Supreme Court requests additional briefing on key Obamacare case

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Less than a week after an order of Catholic nuns asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a religious exemption to the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act (also known as "Obamacare"), the Court took the unusual step of asking for additional briefing, telling both sides to come up with alternative ways to avoid forcing the nuns to violate their religious beliefs. The Little Sisters of the Poor are a 177-year-old order of religious women who care for the underprivileged el

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Less than a week after an order of Catholic nuns asked the U.S. Supreme Court for a religious exemption to the contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act (also known as "Obamacare"), the Court took the unusual step of asking for additional briefing, telling both sides to come up with alternative ways to avoid forcing the nuns to violate their religious beliefs. The Little Sisters of the Poor are a 177-year-old order of religious women who care for the underprivileged el…