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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.
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The Hill:
Obama weighs executive hammer — President Obama is weighing executive actions after the Supreme Court ruled against ObamaCare's contraception mandate. — The White House swiftly called on Congress to enact a legislative fix but realistically knows lawmakers aren't about to act.
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The Federalist, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Patrick Brennan / National Review:
Hobby Lobby Actually Lavishes Contraception Coverage on Its Employees — The Left is foaming at the mouth over the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision this morning. — “This is going to turn the dial back,” Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz warned on MSNBC.
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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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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?”
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Talking Points Memo, The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Supreme Court Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast Table
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The Mahablog, FIRST DRAFT and Washington Free Beacon
law.cornell.edu:
BURWELL V. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.
BURWELL V. HOBBY LOBBY STORES, INC.
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Althouse, susiemadrak.com, National Review, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Religion Dispatches and Balkinization
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
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Jezebel, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Shakesville and Mother Jones
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton: Hobby Lobby Ruling “Deeply Disturbing”
Hillary Clinton: Hobby Lobby Ruling “Deeply Disturbing”
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NO QUARTER USA NET, Townhall.com, Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, Weasel Zippers and Weekly Standard
New York Times:
Hobby Lobby Decision Highlights Parties' Divide
Hobby Lobby Decision Highlights Parties' Divide
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Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
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
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Hit & Run and Conservatives4Palin
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
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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National Review, Bloomberg View, Wall Street Journal, SCOTUSblog and Balloon Juice
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
McDaniel's Bizarre Plan To Challenge The Senate Race In Mississippi — Supporters of Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) are hinting at a specific plan to cast doubt about the results of the primary runoff election in which he lost to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) …
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
DEMOCRAT PASTOR ACCUSES THAD COCHRAN CAMPAIGN OF VOTE-FOR-PAY SCHEME
DEMOCRAT PASTOR ACCUSES THAD COCHRAN CAMPAIGN OF VOTE-FOR-PAY SCHEME
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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
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The Daily Caller and The Other McCain
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.
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 …
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Andrew Wolfson / Courier-Journal:
Gays have right to marry in Kentucky, judge rules — A federal judge today ruled that same-sex couples have a right to marry in Kentucky. — “In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,” …
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ThinkProgress and Talking Points Memo
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 …
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Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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.
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Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and Hit & Run
Tim Wilson / CBS Boston:
I-Team: Acton Vet Finally Gets VA Doctor's Appointment - 2 Years After He Died — By WBZ-TV Chief Correspondent Joe Shortsleeve — ACTON (CBS) - “He was steadfast. He took care of us, all of these years.” — Suzanne Chase of Acton was talking about her husband, Doug …
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Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Free Beacon
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on pregnancy law, church signs — Taking on new social controversies for its next Term, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to clarify the protection that women workers get under federal law when they become pregnant, and to consider the right of religious groups to put up outdoor signs to promote their worship services.
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)
Report: Arabs Attacked IDF Ambulance Transporting Bodies of Murdered Israeli Teens (PHOTO)
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Front Page Magazine, Truth Revolt, The Muqata, The Gateway Pundit and Weasel Zippers
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.
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Washington Post, Red Alert Politics, Mediaite, The Federalist, The Huffington Post and Poynter
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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The Hill, Lawfare, BillMoyers.com, Hinterland Gazette, Wall Street Journal, Prairie Weather and The Times of Israel