Today in Supreme Court History: December 26

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Dec 26, 2024
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<i>Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius</i>, 568 U.S. 1401 (decided December 26, 2012): Sotomayor denies stay of enforcement of Affordable Care Act because claimed Free Exercise Clause/Religious Freedom Restoration Act violation was not “indisputably clear” (as we know, the Court later held that there was indeed a Free Exercise/RFRA violation, sub nom. <i>Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.</i>, see June 30)

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