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3:20 AM ET, July 1, 2014

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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: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Gawker, VICE, Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh, Shakesville and Talking Points Memo

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: Townhall.com, Weekly Standard, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Hillary Clinton blasts Hobby Lobby ruling — Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Supreme Court's ruling in the contraception-related Hobby Lobby case “deeply disturbing.” — The former secretary of state and possible Democratic front-runner skewered the decision during an appearance …

Discussion: Hit & Run and Mediaite

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

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: Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Scared Monkeys and Hinterland Gazette

Abby Ohlheiser / The Wire:

Read Justice Ginsburg's Passionate 35-Page Dissent of Hobby Lobby Decision — On Monday, the Supreme Court sided with Hobby Lobby on the company's challenge to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate, ruling that the mandate, as applied to “closely held” businesses, violates the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

Discussion: Vox, Liberaland, SCOTUSblog, American Prospect, Alas, a Blog, The Daily Signal, The Dish and National Review

Misstripleem / Twitchy:

‘Fu*k you:’ Left-wingers want to ‘burn down’ Hobby Lobby after SCOTUS win … Let it all out. Exhale. … Stay classy. And peaceful:

Discussion: protein wisdom, Guardian, RedState, American Spectator, Washington Post and Weasel Zippers

Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
The Hobby Lobby Case Shows Why Private Companies Shouldn't Provide Insurance. The Government Should.

Discussion: Washington Post, Vox, National Review, RH Reality Check, Politico, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, SCOTUSblog, New York Times, ThinkProgress, Business Insider, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, Mediaite, BillMoyers.com, The Hugh Hewitt Show and The Agonist

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

Discussion: American Spectator and Weasel Zippers

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

Discussion: The Dish and The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: National Review and Hullabaloo

Adam Winkler / The Huffington Post:
Corporations Are People, And They Have More Rights Than You

Discussion: National Review, SCOTUSblog, Balloon Juice and Washington Post

Rush Limbaugh:
The Supreme Court Defended Religious Liberty in the Hobby Lobby Case; It Didn't Ban Birth Control

Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and Mediaite

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

Discussion: National Review, Hot Air, RedState and Ed Driscoll

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

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Washington Post, The Dish, The Verge, National Review, RealClearPolitics Video Log and Hit & Run

ThinkProgress:
The Bait-And-Switch Behind Today's Hobby Lobby Decision

Discussion: law.cornell.edu, National Review, Slate, Religion Dispatches, Bloomberg View, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Biz Beat Blog, Balkinization and Hullabaloo

ThinkProgress:
Why Today's Hobby Lobby Decision Actually Hurts People Of Faith

Discussion: Center for American Progress, New York Times and Booman Tribune

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
JUSTICES: CAN'T MAKE EMPLOYERS COVER CONTRACEPTION

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

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

Discussion: The Daily Caller

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

Discussion: Ed Driscoll

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Rule in Favor of Hobby Lobby

Discussion: Mother Jones, Wall Street Journal, Politico, National Review, Washington Post, The Atlantic Online, Althouse, SCOTUSblog, ABC News, The Democratic Daily, Opinions You Should Have, The Daily Banter, ACS Blog, Bloomberg View, Forbes, Poynter, Bloomberg and Washington Free Beacon

New York Times:

Israel's Search for 3 Teenagers Ends in Grief — JERUSALEM — Israel's intense 18-day search for three abducted teenagers ended Monday when their bodies were found buried under a pile of rocks in an open field about 15 miles from where the youths were last seen in the occupied West Bank.

Discussion: CBS New York, The Times of Israel, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Gothamist, Taylor Marsh, American Spectator, The Daily Caller, Israel Matzav, Business Insider, Los Angeles Times, Mashable and Outside the Beltway

Shiryn Ghermezian / Algemeiner.com:

Report: Arabs Attacked IDF Ambulance Transporting Bodies of Murdered Israeli Teens (PHOTO) — An IDF ambulance was reportedly attacked as it transported the bodies of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed. Photo: Tazpit News Agency. — Palestinian Arabs attacked …

Discussion: The Muqata, Truth Revolt, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit

The Times of Israel:
What happened on the night of the kidnapping

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Power Line

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

Discussion: Haaretz, Gawker, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and National Review

The Times of Israel:
Dramatic developments regarding kidnapped teens

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Yahoo! News, BarbWire.com and Israel Matzav

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, Liberaland, OnPolitics, The Daily Caller and The Raw Story

Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Mississippi runoff ‘of major historical importance’

Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and The Daily Caller

Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:

Blaming Congress, Obama readies unilateral action on immigration — Shares - — After waiting more than a year for the House to take up an immigration overhaul passed by the Senate, President Obama is moving ahead with a series of executive-level actions he says will improve the system …

Discussion: National Review, Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and Guardian

Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed: Obama To Move Toward Reducing Deportations Without Congress

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

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: Political Insider blog, Washington Post, Rush Limbaugh, Truth Revolt, Weasel Zippers, New York Times, CNN, The Huffington Post, OnPolitics, Hullabaloo, National Review, Firedoglake, Hot Air, Daily Kos and Real Clear Politics

Guttmacher Institute / New from the Guttmacher …:

Contraceptive Use in the United States — WHO NEEDS CONTRACEPTIVES? — • There are 62 million U.S. women in their childbearing years (15-44). [1] About 43 million of them (70%) are at risk of unintended pregnancy—that is, they are sexually active and do not want to become pregnant …

Discussion: Salon, Washington Post, RH Reality Check and ThinkProgress

Paul Kersey / USA Today:

Workers handed a victory over unions: Column — Supreme Court delivers major blow to public employee unions — When the U.S. Supreme Court today issued a landmark ruling for employee rights in Harris v. Quinn, it wasn't just a victory for the Illinois mom who had the courage to stand up to the state's public employee unions.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit