Last week, Hercules Industries, a heating ventilation and air conditioning manufacturer based in Denver, Colorado, won a preliminary injunction in federal court against Barack Obama’s fiat that all companies pay for the contraceptives, sterilizations, and abortifacients of their employees. Run by a Catholic family with conscientious objections to the mandate, Hercules Industries, which employs roughly 300 workers, was looking at potential fines of over $3 million a year. While the injunction is only temporary and applies to only this one company, it nonetheless represents an important rebuke to the Obama administration — a rebuke from a Jimmy Carter appointee no less.
