The decision turned on #standing, a doctrine grounded in the #Constitution’s req that fed courts decide only concrete claims.
The standing req can leave a gap. It means, Justice Kavanaugh wrote,”that the federal courts may never need to decide some contested #legal questions.”
Justice #Kavanaugh relies on #ConscienceProtections in fed #law, saying #doctors “shall not be required to provide treatment or assistance that would violate the doctors’ religious beliefs or moral convictions.”