The suit shall proceed.
...After announcing the mandate in February, the Obama administration
had announced a “safe harbor” that would prevent the mandate from
applying to certain religious employers until August 2013.
However, Judge Brian Cogan slapped down the “safe harbor” argument,
saying, “the First Amendment does not require citizens to accept
assurances from the government that, if the government later determines
it has made a misstep, it will take ameliorative action.”
“There is no, ‘Trust us, changes are coming’ clause in the
Constitution,” said the judge. “To the contrary, the Bill of Rights
itself, and the First Amendment in particular, reflect a degree of
skepticism towards governmental self-restraint and self-correction.”
Umnnhhhh, yah. For a leading example of double-dealing/untrustworthiness, see Boehner, John.
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