It’ll be a shame if they close but the effect on the economy will be less than a blip. A new and similar hobby store chain will soon arise to fill the void, and Hobby Lobby will have accomplished nothing but its self-destruction. Capitalism, like nature, abhors a vacuum.
True, but the far more reaching and bell weather effect of this case rests with 1st Amendment rights. Obamacare has just unconstitutionally negated the 1A and the SCOTUS has folded on it again for the 2nd time. Congress will do NOTHING. Emperor Obama has spoken.