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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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Emma Green / The Atlantic Online:
The Supreme Court Isn't Waging a War on Women in Hobby Lobby — Responses to the Supreme Court's ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby are a study in contradictions. It's “a landmark victory for religious liberty” that gives bosses “license to harm their female employees in the name of religion.”
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Becket Fund, Brookings Institute, Twitchy, Washington Post and The Dish
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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Weasel Zippers
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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Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Hobby Lobby Movie Already in the Works (Video) — Rick Santorum's EchoLight Studios plans to release a movie exploring the Supreme Court decision that was announced Monday. — EchoLight Studios, run by former presidential candidate Rick Santorum, said Monday it will release a movie Sep. 1 …
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Talking Points Memo, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Raw Story and National Review
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Chris Christie Doesn't Have An Opinion On Hobby Lobby: ‘Who Knows?’
Chris Christie Doesn't Have An Opinion On Hobby Lobby: ‘Who Knows?’
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Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In Hobby Lobby ruling, the Supreme Court uses a ‘fiction’
In Hobby Lobby ruling, the Supreme Court uses a ‘fiction’
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Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Supreme Court Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast Table
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The Mahablog, FIRST DRAFT and Washington Free Beacon
Associated Press:
Justices act in other health law mandate cases Associated Press 11 mins ago
Justices act in other health law mandate cases Associated Press 11 mins ago
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Daily Kos
Washington Examiner:
Dangerous precedent: Americans have greater faith in police, military than three branches of U.S. government
Dangerous precedent: Americans have greater faith in police, military than three branches of U.S. government
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The Federalist, Wall Street Journal, Weasel Zippers, Red Alert Politics, CNN, OnPolitics and Washington Post
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Wider impact of Hobby Lobby ruling?
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
OTC Birth Control: Your Body, Your Choice, Your Responsibility
OTC Birth Control: Your Body, Your Choice, Your Responsibility
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Hot Air
Elias Isquith / Salon:
John Roberts, abysmal failure: How his court was disgraced by corporations and theocrats
John Roberts, abysmal failure: How his court was disgraced by corporations and theocrats
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Mediaite, Balkinization, PoliticusUSA, Democratic Strategist, Political Insider blog, Associated Press and Washington Post
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
White House Chooses Congressional Fight Over Hobby Lobby Decision
White House Chooses Congressional Fight Over Hobby Lobby Decision
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Rush Limbaugh, RedState, National Review, Politico, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, The Daily Beast and The Federalist
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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Mother Jones, Jezebel, The Huffington Post, Mediaite, The Wire and Shakesville
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Christie gives no opinion on Hobby Lobby case
Christie gives no opinion on Hobby Lobby case
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Politico, State of the Union and Scared Monkeys
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
What's Going With This Photo In Valerie Jarrett's Office? — An NBC package over the weekend shows an odd display. — “Our Cynthia McFadden was granted unique access and spent a day behind the scenes with Valerie Jarrett at the White House,” host David Gregory said introducing the segment.
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Jonathon M. Seidl / TheBlaze.com:
Wait Until You See the Picture Frame NBC's Cameras Found in Valerie Jarrett's Office — Editor's Note: — Be sure to read to the bottom to see Jarrett's explanation. — Don't blink or you might miss it. — Earlier this week during NBC's exclusive peek inside the world of Valerie Jarrett …
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Truth Revolt, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and Business Insider
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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BarbWire.com and The Gateway Pundit
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
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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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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Washington Post, Real Clear Politics, PoliticusUSA, Talking Points Memo, Bloomberg View and Fox 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.
Chris Ritter / BuzzFeed:
What Happens When A Prep School's Black Student President Mocks Her White Male Classmates — An Instagram photo allegedly led the country's most expensive boarding school to strip its first black female student body president of her role. — One day last March, Lawrenceville School Student …
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Jezebel, Hinterland Gazette and Gawker
Fox News:
Murdered Israeli teens mourned in joint funeral, as Israel launches strike against Hamas — Laid on stretchers and wrapped in blue and white Israeli flags, the bodies of three kidnapped Israeli teens found Monday are set to be laid to rest together in the central Israeli city of Modiin.
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Voice of America, The Moderate Voice, RedState, CNN, The Times of Israel, Scared Monkeys, Truth Revolt and National Review
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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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Mediaite, Washington Post, Hot Air, Red Alert Politics, The Federalist, The Huffington Post, Poynter and The Dish
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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Weasel Zippers and Hot Air