Document Type
Brief
Case Name
Little Sister of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Publication Date
8-2015
Abstract
No. 15-105
Little Sister of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Sylvia Mathews Burwell
On Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
From the Summary of Argument
Suppose a federal law required government officials to enter a Catholic church and use church property to distribute contraceptives and abortifacients over church’s objection. Such a law would surely burden the church’s religion, even if the government paid for the objectionable medications and compensated the church for the use of its resources. By commandeering church property, such a law would force the church to be complicit in activity to which it has serious religious objections
Recommended Citation
Brief of Law Professors Bruce P. Frohnen, Robert P. George, Alan J. Meese, Michael P. Moreland, Nathan B. Oman, Michael Stokes Paulsen, Rodney K. Smith, Steven D. Smith, And O. Carter Snead as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners, Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Burwell, (No. 15-105) (10th Cir. Aug. 24, 2015).
Comments
Amici are professors of law or jurisprudence teaching at universities in the United States, with a professional interest in the law governing religious freedom and its development in the courts. See the listing on pages 1–2, including Notre Dame Law School's O. Carter Snead.