative, anti-abortion groups.
By BRIANNA BAILEY NewsOK.com
Published: 2/19/2013
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma attorney general’s office and other groups opposed to the Affordable Care Act have filed or plan to file legal briefs in support of Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.’s court battle against the federal government.
Attorneys for Hobby Lobby expect as many 10 amicus curiae briefs to be filed in support of Hobby Lobby this week, said Kyle Duncan, general counsel for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, which is representing the crafts retailer in its court case.
Federal lawmakers, theologians, law professors and other businesses that have challenged the Affordable Care Act also are expected to file briefs in support of Hobby Lobby with the court, Duncan said.
Hobby Lobby is challenging a mandate that is part of the health care law that requires the company to cover the cost of emergency contraceptives such as the morning-after pill for its employees through its employee health plan. Hobby Lobby CEO David Green and his family believe some kinds of emergency contraceptives are a type of abortion and object to covering the pills because of their family’s Christian beliefs.