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Associated Press:
Justices act in other health law mandate cases Associated Press 11 mins ago — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed that its decision a day earlier extending religious rights to closely held corporations applies broadly to the contraceptive coverage requirement …
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The Seattle Times, News Desk, Daily Kos and The Mahablog
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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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The Dish, Washington Post, Becket Fund, Brookings Institute and Twitchy
Abby Haglage / The Daily Beast:
After Hobby Lobby, These 82 Corporations Could Drop Birth Control Coverage — From Notre Dame to manufacturers, dozens of companies were waiting for the Supreme Court's decision in order to opt-out of Obamacare's contraception mandate. — Hobby Lobby is about to get a lot more company.
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American Spectator, Jezebel, Daily Signal, Politico and Talking Points Memo
Sasha Volokh / Washington Post:
Is RFRA unconstitutional? — I basically agree with my co-bloggers' posts from yesterday about Hobby Lobby (see, e.g., Eugene's posts here and here): given RFRA, I think Hobby Lobby should have prevailed, as it did. In particular, I favor the idea that corporations should be able to assert rights under RFRA (see Ilya's post here).
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Bleeding Heart Libertarians, Outside the Beltway, Alas, a Blog and The Dish
Politico:
Changed America This Year — Nineteen legal thinkers run down the court's most important decisions. — The justices have retired their robes for the summer (and the interns, their running shoes), after handing down decisions on issues ranging from Obamacare to affirmative action, campaign finance to school prayer.
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Weekly Standard
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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Politico, CNN, Hullabaloo, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Wider impact of Hobby Lobby ruling?
Wider impact of Hobby Lobby ruling?
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Balloon Juice and RH Reality Check
Sandra Fluke / Washington Post:
The Hobby Lobby case is an attack on women
The Hobby Lobby case is an attack on women
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Daily Kos and Religion Dispatches
Patrick Brennan / National Review:
Hobby Lobby Actually Lavishes Contraception Coverage on Its Employees
Hobby Lobby Actually Lavishes Contraception Coverage on Its Employees
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The Hill, Weasel Zippers, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, NOLA River and Hit & Run
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, Wall Street Journal, NewsBusters, Balkinization, Washington Post, PoliticusUSA, Democratic Strategist and Associated Press
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Supreme Court Breakfast Table
Supreme Court Breakfast Table
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The Mahablog, FIRST DRAFT and Washington Free Beacon
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Hobby Lobby Movie Already in the Works (Video)
Hobby Lobby Movie Already in the Works (Video)
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National Review, The Raw Story, No More Mister Nice Blog and Talking Points Memo
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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The Huffington Post, Mediaite, Jezebel and The Wire
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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Weasel Zippers, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Truth Revolt and Business Insider
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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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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
NM police boot Fox's Jesse Watters from women's conference after ‘sexist’ comments — Fox News reporter Jesse Watters said on Monday that Albuquerque police had escorted him out of the 2014 National Organization for Women (NOW) conference after he made sexist comments and failed to obtain a press pass.
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Jesse Watters / Fox News Insider:
WATCH: Police Kick Watters Out of NOW Conference
WATCH: Police Kick Watters Out of NOW Conference
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Weasel Zippers, The Huffington Post and Progressives Today
Jon Clifton / Gallup:
Americans Less Satisfied With Freedom — Perceived widespread corruption in U.S. government on the rise — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fewer Americans are satisfied with the freedom to choose what they do with their lives compared with seven years ago — dropping 12 percentage points from 91% in 2006 to 79% in 2013.
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Firedoglake, Hot Air, Real Clear Politics, Washington Examiner and The Federalist
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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Real Clear Politics, Daily Kos, AMERICAblog News, Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air, Truth Revolt, The Verge, PoliticusUSA, Bloomberg View, Talking Points Memo and Fox News
Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:
Cochran campaign denies vote-buying reports — The U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran campaign is denying reports from a conservative blogger that it was trying to buy votes in Lauderdale County. — Blogger Charles C. Johnson of GotNews.com is reporting that Stevie Fielder says the Cochran campaign told …
Charles Murray / Wall Street Journal:
The Trouble Isn't Liberals. It's Progressives. — Not everyone on the left wants to quash dissent or indulge President Obama's abuses of executive power. — Social conservatives. Libertarians. Country-club conservatives. Tea party conservatives. Everybody in politics knows …
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Questions and Observations, National Review and Gawker
Fox News:
ObamaCare coverage for millions in jeopardy as watchdog finds widespread data flaws — The Obama administration is struggling to resolve data discrepancies over health insurance that could jeopardize coverage for millions, according to a watchdog report on the still-rocky implementation of ObamaCare.
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The Verge, Weasel Zippers and Fox News Insider
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Chief Justice Courts Liberals In Search of Middle Ground — Supreme Court's Leader Joined Liberal Colleagues to Achieve Some Major Decisions This Term — WASHINGTON—In the Supreme Court term that just concluded, Chief Justice John Roberts joined with liberal colleagues to draw some of the court's major decisions toward the middle.
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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Hot Air, AMERICAblog News, ThinkProgress, Jezebel, ACS Blog, Daily Kos, Outside the Beltway and Talking Points Memo
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, CNN, RedState, Scared Monkeys, Truth Revolt and The Times of Israel
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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Clash in cabinet || Ya'alon proposes new settlement in memory of murdered teens
Clash in cabinet || Ya'alon proposes new settlement in memory of murdered teens
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New York Times, Gothamist, Guardian, Israel Matzav, Al Jazeera America, The Moderate Voice and CNN