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New York Times:
Limiting Rights: Imposing Religion on Workers — The Supreme Court's deeply dismaying decision on Monday in the Hobby Lobby case swept aside accepted principles of corporate law and religious liberty to grant owners of closely held, for-profit companies an unprecedented right to impose their religious views on employees.
Discussion:
Taylor Marsh, Washington Post and The Daily Banter
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Hobby Lobby ruling, the Supreme Court uses a ‘fiction’ — Mitt Romney said it, and on Monday the Supreme Court upheld it: Corporations are people, my friend. — The 2012 Republican presidential nominee was jeered when he made the claim in 2011 at the Iowa State Fair.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Chris Christie Doesn't Have An Opinion On Hobby Lobby: ‘Who Knows?’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie isn't sure whether the U.S. Supreme Court was right in its Monday “Hobby Lobby” ruling limiting the scope of the federal government's contraception coverage mandate. — “Who knows?”
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
law.cornell.edu:
BURWELL V. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC. — Syllabus — BURWELL v. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC. ( ) — No. 13-354, 723 F. 3d 1114, affirmed; No. 13-356, 724 F. 3d 377, reversed and remanded. — Syllabus [HTML] [PDF] — Opinion, Alito [HTML] [PDF] — Concurrence, Kennedy [HTML] [PDF]
Discussion:
Althouse, susiemadrak.com, National Review, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Religion Dispatches and Balkinization
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton: Hobby Lobby Ruling “Deeply Disturbing” — Clinton's comments drew applause from the audience. — Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Supreme Court's ruling that employers with religious objections can refuse to pay for insurance coverage for contraception “deeply disturbing.”
Discussion:
Hot Air, Townhall.com, Weasel Zippers, Ed Driscoll and Weekly Standard
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Really Means
What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Really Means
Discussion:
Mother Jones, The Dish, Vox, Close Read, SCOTUSblog, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, Hit & Run, New York Times and The New Republic
Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones:
The 8 Best Lines From Ginsburg's Dissent on the Hobby Lobby Contraception Decision
The 8 Best Lines From Ginsburg's Dissent on the Hobby Lobby Contraception Decision
Discussion:
Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality, National Review, Politico, The Dish, The Democratic Daily, The Moderate Voice, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Bloomberg View, VICE, ThinkProgress, New York Times, Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast, Reuters, Gawker, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh, Shakesville, Feministing, FIRST DRAFT, Hullabaloo and Talking Points Memo
Michael Scherer / TIME:
Supreme Court Rules Government Can't Make Some Employers Cover Contraception
Supreme Court Rules Government Can't Make Some Employers Cover Contraception
Discussion:
Hit & Run
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Ginsberg's Epic Dissent In Hobby Lobby Is Already A Song
Ginsberg's Epic Dissent In Hobby Lobby Is Already A Song
Discussion:
Mediaite
Abby Ohlheiser / The Wire:
Read Justice Ginsburg's Passionate 35-Page Dissent of Hobby Lobby Decision
Read Justice Ginsburg's Passionate 35-Page Dissent of Hobby Lobby Decision
Misstripleem / Twitchy:
‘Fu*k you:’ Left-wingers want to ‘burn down’ Hobby Lobby after SCOTUS win
‘Fu*k you:’ Left-wingers want to ‘burn down’ Hobby Lobby after SCOTUS win
Discussion:
Jezebel, protein wisdom, RedState, Guardian, American Spectator, Althouse, Washington Post, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers, Hot Air, The Other McCain and The Gateway Pundit
Adam Winkler / The Huffington Post:
Corporations Are People, And They Have More Rights Than You
Corporations Are People, And They Have More Rights Than You
Discussion:
National Review, Bloomberg View, Wall Street Journal, SCOTUSblog and Balloon Juice
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Hillary Clinton blasts Hobby Lobby ruling
Hillary Clinton blasts Hobby Lobby ruling
Discussion:
National Review, Hit & Run and Mediaite
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Do Democrats win by losing Obamacare decision?
Do Democrats win by losing Obamacare decision?
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Politico, National Review, Hot Air, American Spectator, Weasel Zippers and Hinterland Gazette
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
6 Stupid Arguments About Hobby Lobby From Dumb Liberals
6 Stupid Arguments About Hobby Lobby From Dumb Liberals
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The Daily Caller, ProfessorBainbridge.com, Mediaite, TheBlaze.com, RedState, Truth Revolt, Hot Air and protein wisdom
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Hobby Lobby Case Shows Why Private Companies Shouldn't Provide Insurance. The Government Should.
The Hobby Lobby Case Shows Why Private Companies Shouldn't Provide Insurance. The Government Should.
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TIME, The Dish, Hit & Run, Mother Jones, The Week, KHI, The Atlantic Online, National Review, SCOTUSblog, Slate, Talking Points Memo, USA Today, Washington Post, New York Times, RH Reality Check, Politico, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress, ACS Blog, The Federalist, Business Insider, CNN, Forbes, Washington Monthly and BillMoyers.com
Ynetnews:
Naftali Frenkel's mother: We will learn to sing without you — Families of Eyal Yifrach, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel decide to bury the the boys together after consulting with their rabbis and the police; Netanyahu to eulogize teens. — Shahar Chai, Itay Blumental, Ahiya Raved
Discussion:
Algemeiner.com and Guardian
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The Times of Israel:
What happened on the night of the kidnapping
What happened on the night of the kidnapping
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CNN, Scared Monkeys, Power Line, Israel Matzav and National Review
Haaretz:
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli forces find bodies of three kidnapped teens
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli forces find bodies of three kidnapped teens
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit, Jammie Wearing Fools, National Review, PJ Media, Gawker, Mediaite, Fox News and ABC News
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Officer's Conviction in Cannibalism Case Overturned — The 2013 conviction of a former New York City police officer in a plot to kidnap, torture, kill and eat women was overturned late Monday by a federal judge who said there was not sufficient evidence to support it.
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
For Iraq, Potential Leader With a Tarnished Past — BAGHDAD — He took millions of dollars from the C.I.A., founded and was accused of defrauding the second-biggest bank in Jordan and sold the Bush administration a bill of goods on weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Discussion:
Hot Air, Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
Pew Research Center:
Americans show modest interest in Iraq news, less interest in World Cup — So far, the growing crisis in Iraq has not drawn strong interest from the American public. As Sunni militants extend their control of large swaths of Iraq, 25% say they are paying very close attention to the growing violence and political instability in Iraq.
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Federalist and Poynter
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
DEMOCRAT PASTOR ACCUSES THAD COCHRAN CAMPAIGN OF VOTE-FOR-PAY SCHEME — A black Mississippi pastor has emerged to claim Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-MS) campaign paid “thousands” of Democrats $15 each to vote in the June 24 GOP runoff - and that he was part of the scheme.
Discussion:
The Gateway Pundit
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Aaron Gardner / RedState:
BREAKING: New Allegations Point to Cochran Campaign in Mississippi Senate Vote Buying Scandal
BREAKING: New Allegations Point to Cochran Campaign in Mississippi Senate Vote Buying Scandal
Discussion:
The Daily Caller and The Other McCain
Sarah Smith / Politico:
Megyn Kelly to Bill Ayers: Sounds like bin Laden — Fox News host Megyn Kelly had a heated interview with former Weather Underground member Bill Ayers about his past actions as part of the radical group. — “You sound like — with respect — Osama bin Laden,” Kelly said to Ayers …
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Congress Quietly Deletes a Key Disclosure of Free Trips Lawmakers Take — House Ethics reverses decades of precedent as lobbyist-sponsored lawmaker travel expands. — It's going to be a little more difficult to ferret out which members of Congress are lavished with all-expenses-paid trips around …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo and Fox News
Manu Raju / Politico:
The Dick and Liz Cheney recovery tour — Dick and Liz Cheney have been impossible to miss in recent weeks, sparring with Democrats and Rand Paul over the latest mess in Iraq, making the rounds on Fox News and launching a group to reassert the case for their hawkish brand of foreign policy.
Discussion:
ABC News and No More Mister Nice Blog
Washington Post:
Court gave NSA broad leeway in surveillance, documents show — Virtually no foreign government is off-limits for the National Security Agency, which has been authorized to intercept information “concerning” all but four countries, according to top-secret documents.
Discussion:
The Hill, BillMoyers.com, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather and The Times of Israel
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Obama: White House Pies So Good, You'd Think There Was Crack in Them — President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama had a bit of a weird moment at the White House tonight during an LGBT reception when the president praised the exquisite work of the White House Executive Pastry Chef and joked if he puts crack in them.
Discussion:
Power Line, Weasel Zippers and Red Alert Politics
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:
Booman Tribune, The Moderate Voice, Liberaland, Talking Points Memo, OnPolitics, The Daily Caller and The Raw Story
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Mississippi runoff ‘of major historical importance’
Hillary Clinton: Mississippi runoff ‘of major historical importance’
Discussion:
Politico, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Obama To Move Toward Reducing Deportations Without Congress — The president plans administrative action by the end of the summer. Speaker John Boehner told Obama the House will not take a vote on immigration reform this year. — Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press / MCT
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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Blaming Congress, Obama readies unilateral action on immigration
Blaming Congress, Obama readies unilateral action on immigration
Discussion:
National Review, Hot Air and Patterico's Pontifications