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Companies Can Refuse To Cover Contraception, Supreme Court Says
NPR ^ | June 30, 2014 | Bill Chappell

Posted on 06/30/2014 7:22:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The Supreme Court has ruled that Hobby Lobby and other closely held for-profit corporations can opt out of the Affordable Care Act's provisions for no-cost prescription contraception in most health insurance plans. The companies' owners had objected on the grounds of religious freedom.

The ruling affirms a Hobby Lobby victory in a lower court and gives new standing to similar claims by other companies...

(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aca; bhohealthcare; breakingnews; hobbylobby; hobbylobbydecision; obamacare; religiousliberty; ruling; scotus
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To: DonaldC

Yeah, all these US Supreme Court decisions against him are putting the LIE to the claim of him being a Constitutional lawyer. He doesn’t know the first thing about the US Constitution, much less being a President!


41 posted on 06/30/2014 7:40:05 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

42 posted on 06/30/2014 7:40:28 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: impimp

‘Shareholders of a company should be able to say that they have religious beliefs regardless of whether it is closely held by 5 or fewer people.’

Precisely! They do that through their board of directors and corporate executives who they employ.


43 posted on 06/30/2014 7:40:51 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A very narrow decision, narrowly decided. Next term, watch them do a different 5-4 to impose gay marriage on all the states.


44 posted on 06/30/2014 7:44:25 AM PDT by madprof98
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To: skeeter

it is consistent with citizens united case.

corporations have a first amendment right which means ALL rights in the first.

This is for a closely held corporation.

ALL closely held corporations now can gut parts of obamacare.

all private companies can associate this with this first amendment case. (see cake bakers)

This is a very core case which will freak out the left.


45 posted on 06/30/2014 7:45:23 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Ginsburg has written a 19 page Dissent, not yet available.
46 posted on 06/30/2014 7:46:11 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: Jim from C-Town

The US Supreme Court comes in on an issue whenever you have a dispute between competing rights of a Constitutional nature. And in this case the rights of the owners’ religious convictions were paramount! The Bill of Rights stands!


47 posted on 06/30/2014 7:46:30 AM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Hattie

I agree, I thought this was more about the morning after pill....


48 posted on 06/30/2014 7:46:47 AM PDT by martinidon
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To: Hattie

No one should be forced to pay for contraception of any kind!

Contraception and abortion ARE NOT HEALTH CARE! They are exact opposites of health care. Particularly in the case of abortion.

The massive dosage of women with chemical hormones and the murder of pre-born infants in order to allow them to act as irresponsibly about their sexuality as sailors on shore leave IS NOT a benefit to women or to society as a whole.

In a Free Society, both employers and employees should be able to decide who they want to hire, work for and what benefits, if any, they would chose to offer and accept!


49 posted on 06/30/2014 7:47:02 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: longtermmemmory

I ventured over to DU before I take a shower and they are freaking out on both decisions.


50 posted on 06/30/2014 7:47:54 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, back in1962 the United states had the best credit rating in the World. It was the most prosperous country in the World, it had a growing economy and was not looking at becoming a second tier power run by a Banana Republic dictator. So it was pretty Damn good!


51 posted on 06/30/2014 7:50:25 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How long to Obama just orders the USSC closed?

This has got to be getting to him.


52 posted on 06/30/2014 7:50:54 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Jim from C-Town

“Contraception and abortion ARE NOT HEALTH CARE!”

Contraception, the pill, can be used to threat health issues where hormone replacement is the issue. It is an easy way to deliver it. That is why Hobby Lobby did not push that far, only against what is basically abortion. The decision was right for today, not sure we will like it so much when muslims have taken over, but that is for another generation to deal with.


53 posted on 06/30/2014 7:52:22 AM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: stanne

It is COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT as to what a benefits package ANY corporation offers to its’ employees.

The fact that you or anyone else believes the minutia of human resource contracts is prevue of the Federal Government shows how far we have fallen down the Liberal Mindset hole.

We have to stand up for liberty. That includes the liberty for a person to be able to sell their labor for the wage and benefits that a company is willing to offer. As well as the liberty for ANY employer to offer the wages and benefit package that they believe is important.


54 posted on 06/30/2014 7:56:16 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: DonaldC

“You’d think a constitutional law prof would know better...lol”

One would hope, Odinga wasn’t a Professor but will gladly take the title since we keep giving it to hum. His official title was Senior Lecturer.


55 posted on 06/30/2014 7:56:43 AM PDT by DAC21
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; ...

FReepmail me to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the SCOTUS ping list.

56 posted on 06/30/2014 7:57:03 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: punknpuss

Hasn’t EWTN just gone to the Supreme Court for a decision? I do not know if they will be included in this, but I cannot see why not. (Musician here, not lawyer).


57 posted on 06/30/2014 8:01:29 AM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
By extension, can this ruling have coat-tails in other areas?

How is this not tangent to a Baker in Colorado and could he use this as a president?

Freeper Legal Eagles please Opine and poke holes in my Theorem...

58 posted on 06/30/2014 8:01:50 AM PDT by taildragger (Not my Circus, Not my Monkey ( Boy does that apply to DC...))
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To: DonaldC

‘Contraception, the pill, can be used to threat health issues where hormone replacement is the issue.’

That is correct, as far as it goes. Not even the Catholic Church is against the use of the pill in cases of hormone therapy. Treatment for a particular disorder or illness is health care. The changing of natural bodily function IS NOT!

What chemical contraception does is pump women full of massive doses chemical hormones that change the very nature of a woman’s bodily function.


59 posted on 06/30/2014 8:03:05 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Star Traveler

Dear Leader is probably asking Jarrett right now if he can issue an executive order outlawing the Supreme Court.


60 posted on 06/30/2014 8:08:26 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America shall survive this Obamanation.)
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