How did the SCOTUS vote on contraception break down?

[MoonRiver]

I know it was 7-2, but not who voted how. And yes I have googled.

[katmondoo]

1. They go with Trump, the bastards.

[MoonRiver]

2. Two of the liberals also did. Just don't know which ones.

[Ilsa]

7. Sotomayor and Ginsberg were the 2. nt

[PoliticAverse]

3. Breyer and Kagan voted with the republican apointees. n/t

[MoonRiver]

5. I wonder why.

WTF were they thinking???

[uponit7771]

9. +1, on the face of it moral objections could be anything now

[PoliticAverse]

10. You can read the opinion (.pdf) here...

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-431_5i36.pdf

Basically they went with previous cases that gave the power of the agency in question to decide when there was ambiguity in the law.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Too many Catholics on the SC bench...

I guess it is anti-Article VI, but that should be a consideration for candidates.

[Ilsa]

6. Sotomayor and Ginsberg were the 2. nt

[spanone]

11. Kagan and Breyer voted with the majority

Thomas’s opinion was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh. Justice Elena Kagan wrote separately to explain her vote with the majority, and was joined by Justice Stephen Breyer. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/08/supreme-court-says-trump-administration-can-let-religious-employers-deny-birth-control-coverage.html


Oops! meant to address this to the main op. sorry

[MoonRiver]

13. Thanks. That's the best description of what happened I've seen.

[jayfish]

8. RGB and Sotomayor Dissented. -NT-

[katmondoo]

12. Do men get their Viagra with their healthcare?