Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014): RFRA and the Mandate | Bar Exam Audio

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. 682 (2014) — how the Supreme Court held that the ACA contraceptive mandate violated RFRA as applied to closely held corporations whose owners objected on religious grounds: for-profit corporations are "persons" under RFRA, the mandate imposed a substantial burden, and the government failed the least-restrictive-means test. A high-yield bar exam case brief: facts, issue, holding, and the black-letter rule, explained in plain English.