certification. in the argument, in the brief, the government filed, here is what it said. with the stroke of their own pen, applicants can secure for themselves the relief they seek from this court. mr. rienzi, why isn t that good enough? because it is not true, chris. the form the government wants the sisters to sign is an authorization form that authorizes and directs others to provide the drugs. what the government said in court is that we haven t quite figured out a way to make that form work today but we are still working on way to make that form work. and the way the rules are set up, that form will authorize and direct others to pay for those drugs. the sisters can t be part of it. if the form doesn t matter, the government shouldn t be making the sisters sign it. miss hogue, mine, that s the point that mr. renzy making in court. if you look at the certification, it is a contract that informs the insurer of its obligation too go ahead after the sisters opt out to provide c
welcome to what s next. comcastnbcuniversal. while major pieces of obamacare took effect with the new year, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor blocked one provision. that mandates church affiliated nonprofits provide their employees with access to birth control. the little sisters of the poor say that violates their religious beliefs. but the justice department wants the court to lift the injunction. joining us now, mark rienzi of the beckett fund for religious liberty, lead counsel for the nuns and ilyse hogue, president of pro-choice america. welcome to both of you. in seeking to end the injunction, the justice department argues that the little sister can opt out of any obligation to provide birth control by simply signing a
people can get it lots of ways without dragging the nuns into process. if the government thinks more people need access to contraception, the government can do it. they can do it on their exchanges and through title ten. forcing the little sisters to pay massive fines or shut down their ministries hurts that goal. right. fewer elderly poor people would get the health care they need in those beautiful nursing homes the sisters run and the employees that had jobs with the little sisters of the poor may not have a place to work if the government succeeds in crushing the nursing homes. we got less than two minutes left. let me start with you, miss hogue. how do you expect the supreme court to rule in this case? i know it is just a temporary injunction by justice sotomayor. but one assume this will go to the court. how do you expect them to act in the case of the little sisters? how important is this case? i think it is a very important case. it is not the only one we will see. mr. re
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while major pieces of obamacare took effect with the new year, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor blocked one provision. that mandates church affiliated nonprofits provide their employees with access to birth control. the little sisters of the poor say that violates their religious beliefs. but the justice department wants the court to lift the injunction. joining us now, mark rienzi of the beckett fund for religious liberty, lead counsel for the nuns and ilyse hogue, president of pro-choice america. welcome to both of you. in seeking to end the injunction, the justice department argues that the little sister can opt out of any obligation to provide birth control by simply signing a