'An Ominous Sign': Supreme Court Rejects Washington Pharmacists' Religious Liberty Complaint
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a hearing for pharmacists appealing a Washington State law mandating that they provide abortion-inducing drugs despite their religious objections.
A majority of the eight-member high court decided Tuesday morning to not hear an appeal in Stormans v. Wiesman, allowing a ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stand.
While the decision to reject a hearing for the Stormans case was given without comment, Justice Samuel Alito authored a dissent to the decision.
Joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas, Alito wrote that allowing the Washington State law to stand was "an ominous sign" for the future of religious freedom....