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Supreme Court Sides With Christian College In Birth Control Case [Sotomayor Goes Berserk]
Washington Post ^ | July 03, 2014 | ROBERT BARNES

Posted on 07/03/2014 10:17:29 PM PDT by Steelfish

Supreme Court Sides With Christian College In Birth Control Case

The three female justices say their colleagues are reversing themselves from this week’s Hobby Lobby ruling. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) BY ROBERT BARNES July 3

The three female justices of the Supreme Court sharply rebuked their colleagues Thursday for siding with a Christian college in the latest battle over providing women with contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, saying the court was retreating from assurances offered only days ago.

In a short, unsigned opinion, the court said that Wheaton College in Illinois, at least temporarily, does not have to comply even with compromise provisions in the law that the college says still violate its religious beliefs.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the action cast doubt on the very accommodation the court’s majority seemed to endorse Monday in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which concerned businesses that objected to providing birth control that offends the owners’ beliefs.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: christiancolleges; christians; hobbylobby; hobbylobbydecision; prolife; sotomayor; wheatoncollege
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To: Steelfish

Basically, those who object need not sign EBSA Form 700 - NOW all they have to do is file a letter with the government stating the college’s religious objection.

It’s all about not having to sign EBSA Form 700 (the college didn’t want to participate in the coverage being kicked down the road where the government could tell a third party to provide the contraceptive) — by signing this govt form, they would have been the trigger to getting this coverage.

The government can do whatever (as we’ve seen) so there is something about how this ruling (the college being allowed by the SC decision NOT TO SIGN EBSA Form 700) will effect other decisions that has us witnessing the fury of the Leftist SC justices and their accusation of a Supreme Court bait and switch (with this ruling following on the heels of the earlier Hobby Lobby decision).


21 posted on 07/04/2014 1:57:44 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Ray76

Not a tranny.

22 posted on 07/04/2014 2:00:16 AM PDT by x_plus_one
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To: Viennacon

Like I’ve said many times here....Their rational makes perfect sense if pregnancy is a disease....

We pay for prevention of disease, but I can’t think of a case where medical insurance will cover prevention of a normal human function.

The other thing that strikes me, is you have three woman on the SC, all of whom are liberal left.


23 posted on 07/04/2014 3:33:13 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Viennacon

But, the current senate voted that a 50% majority is needed for confirmation. If that stays as is, and we have the senate...then the minority can’t block a new SCOTUS appointment.

In other words, if we get a conservative president, he can easily replace any retiring liberal judge with a conservative one. This presumes of course that the Senate will not change the rules back to needing 66% passage.


24 posted on 07/04/2014 3:36:29 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Viennacon
Now, I personally don’t see him getting these opportunities

Then you presume he's ruled out kinetic action?

I'm not so sure.

25 posted on 07/04/2014 3:42:01 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: Steelfish

...saying the court was retreating from assurances offered only days ago....

Did anyone ask Bart Stupak how much an 0bnama assurance is worth??


26 posted on 07/04/2014 4:46:02 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: Steelfish

Using the Leftist logic, I should be entitled to free guns and ammo, since the 2nd amendment entitles me to have them.


27 posted on 07/04/2014 5:52:16 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: Steelfish

“Nothing in this interim order affects the ability of the applicant’s employees and students to obtain, without cost, the full range of FDA approved contraceptives,” the order said.”

So then who is paying for it?


28 posted on 07/04/2014 6:12:59 AM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: x_plus_one

“...Not a tranny....”
Ummmm...I dunno about that.
That pic sure looks like a guy with long hair to me.
Whatever it is, it’s evil.


29 posted on 07/04/2014 7:26:17 AM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Exactly. It’s their religion to force their views upon others.


30 posted on 07/04/2014 7:39:38 AM PDT by ReformationFan
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To: Westbrook

Well Played sir.


31 posted on 07/04/2014 7:45:53 AM PDT by CPT Clay (Follow me on Twitter @Clay N TX)
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To: Steelfish

Isn’t it true that none of these three Leftists would be on the Court if Republicans hadn’t voted to confirm them?


32 posted on 07/04/2014 7:48:28 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)
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To: Steelfish; Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; GregNH; ...

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

33 posted on 07/04/2014 7:52:20 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Westbrook

“Using the Leftist logic, I should be entitled to free guns and ammo, since the 2nd amendment entitles me to have them.”

Or even more to the point, applying the Left’s logic, anti-gun organizations and pacifist groups should be taxed to give you free guns and ammo, and if those groups complain, they would be called “terrorists.”


34 posted on 07/04/2014 7:58:37 AM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Steelfish
The extreme left that has taken over power in this country, want to shove their ideology and religion down the throats of everyone.

The democrats want to chip away at religious liberty, and they have done some of it through obamacare. They are furious that their progress in taking away religious liberty has been reversed a bit by the court decisions, hence the kicking, stomping, and screaming.

What the democrats are trying to do is that anyone who has religious convictions should cast those convictions and principles aside if they want to start a business. So if you are a observant christian or a jew, you either cannot run a business because of your faith principles, or you take the choice of casting them aside to earn a living.

Extreme left wing tyranny on the march.

35 posted on 07/04/2014 8:00:20 AM PDT by Moorings
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To: Viennacon

When engaging your U.S. Rep or Senatorial candidate, one question to ask is, “Will you firmly commit to blocking ALL and ANY appointments made by this out of control executive branch?”.

If the candidate give any other answer than straight-to-the-point affirmative, let them know that you consider them traitorous, and intend to stand firmly with the majority of American while you wage complete and total jihad on their campaign.


37 posted on 07/04/2014 8:12:55 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Viennacon

This is why we need to win back the Senate, AND get a win in the White House in 2016.


38 posted on 07/04/2014 8:38:13 AM PDT by ksm1
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To: Steelfish; All

39 posted on 07/04/2014 8:56:16 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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40 posted on 07/04/2014 8:58:07 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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