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6:30 PM ET, June 30, 2014

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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:

Americans Losing Confidence in All Branches of U.S. Gov't — Confidence hits six-year low for presidency; record lows for Supreme Court, Congress — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in all three branches of the U.S. government has fallen, reaching record lows for the Supreme Court …

Discussion: CNN, Rush Limbaugh, New York Times, Hot Air, OnPolitics, Washington Post, Real Clear Politics, Hullabaloo, Firedoglake, National Review, The Huffington Post and Daily Kos

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:

JUSTICES: CAN'T MAKE EMPLOYERS COVER CONTRACEPTION — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that some corporations can hold religious objections that allow them to opt out of the new health law requirement that they cover contraceptives for women.

Discussion: NOLA River, Twitchy, msnbc.com, The Other McCain, Weasel Zippers, his vorpal sword, Washington Post, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Gateway Pundit, The Last Refuge and BizzyBlog

Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones:

The 8 Best Lines From Ginsburg's Dissent on the Hobby Lobby Contraception Decision — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Charlie Neuman/ZUMA — On Monday, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg penned a blistering dissent to the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling that the government can't require certain employers …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Gawker and Shakesville

Jeffrey Toobin / CNN:

Court rulings: It's GOP v. Democrats — Editor's note: Jeffrey Toobin is CNN senior legal analyst and author of “The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court.” The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. — (CNN) — Elections have consequences.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys

ThinkProgress:

Why Today's Hobby Lobby Decision Actually Hurts People Of Faith — In response to today's Supreme Court decision on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which allowed the the craft store giant and other “closely-held corporations” to be granted religious exemption from the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Brian McLaren EMC

ThinkProgress:

The Bait-And-Switch Behind Today's Hobby Lobby Decision — Protesters hold signs in support of Obamacare's birth control mandate — For many years, the Supreme Court struck a careful balance between protecting religious liberty and maintaining the rule of law in a pluralistic society.

Discussion: American Prospect, Biz Beat Blog, Bloomberg View, BarbWire.com, Religion Dispatches, Alas, a Blog, Balkinization, Wall Street Journal and Hullabaloo

Sean Davis / The Federalist:

6 Stupid Arguments About Hobby Lobby From Dumb Liberals — The Supreme Court's decision today affirming the right of business owners to run their businesses in accordance with their religious beliefs has caused no small amount of consternation among the anti-science, functionally illiterate Left.

Discussion: protein wisdom, Hot Air, Mediaite, RedState, The Daily Caller, Truth Revolt and TheBlaze.com

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Supreme Court Rejects Contraceptives Mandate for Some Corporations — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 decision on Monday that requiring family-owned corporations to pay for insurance coverage for contraception under the Affordable Care Act violated a federal law protecting religious freedom.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, National Review, BillMoyers.com, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Dish, ACS Blog and ThinkProgress

Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:

The Hobby Lobby Case Shows Why Private Companies Shouldn't Provide Insurance. The Government Should. — In one sense, the Supreme Court's decision in Hobby Lobby seems less awful than many liberals feared it would be. The majority opinion, written by Justice Samuel Alito …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Washington Post, Mother Jones, RH Reality Check, New York Times, Guardian, Business Insider and Mediaite

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Calls SCOTUS's Hobby Lobby Ruling ‘Deeply Disturbing’

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Sean Davis / The Federalist:
5 Major Takeaways From The Hobby Lobby Decision

Discussion: Hot Air, BizzyBlog and Ed Driscoll

Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Do Democrats win by losing Obamacare decision?

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, American Spectator and Hinterland Gazette

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo: Ginsburg: SCOTUS Has ‘Ventured Into A Minefield’ In Birth Control Ruling

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
White House: Congress Must Counter SCOTUS Birth Control Ruling

Discussion: Daily Kos

Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
In Hobby Lobby Ruling, a Court So Wrong in So Many Ways

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ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Supreme Court Deals Sharp Blow To Public Sector Unions

Discussion: Slate

Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Hobby Lobby: Supreme Court Declares Itself to Be High Priest

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. justices uphold firms' religious objections to contraception

Discussion: SCOTUSblog

Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Some Public Workers to Opt Out of Union Fees

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Politico, Democracy in America, Salon, Talking Points Memo and Outside the Beltway

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Conservative Supreme Court Majority Prevails In Two Key Cases [UPDATE: Is Hobby Lobby So Narrow As To Be “Meaningless”?]

Discussion: Politico and Rush Limbaugh

Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters:
Eugene Robinson: Hobby Lobby Sort of Like Segregationists

Discussion: Ed Driscoll

Isabel Kershner / New York Times:

Three Bodies Found Believed to Be Missing Israelis — JERUSALEM — Israeli military searchers found three bodies believed to be those of the missing Israeli teenagers who disappeared more than two weeks ago in the occupied West Bank, a senior government official said on Monday.

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The Times of Israel:
Dramatic developments regarding kidnapped teens

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Israel Matzav and BarbWire.com

Fox News:
Netanyahu vows ‘Hamas will pay’ after bodies of 3 kidnapped Israeli teens found

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and National Review

Alexander Marquardt / ABC News:
Bodies of Three Missing Israeli Teens Found Near Hebron, Source Says

Discussion: The Times of Israel, Business Insider, Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav, Blazing Cat Fur, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker and The Right Scoop

Sam R. Hall / The Clarion-Ledger:

College GOP chairman resigns, joining Democrats — The chairman of the Mississippi Federation of College Republicans has resigned his post and “will be changing my party affiliation to Democrat in the next few days.” — Evan Alvarez resigned his post this morning, which was made public …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, OnPolitics, The Daily Caller and The Raw Story

Elizabeth Williamson / Wall Street Journal:

Security Detail for Fed Chairwoman Irks Neighbors — Residents in Gated Community Say Commotion Surrounding Yellen Is Disrupting Neighborhood — WASHINGTON—In the Georgetown gated community of Hillandale, residents live in secluded calm governed by some 50 pages of rules banning fences …

Discussion: American Spectator, Gawker, Talking Points Memo, DCist, The Daily Caller and Balloon Juice

Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:

How Hillary Won Over the Skeptical Left — The surprising source of Clinton's invincibility — Jay Brown is a blunt-talking doctor from Ames, Iowa, the kind of guy who believes the biggest threats to the republic are the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, and the corporatization of politics.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and Althouse

Ben White / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's money problem

Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and Wall Street Journal

KNSD-TV:

Boy Dies of Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound at Boy Scout Camp: SDPD — A 12-year-old Boy Scout shot himself in the head at the Fiesta Island Youth Camp in Mission Bay — A boy has died after shooting himself in the head Monday at a Boy Scout camp in San Diego, officials confirmed.

Discussion: Liberaland, The Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Hinterland Gazette and Gawker

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Charlatans, Cranks and Kansas — Two years ago Kansas embarked on a remarkable fiscal experiment: It sharply slashed income taxes without any clear idea of what would replace the lost revenue. Sam Brownback, the governor, proposed the legislation — in percentage terms …

Discussion: TaxProf Blog and Daily Kos