The court ruled private companies don’t have to cover contraceptives.

Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, 2014. Closely held corporations with religious objections can be exempt from a federal law requiring employers to include free coverage of contraceptives in health insurance policies.

Glossip v. Gross, 2015. The Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment does not prohibit states from using a sedative in lethal injections that has been linked to botched executions.