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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 …
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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.
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.”
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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.
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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 …
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 …
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.
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Jeffrey Toobin / CNN:
Court rulings: It's GOP v. Democrats
Court rulings: It's GOP v. Democrats
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Hillary Clinton Calls SCOTUS's Hobby Lobby Ruling ‘Deeply Disturbing’
Hillary Clinton Calls SCOTUS's Hobby Lobby Ruling ‘Deeply Disturbing’
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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
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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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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Do Democrats win by losing Obamacare decision?
Do Democrats win by losing Obamacare decision?
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Really Means
What the Hobby Lobby Ruling Really Means
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Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Hobby Lobby: Supreme Court Declares Itself to Be High Priest
Hobby Lobby: Supreme Court Declares Itself to Be High Priest
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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
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Rush Limbaugh:
The Supreme Court Defended Religious Liberty in the Hobby Lobby Case; It Didn't Ban Birth Control
The Supreme Court Defended Religious Liberty in the Hobby Lobby Case; It Didn't Ban Birth Control
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. justices uphold firms' religious objections to contraception
U.S. justices uphold firms' religious objections to contraception
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
White House: Congress Must Counter SCOTUS Birth Control Ruling
White House: Congress Must Counter SCOTUS Birth Control Ruling
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
5 Major Takeaways From The Hobby Lobby Decision
5 Major Takeaways From The Hobby Lobby Decision
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ThinkProgress:
Why Today's Hobby Lobby Decision Actually Hurts People Of Faith
Why Today's Hobby Lobby Decision Actually Hurts People Of Faith
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Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:
In Hobby Lobby Ruling, a Court So Wrong in So Many Ways
In Hobby Lobby Ruling, a Court So Wrong in So Many Ways
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices Rule in Favor of Hobby Lobby
Justices Rule in Favor of Hobby Lobby
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters:
Eugene Robinson: Hobby Lobby Sort of Like Segregationists
Eugene Robinson: Hobby Lobby Sort of Like Segregationists
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Ed Driscoll
Haaretz:
LIVE UPDATES: Israeli forces find bodies of three kidnapped teens — Israel Air Force strikes 34 targets in Gaza; rockets explode in southern Israel; Netanyahu: Hamas is responsible and will pay; Obama strongly condemns murders, calls on sides to avoid escalation; Hamas: Israeli version of events cannot be trusted.
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The Times of Israel:
What happened on the night of the kidnapping — The teenagers were shot dead in the backseat of the car within minutes of the abduction; the killers believed, erroneously, that the security forces were on their trail — Eyal Yifrach, 19, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, and Gil-ad Shaar, 16 …
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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 …
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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.
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 …
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Dana Davidsen / CNN:
Hillary Clinton: Mississippi runoff ‘of major historical importance’
Hillary Clinton: Mississippi runoff ‘of major historical importance’
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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 …
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Obama To Move Toward Reducing Deportations Without Congress
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.
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