1. In how many states does Hobby Lobby own stores? How many stores and employees does Hobby Lobby have?

2. To what part of the ObamaCare law does the Green family object? Be specific.

3. What argument does the Obama administration use for forcing private business owners to pay for employees' use of abortifacients like the morning after pill by including this requirement in the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)?

4. How much would Hobby Lobby have to pay in fines per employee per year for refusing to comply with the requirement in the law that their employee medical insurance plans offer all contraceptives for free?

5. What is the key issue before the justices?

6. Do you think that companies who would not pay for employees' choice of contraceptive harm women's health? Explain your answer.

7. From para. 18: "One potentially underemphasized aspect of the case is that there is no requirement that employers offer health insurance. They could pay the tax [fine], which will be cheaper in many instances, according to Georgetown University’s Martin Lederman, who has advanced the argument."   Supporters of religious liberty could argue that just as employers could stop offering medical insurance to employees as a way to avoid having to pay for some contraceptives, there is no requirement that employees get their health insurance through their employers; employees who want the contraceptives could always purchase their own insurance on the ObamaCare health exchange so they could obtain any contraceptive they wanted to use for free.
Is this a reasonable argument? Explain your answer.

8. Mr. Green says the court fight prompted the family to bid for an 1809 letter by founding father Thomas Jefferson. The letter reads: "No provision in our constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprizes of the civil authority." Do you agree with President Jefferson's assertion? Explain your answer.