WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Supreme Court released two decisions in Harris v. Quinn and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.:
Today, U.S. Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) released the following statement after the Supreme Court released two decisions in Harris v. Quinn and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.:
“Today the Supreme Court upheld two inalienable principals solidified in our First Amendment that protects the civil liberties of the American people. I am pleased with the Court’s rulings and hope that they remind the Obama Administration that certain rights and religious freedoms are guaranteed by the Constitution.
“The Harris v. Quinn decision upholds the idea that forcing nonmembers to pay dues to an organization without their consent is not just unconstitutional, but un-American. People should have the right to join or not join any organization they want, and the Supreme Court got it right today in holding that the government can’t force home care assistants to pay union dues without their permission.
“In the Burwell v. Hobby LobbyStores, Inc. decision, the Court made clear that the Obamacare contraceptive mandate violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and reiterates that the government cannot infringe upon the religious liberties of private citizens. Protecting the practice of religion is the first issue in the first line of our First Amendment. This is a sacred ideal that is built into the DNA of the United States.
“Today our system of checks and balances triumphed and once again protected Americans from an overreaching federal government.”
