America's highest judicial body released multiple rulings this past week, with many of the decisions leaving Democrats furious.

However, they had cause to celebrate on Friday when the Supreme Court upheld a key provision of Obamacare. 

Objections raised to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

According to Newsmax, the case concerned the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a volunteer body that is made up of 16 medical experts who are appointed to four-year terms by the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

It provides recommendations regarding which medical services should be covered by insurance companies as preventative care.

The task force's validity was challenged under the Constitution's "Appointments Clause," found in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2.

The clause provides that "principal officers" of the United States must be confirmed by the Senate whereas "inferior officers" may be appointed without confirmation.

Justice Kavanaugh notes that members can be removed "at will"

While the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are principal officers who require Senate confirmation, six Supreme Court justices disagreed.

In writing for the majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh argued that "Task Force members are inferior officers because their work is 'directed and supervised' by the Secretary of HHS, a principal officer, through two main sources of authority."

Kavanaugh observed that "[t]he Secretary’s authority to remove Task Force members at will provides a 'powerful tool for control.'"

What's more, he pointed to how "the Secretary has statutory authority to directly review and block Task Force recommendations before they take effect."

Kavanaugh was joined in his opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts as well as Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Meanwhile, Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch dissented.

Case brought by Christian companies which objected to coverage of certain drugs

Newsmax recalled how the case was originally brought five years ago by a set of Christian-owned companies who objected to the requirement that their health plans pay for pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV.

JUST IN: The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday preserved a key element of the Obamacare law that helps guarantee that health insurers cover preventive care such as cancer screenings at no cost to patients. https://t.co/yHk7GMrFRY

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The plaintiffs maintained that covering the drugs would "facilitate and encourage homosexual behavior, prostitution, sexual promiscuity and intravenous drug use," all of which contravened their religious views.