An important religious rights case out of Albany was decided last week by the U.S. Supreme Court. 

In Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v. Harris, the diocese argued it didn’t have to provide employee coverage for abortions on religious grounds.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously agreed, throwing out a 2024 New York state Court of Appeals decision that said state regulation did not violate the rights of religious employers under the constitution’s protections for free exercise of religion. 

What’s especially interesting about the case, is that a regular Capital Tonight guest, professor Vin Bonventre, the Justice Robert H. Jackson distinguished professor at Albany Law School, consulted on it. 

Bonventre joined Susan Arbetter to explain why this case is more of a religious freedom case than one about abortion rights.