Basically, SCOTUS is saying to the lower court since we allowed Hobby Lobby the ability to seek an exemption from the HHS mandate since the time you decided this case against Notre Dame, we want you to reconsider your decision in light of that case.
Otherwise, you have the strange effect of giving a non-religious entity corporation the entitlement to ask for exemption, but not a religious college.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out an appeals court decision that went against the University of Notre Dame over its religious objections to the Obamacare health law’s contraception requirement.
The justices asked the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision in favor of the Obama administration in light of the June 2014 Supreme Court ruling that allowed closely held corporations to seek exemptions from the provision.
The court’s action means the February 2014 appeals court ruling that denied the South Bend, Indiana-based Roman Catholic university an injunction against the requirement has been wiped out.