◼ Four injunctions against the Obamacare contraceptive mandate yesterday - Thomas Lifson/American Thinker
Is this some kind of record? On the last day of 2013 four different federal appeals courts issued temporary injunctions against enforcement of the Obamacare contraceptive mandate. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals acted on two different cases, Michigan Catholic Conference v. Sebelius and The Catholic Diocese of Nashville et al v. Sebelius, while the DC Circuit Court of Appeals acted in The Catholic Archbishop of Washington et al v Sebelius. Meanwhile, no less than Obama-appointee Sonia Sotomayor issued an injunction in the case of The Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver, v Sebelius.
All in all, quite a way to kick off Obamacare.
◼ Halts Contraception Rule for Catholic Nuns... - Edvard Pettersson and Greg Stohr/Bloomberg
◼ Thankful Nuns Celebrate Sotomayor's Contraceptive Mandate Stay - Newsmax
Sotomayor's Tuesday ruling gave Roman Catholic Church-affiliated organizations temporary exemptions from a part of the Obamacare healthcare law that requires employers to provide insurance policies covering contraception.
She granted the temporary injunction to the Little Sisters of the Poor and Illinois-based Christian Brothers Services, plus related entities.
Sotomayor is giving the government until Friday morning to respond to her decision.
