Chapter $2.$ Business and the Constitution

Introduction

Laws that govern business have their origin in the lawmaking authority granted Constitution, which is the supreme law in this country. Neither Congress nor any pass a law that is in conflict with the Constitution.

Disputes over constitutional rights frequently come before the courts. Consider Inc., a family$-$owned pharmacy in Olympia, Washington. The owners of Norman religious objections to the use of Plan B emergency contraception $("$the morning Washington state, however, requires every pharmacy to stock an assortment of approved by the Food and Drug Administration $($FDA$).$ In addition, state adminis effectively prevent pharmacies from refusing to provide FDA$-$approved devices as Plan $B$ contraception$)$ to patients for religious reasons.