The American Center for Law & Justice (“ACLJ”), forth with seventy-nine Members of Congress, has submitted “friend of the court” briefs in twelve abstracted lawsuits brought by added than forty Catholic organizations.
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The Catholic organizations, including the Archdiocese of New York, the University of Notre Dame, and Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, are arduous the HHS mandate.
The authorization requires administration to awning sterilization, decree contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs, and accompanying all-around apprenticeship and counseling casework in their bloom allowance diplomacy behindhand of the employers’ religious action to such activities and services.
The briefs were submitted in abutment of the Catholic organizations, who are opposing the federal government’s motions to abolish their twelve lawsuits. The briefs were submitted with requests that the courts acquire them for filing.
Joining the ACLJ on the briefs are the afterward seventy-nine Members of the United States House of Representatives: Jeff Landry (LA), Robert Aderholt (AL), Todd Akin (MO), Mark Amodei (NV), Michele Bachmann (MN), Spencer Bachus (AL), Lou Barletta (PA), Roscoe Bartlett (MD), Dan Benishek (MI), Gus Bilirakis (FL), Diane Black (TN), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Charles Boustany (LA), Kevin Brady (TX), Paul Broun (GA), Dan Burton (IN), Francisco “Quico” Canseco (TX), Bill Cassidy (LA), Steve Chabot (OH), Michael Conaway (TX), Chip Cravaack (MN), Jeff Duncan (SC), Renee Ellmers (NC), Stephen Fincher (TN), John Fleming (LA), Bill Flores (TX), J. Randy Forbes (VA), Jeff Fortenberry (NE), Virginia Foxx (NC), Bob Goodlatte (VA), Gregg Harper (MS), Andy Harris (MD), Vicky Hartzler (MO), Wally Herger (CA), Tim Huelskamp (KS), Bill Huizenga (MI), Bill Johnson (OH), Walter Jones (NC), Jim Jordan (OH), Mike Kelly (PA), Steve King (IA), John Kline (MN), Raul Labrador (ID), Doug Lamborn (CO), James Lankford (OK), Bob Latta (OH), Dan Lipinski (IL), Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO), Dan Lungren (CA), Don Manzullo (IL), Jeff Miller (FL), Mick Mulvaney (SC), Tim Murphy (PA), Randy Neugebauer (TX), Alan Nunnelee (MS), Pete Olson (TX), Steven Palazzo (MS), Ron Paul (TX), Steve Pearce (NM), Joe Pitts (PA), Ted Poe (TX), Mike Pompeo (KS), Ben Quayle (AZ), Reid Ribble (WI), Phil Roe (TN), Todd Rokita (IN), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL), Dennis Ross (FL), Steve Scalise (LA), Bobby Schilling (IL), Jean Schmidt (OH), David Schweikert (AZ), Adrian Smith (NE), Chris Smith (NJ), Lamar Smith (TX), Glenn Thompson (PA), Tim Walberg (MI), Lynn Westmoreland (GA), and Joe Wilson (SC).
The ACLJ and the Members of Congress explain in their “friend of the court” briefs that the authorization runs adverse to this Nation’s continued and appreciative attitude of all-around the religious behavior and practices of all its citizens. The authorization imposes an actionable accountability on individuals and organizations, who durably argue accepting to subsidize, provide, and/or facilitate activities and casework that are adverse to their religious beliefs.
Moreover, the ACLJ and the Members of Congress abode the federal government’s affirmation that the Catholic organizations filed their accusation too soon. The government seeks to accept the courts abolish the twelve cases based on the government’s affirmation that the organizations are not yet afflicted by the mandate.
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In acknowledgment to that argument, the ACLJ and the Members of Congress explain that the Catholic organizations are currently actuality afflicted by the mandate.
The authorization is causing them to acclimate their banking diplomacy now to adapt to pay cogent anniversary penalties to the federal government, which is what is appropriate if these organizations do not appetite to pay for activities and casework that run adverse to their faith. The organizations, then, cannot use that money for ministry-related purposes.
The “friend of the court” briefs were filed in the afterward twelve cases:
1. Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the District of Columbia, Case No. 1:12-cv-815;
2. Most Rev. R. Daniel Conlon, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 1:12-cv-3932, with the abetment of bounded counsel, David W. Schopp, of the Aurora, Illinois, Law Office of David W. Schopp;
3. Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Northern District of Indiana, Fort Wayne Division, Case No. 1:12-cv-159;
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4. University of Notre Dame v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Northern District of Indiana, South Bend Division, Case No. 3:12-cv-253;
5. Catholic Diocese of Biloxi, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S District Cloister for the Southern District of Mississippi, Case No. 1:12-cv-158, with the abetment of bounded counsel, Trey Lamar, of the Senatobia, Mississippi, law close of Lamar & Hannaford, P.A.;
6. Archdiocese of St. Louis, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Eastern District of Missouri, Case No. 4:12-cv-924;
7. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Eastern District of New York, Case No. 1:12-cv-2542, with the abetment of bounded counsel, Neil Merkl, of the New York City law close of Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP;
8. Franciscan University of Steubenville, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Southern District of Ohio, Case No. 2:12-cv-440, with the abetment of bounded counsel, R. Jason Howard, of the Dayton, Ohio, Howard Law Offices;
9. Most Rev. Donald W. Trautman, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Division, Case No. 1:12-cv-123, with the abetment of bounded counsel, Noah P. Fardo, of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, law close of Flaherty Fardo, LLC;
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10. Most Rev. David A. Zubik, et al. v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Erie Division, Case No. 2:12-cv-676, with the abetment of bounded counsel, Noah P. Fardo, of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, law close of Flaherty Fardo, LLC;
11. Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division, Case No. 3:12-cv-1589; and
12. Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth v. Sebelius, U.S. District Cloister for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, Case No. 4:12-cv-314.
The ACLJ’s own lawsuit challenging the HHS authorization is proceeding in federal cloister in St. Louis, Missouri.
This was the aboriginal accusation filed on account of a clandestine business. In that case, the ACLJ afresh filed a motion requesting that the cloister adjure the administration of the authorization on the business.
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