{"id":12746,"date":"2013-01-01T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T20:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/?p=12746"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:52:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:52:52","slug":"another-new-years-eve-setback-for-the-hhs-mandate-sharp-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/yimcatholic\/2013\/01\/another-new-years-eve-setback-for-the-hhs-mandate-sharp-industries.html","title":{"rendered":"Another New Years Eve Setback for the HHS Mandate: Sharp Industries Wins Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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\nIt\u2019s time for some more bubbly. Were the courts in session yesterday, or what? Though I was on vacation, see, the answer to that question is \u201cyes,\u201d even if they got down to business quick, and closed down early for New Years Eve. First, we heard of Kort & Luitjohan\u2019s good news<\/a>, then an injunction handed to Tom Monaghan\u2019s company<\/a>, \u00a0and now there\u2019s another reason for a toast.<\/p>\n

Francis J. Manion<\/a>,\u00a0Senior Counsel with the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)<\/a> sent me a little New Year felicitation,<\/p>\n

Late yesterday, a federal court in St. Louis granted a temporary restraining order against the HHS mandate in favor of yet another for-profit business \u2014 Sharpe Holdings, Inc.<\/a>, a Missouri dairy farming, creamery and cheese making company. For those keeping score at home, to date 9 for-profit companies have obtained injunctions against the mandate, 3 have been denied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As the folks at the Becket Fund remind us,\u00a09-3 is a pretty good record<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is a brief snippet from the order handed down by the court yesterday (bold highlights are mine).<\/p>\n

Plaintiffs argue that they will suffer irreparable harm due to deprivation of First \u2028Amendment freedoms and violations of RFRA. They have shown that they must act \u2028immediately to implement a new employee health plan due to its January 1, 2013 renewal \u2028date in compliance with the law. Injunctive relief will permit plaintiffs to implement a plan consistent with their religious beliefs without the threat of liabilities imposed due to failure to follow the arguably unconstitutional ACA mandate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe loss of First Amendment freedoms, for even minimal periods of time, \u2028unquestionably constitutes irreparable injury.\u201d Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 373 (1976). \u2028Violations of RFRA also can constitute irreparable harm. See Kikumura v. Hurley, 242 \u2028F.3d 950, 963 (10th Cir. 2001).<\/p>\n

Plaintiffs further argue that any arguments that injunctive relief would harm the \u2028government are frivolous. According to plaintiffs, the government has stayed imposition of \u2028the ACA mandate upon thousands of employers and millions of employees, and that the \u2028government cannot argue convincingly that injunctive relief in this case would cause it any\u00a0harm. Whether or not plaintiffs\u2019 argument in this regard is accurate, it has not been\u00a0shown to be otherwise at this time. Further proceedings may contest this issue.<\/p>\n

The court concludes that the balance of harms presented at this time tips clearly in \u2028favor of the plaintiffs. The court is not strongly persuaded by the government\u2019s arguments \u2028that plaintiffs\u2019 delay in bringing these proceedings for 16 months should work against their entitlement to short term injunctive relief. No substantial case has been shown for the government being prejudiced by this passage of time.<\/p>\n

The court has concluded that plaintiffs are entitled to injunctive relief that \u2028maintains the status quo until the important relevant issues have been more fully heard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the reasons stated above,<\/p>\n

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion of plaintiffs Sharpe Holdings, Inc., \u2028Charles N. Sharpe, Judi Diane Schaefer, and Rita Joanne Wilson for a temporary \u2028restraining order is sustained.<\/p>\n

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that defendants are TEMPORARILY RESTRAINED from \u2028enforcing the ACA Mandate regulations regarding abortifacient devices and related \u2028counseling. See 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 300gg-13(a)(4), 26 U.S.C. \u00a7 4980D, \u00a7 4980H, and 29 U.S.C. \u00a7 \u20281132.<\/p>\n

Read the court order in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And so another small, for-profit, business has \u00a0won a reprieve from the oligarchs of the Administration. Pretty quick work, for an action that was filed just a few weeks back on December 20, 2012.<\/p>\n

Three cheers for the Separation of Powers! Huzzah! Huzzah! Huzzah!<\/p>\n

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