The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in a religious liberty case challenging HHS’s ability to force employers to fund preventative HIV services.
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The case Kennedy v. Braidwood, formerly Becerra v. Braidwood (Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took over as HHS secretary during proceedings), was a flashpoint case deciding not only whether HHS can appoint certain officials without congressional and presidential approval, but whether or not the officials in question can override employers’ religious beliefs in medical funding. The decision is a loss therefore for religious liberty.
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The court ruled in favor of HHS and against the Christian plaintiffs, according to SCOTUSblog, stating that “Task Force members are inferior officers whose appointment by the Secretary of
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