Justice Department Asks Supreme Court Not to Extend Injunction Against Obama Mandate

By Dave Andrusko

When Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a last-minute temporary injunction against enforcement of a component of ObamaCare that forces employers, including religious groups, to provide health coverage for drugs and procedures to which they have moral or religious objections, she gave the Obama administration until 10:00 this morning to respond.

Not surprisingly the Obama Justice Department easily beat the deadline and even less surprisingly insisted that the injunction should not be extended.

The stay, handed down New Year’s Eve, prevents Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, a Colorado-based order of nuns, from facing fines until the legal issues surrounding the lawsuit are resolved. Sotomayor’s order also applies to other Roman Catholic nonprofit groups that use the same health plan, the Christian Brothers Employee Benefit Trust.

“We hope and pray that we will receive a favorable outcome in order to continue to serve the elderly of all faiths with the same community support and religious freedom that we have always appreciated, “ the Little Sisters said in a statement.

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