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Text of Amicus Brief of American Center for Law & Justice in Sibelius v. Hobby Lobby Supreme Court Case (PDF)

"The federal regulation at issue in these cases requires employers to pay for and provide abortifacient drugs and devices, contraception, sterilization, and related patient education and counseling services in their health insurance plans ... [T]he ACLJ currently represents thirty-two individuals and corporations in seven pending actions against the government, including a case with a petition for certiorari currently pending before this Court. The ACLJ has obtained preliminary injunctive relief for its clients in all seven cases."

ACLJ Contraceptive Mandate Scorecard: 7-0

"Judge Ruben Castillo of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered a preliminary injunction protecting ... Hart Electric and H.I. Hart, from having to comply with the Mandate.... What's most noteworthy about this order is that the Department of Justice, charged with the responsibility of defending the government in the nationwide challenges against the Mandate, did not oppose it."

ACLJ Continues Its Efforts Against the HHS Mandate In the Gilardi and Korte Appeals

"[The ACLJ represents] Frank and Phil Gilardi and their family-owned companies, Freshway Foods and Freshway Logistics. These Ohio-based companies process, pack, and deliver fresh produce to twenty-three states and have about 400 full-time employees. The Gilardi brothers are Catholic, and they run their companies pursuant to their faith. On April 1, 2013, however, when their employee health insurance is up for renewal, the Mandate will require the Gilardis, contrary to their Catholic faith, to provide coverage for all contraceptive methods, including abortion-inducing drugs, and sterilization procedures. If they do not comply, the federal government will impose annual penalties of more than $14 million dollars."

ACLJ Secures Fifth Injunction Against HHS Mandate

"[T]he United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [has] granted an injunction in favor of ... Frank and Phil Gilardi and their two companies, preventing application of the HHS Mandate against them until their appeal is fully resolved. The Mandate was set to apply on April 1st, when the companies' health plans were to be renewed."

Amicus Brief of ACLJ to Fifth Circuit Addressing Constitutionality of ACA After Repeal of Individual Mandate (PDF)

"The individual mandate no longer functions as a tax and cannot be sustained as a constitutional exercise of Congress's power to tax.... A decision from this Court holding the individual mandate unconstitutional is consistent with the Supreme Court's NFIB decision and does not trench upon the Supreme Court's prerogative to overrule its own decisions." [Texas v. Azar, No. 19-10011 (5th Cir. amicus brief filed May 10, 2019)]

ACLJ Files Amicus Briefs in Two Appeals of HHS Contraceptive Mandate

[T]the ACLJ's briefs ... explain to the respective courts that the plaintiffs are deserving of injunctive relief and that they should be able to exercise their religious beliefs without interference from the federal government [and] that the Mandate violates the religious rights of the plaintiffs because it forces them to (1) comply with the Mandate in violation of their religious beliefs or (2) pay significant annual penalties to stay true to their religious beliefs. These are choices the federal government may not legally force anyone to make."

Supreme Court Asked to Hear Obamacare Contraceptive Mandate Case

"'Clearly, the lower courts are at odds with one another as to who has standing to challenge the Mandate, whose religious exercise is substantially burdened by the Mandate, and whether a secular or for-profit corporation has any religious exercise rights at all,' the ACLJ argues. 'Given these conflicting decisions, and the fact that the Mandate impacts the exercise of a fundamental liberty protected by the First Amendment, there cannot be a more compelling case or controversy warranting this Court's intervention.'" [Text of petition for certiorari in Gilardi v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]

How About a 'Do Over' for the HHS Contraceptive Coverage Mandate?

"According to figures from the Guttmacher Institute for 2010, 90 percent of U.S. employer-based health plans already cover a 'full range of prescription contraceptives,' an amount that has tripled in a decade. Add to that the fact that the U.S. currently spends $2.37 billion a year domestically for 'family planning,' and that, according to HHS's Kathleen Sebelius, 'contraceptive services are available at sites such as community health centers, public clinics, and hospitals with income-based support,' and you have to ask: what exactly was the problem the mandate was supposed to address?"

'Pro-Choice' Obama Administration's HHS Mandate Offers No Choice For Religious Objectors

"What one must understand about these lawsuits is that the employers challenging the Mandate are not seeking to stop anyone's access to contraceptive methods, abortion, or sterilization procedures or to impose their religious views on others. Rather, these employers simply do not want to be forced to pay for goods and services in violation of their faith. This is true whether or not their employees ever use those goods and services."

Seven Steps to Dismantle Obamacare on Day One of the Trump Administration

"[C]onsider issuing an immediate waiver of all fines and penalties associated with the individual mandate.... [E]mbrace [the House v. Burwell] decision ... [and] determine whether there is a legal basis to recover the roughly $14 billion dollars that insurance companies have already received.... [R]everse or modify the enforceability of the abortion-pill mandate, particularly regarding religious institutions.... [A]dhere to the provisions of the ObamaCare law disallowing health insurance companies from being reimbursed before the United States Treasury receives its funds.... [R]eview all exemptions and waivers with an eye toward dismantling the law.... [H]alt all outreach efforts and eliminate enrollment assistance funds for the ObamaCare market places.... [U]se the bully-pulpit of [the] presidency against insurers."