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Citizens United in Affordable Care Act litigation, Part IV

Fresh off the heels of yesterday's Part III, here comes Part IV.  A petition for writ of certiorari (PDF) has been filed with the Supreme Court appealing the Third Circuit's decision in an Affordable Care Act case regarding a business alleging a right to religious liberty. The petition invokes Citizens United twice, noting that "other areas of First Amendment law, including the free speech doctrine, recognize that 'First Amendment protection extends to corporations,'" "'for-profit and non-profit.'" (p. 10 & 25)