Keep praying. We may get a rare victory for life and liberty this time around.
Yeah. Then Roberts will call abortion a tax
We’re in trouble, it seems. He usually argues opposite what he is inclined to rule.
Everyone be aware that any discussion you have about this with a lib will involve the lib conflating the abortion mandate with birth control coverage.
Call them on it if it happens.
Don’t count on it. We have been disappointed every time so far.
How about this argument?
My union has to, by law, allow me to opt out of dues if my religion forbids it.
Why are union dues exempt for religious reasons but forced payment for abortafacients not?
The Left's fear that the Court may rightly rule that the Constitution's guaranteed protection for the rights of conscience and of free exercise of religion is exposing their ignorance of America's founding ideas and principles.
They would do well to familiarize themselves with the foundations of thought from which their freedoms were derived.
A good beginning might begin with a study of who John Adams was, his role in the adoption of our Declaration of Independence, and his beliefs about the qualities which might be most desirable in America's leaders if liberty was to be preserved.
The second President of the U. S., John Adams, a signer of the Constitution, in his First Inaugural's closing paragraph, laid out his understanding of the qualifications for the Office of President.
Philadelphia, March 4, 1797
“. . . as something may be expected, the occasion, I hope, will be admitted as an apology if I venture to say that
- if a preference, upon principle, of a free republican government, formed upon long and serious reflection, after a diligent and impartial inquiry after truth;
- if an attachment to the Constitution of the United States, and a conscientious determination to support it until it shall be altered by the judgments and wishes of the people, expressed in the mode prescribed in it;
- if a respectful attention to the constitutions of the individual States and a constant caution and delicacy toward the State governments;
- if an equal and impartial regard to the rights, interest, honor, and happiness of all the States in the Union, without preference or regard to a northern or southern, an eastern or western, position, their various political opinions on unessential points or their personal attachments;
- if a love of virtuous men of all parties and denominations;
- if a love of science and letters and a wish to patronize every rational effort to encourage schools, colleges, universities, academies, and every institution for propagating knowledge, virtue, and religion among all classes of the people, not only for their benign influence on the happiness of life in all its stages and classes, and of society in all its forms, but as the only means of preserving our Constitution from its natural enemies, the spirit of sophistry, the spirit of party, the spirit of intrigue, the profligacy of corruption, and the pestilence of foreign influence, which is the angel of destruction to elective governments;
- if a love of equal laws, of justice, and humanity in the interior administration;
- if an inclination to improve agriculture, commerce, and manufacturers for necessity, convenience, and defense;
- if a spirit of equity and humanity toward the aboriginal nations of America, and a disposition to meliorate their condition by inclining them to be more friendly to us, and our citizens to be more friendly to them;
- if an inflexible determination to maintain peace and inviolable faith with all nations, and that system of neutrality and impartiality among the belligerent powers of Europe which has been adopted by this Government and so solemnly sanctioned by both Houses of Congress and applauded by the legislatures of the States and the public opinion, until it shall be otherwise ordained by Congress;
- if a personal esteem for the French nation, formed in a residence of seven years chiefly among them, and a sincere desire to preserve the friendship which has been so much for the honor and interest of both nations;
- if, while the conscious honor and integrity of the people of America and the internal sentiment of their own power and energies must be preserved, an earnest endeavor to investigate every just cause and remove every colorable pretense of complaint;
- if an intention to pursue by amicable negotiation a reparation for the injuries that have been committed on the commerce of our fellow-citizens by whatever nation, and if success can not be obtained, to lay the facts before the Legislature, that they may consider what further measures the honor and interest of the Government and its constituents demand;
- if a resolution to do justice as far as may depend upon me, at all times and to all nations, and maintain peace, friendship, and benevolence with all the world;
- if an unshaken confidence in the honor, spirit, and resources of the American people, on which I have so often hazarded my all and never been deceived;
- if elevated ideas of the high destinies of this country and of my own duties toward it, founded on a knowledge of the moral principles and intellectual improvements of the people deeply engraven on my mind in early life, and not obscured but exalted by experience and age;
and, with humble reverence, I feel it to be my duty to add, if a veneration for the religion of a people who profess and call themselves Christians, and a fixed resolution to consider a decent respect for Christianity among the best recommendations for the public service, can enable me in any degree to comply with your wishes, it shall be my strenuous endeavor that this sagacious injunction of the two Houses shall not be without effect.
With this great example before me, with the sense and spirit, the faith and honor, the duty and interest, of the same American people pledged to support the Constitution of the United States, I entertain no doubt of its continuance in all its energy, and my mind is prepared without hesitation to lay myself under the most solemn obligations to support it to the utmost of my power.
And may that Being who is supreme over all, the Patron of Order, the Fountain of Justice, and the Protector in all ages of the world of virtuous liberty, continue His blessing upon this nation and its Government and give it all possible success and duration consistent with the ends of His providence.” - John Adams, First Inaugural
Since private enterprise is part of our inaliabe rights under the USConstitution and USDOIndependence, I sure hope some SCOTUS members still follow the supreme law of USA. However, if this business has incorporated or become a specifially priviledged government entity in numerous other ways, then SCOTUS may quash on those grounds. Private enterprise VS corporate is the issue, IMHO.
And the thing is that Obama can change the law anytime he likes. But if a person’s religious convictions don’t include support for stopping a human life, they’re treated by the MSM as unwilling to let women control their own bodies. Weird.
My insurance doesn’t pay for elective surgeries. Abortion is an elective procedure. What other elective surgeries to liberals want covered? Boob jobs? Nose jobs?
It’s time these feminists man up and take responsibility for their own behavior.
Juan Roberts is corrupt. No way they rule for HL.
Keeping an eye on this. Thanks for posting article:)
If Justice Anthony Kennedy strikes down the idea that some animals are more equal than others, I will be thrilled. It’s a shame we can no longer trust Roberts - ever - after the fiasco with ObamaCare Ruling #1.
Quisling Roberts just had to remind us that he ruled that this abomination is a tax, didn’t he? Nothing like a stick in the eye to wake one up.
Would be nice to abort a few SCOTUS members from their seats of heresy.
I Kringe if it’s left up to Kennedy
More false positive hype...with the Roberts Court, it will come in favor of Obamacare. Hey Brietbart, this is what you said last time.
One must remember, the Supremes are all, by now, NSA’d.
We are in trouble whichever way it goes. If they rule in favor of Hobby Lobby, they had better make some very careful decisions so we don’t end up with “religious” exemptions from a host of different things—all ending up in court, or driving the IRS crazy (not a totally bad thing).