Rapid Reaction — A Good Day for Theocracy at SCOTUS

Jessica Mason Pieklo & Imani Gandy

Employers who love to wield religious freedom as a cudgel scored a couple big wins at the Supreme Court today, including a decision allowing employers to meddle with the birth control of their employees based on "conscientious objections." Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explained what happened and whether there's any logic to this expansion of your employer's power over your health care decisions.

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas winces at a joke while he testified before the subcommittee on Capitol Hill March 8, 2007 in Washington, DC. The joke was about baseball, not Gilead—this time, at least. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Employers who love to wield religious freedom as a cudgel scored a couple big wins at the U.S. Supreme Court today, including a decision allowing employers to meddle with the birth control of their employees based on “conscientious objections.”

On this episode of Boom! Lawyered, Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy explain what happened and whether there’s any logic to this expansion of your employer’s power over your health-care decisions.

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