An excellent opinion by Judge Sykes in the HHS mandate case

Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Sykes, issued a preliminary injunction against the so-called HHS contraception-coverage mandate.  In my view, this is one of the most detailed and deep analysis that a federal court has provided of the RFRA arguments against the mandate.  I was particularly happy about the close engagement with questions of institutions' religious freedom and church-autonomy principles.  (And, I liked the law-review citations on pp. 44 & 45!)  Take a look.