WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Steve King released the following statement after the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Hobby Lobby in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case. The court ruled that for-profit companies with certain religious beliefs cannot be forced to offer some forms of contraceptives for their employees in health plans.
“The Supreme Court came in with a resounding landmark decision in favor of Hobby Lobby,” said King. “Hobby Lobby argued their religious convictions would not allow them to provide, to their employees under ObamaCare: sterilizations, abortion causing drugs, or certain contraceptives.
Hobby Lobby asserted the federal government has no right to tell those who own a business that they must violate their most deeply held convictions or face a fine from the IRS that would eventually bankrupt the company.
In the 5-4 decision, the majority opinion written by Justice Alito, concluded the Constitution means what it says and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 also means what it says. This landmark Hobby Lobby case blows a big hole in ObamaCare and there’s more to come.
I have long said that ObamaCare is unconstitutional for a number of reasons. I know of no legal scholar who predicted the rationale of Chief Justice Roberts in the first big legal challenge of ObamaCare. We should expect at least two more big cases to be decided by the high court. The most potentially devastating case to the Obama Agenda will likely be decided when the court rules on the origination clause in the Hotze v. Sibelius case. All revenue generating bills must start in the House. The Senate violated that principle by tearing a bill number off an unrelated, non revenue generating bill from the House and pasting the bill number onto a 2000 page ObamaCare bill.
The Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against the Obama Administration in 12 recent cases. This 5-4 Hobby Lobby decision is a strong indication the court will do more of its part to deconstruct ObamaCare. We cannot rest, however. No matter how much encouragement we feel as the courts begin to take ObamaCare apart, it is the job of Congress to listen to the people and pull ObamaCare out by its roots.
“I congratulate Hobby Lobby for standing on both their religious convictions and on Constitutional principles. All Americans benefit when principled people take a stand.”
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