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Exclusive: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Hobby Lobby Dissent 
Yahoo News ^ | 7/30/14 | Liz Goodwin

Posted on 07/31/2014 6:17:52 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, fresh off a bruising loss in the Hobby Lobby birth control case last month, told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric in an exclusive interview that she believes the male Supreme Court justices who voted against her have a "blind spot" when it comes to women. "Do you believe that the five male justices truly understood the ramifications of their decision?" Couric asked Ginsburg of the 5-4 Hobby Lobby ruling, which cleared the way for employers to deny insurance coverage of contraceptives to female workers on religious grounds. "I would have to say no," the 81-year-old justice replied. Asked if the five justices revealed a "blind spot" in their decision, Ginsburg said yes. The feisty leader of the court's minority liberal bloc compared the decision of her five male peers to an old Supreme Court ruling that found discriminating against pregnant women was legal.

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To: TangledUpInBlue
...told Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric in an exclusive interview that she believes the male Supreme Court justices who voted against her have a "blind spot" when it comes to women."

So says the American Communist Lawyers' Union

21 posted on 07/31/2014 6:48:25 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

There’s no reason why men shouldn’t pay for their “lifestyle” needs and there’s no reason women shouldn’t either.


22 posted on 07/31/2014 6:50:42 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Rat Party Policy:Lie,Deny,Refuse To Comply)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Which leads to some people feeling that the Court's rulings do not need to be followed. Read the following story.

Massachusetts Governor Signs Radical Bill Prohibiting Pro-Life Free Speech

http://www.lifenews.com/2014/07/30/massachusetts-governor-signs-radical-bill-prohibiting-pro-life-free-speech/

23 posted on 07/31/2014 6:58:27 AM PDT by Lockbox
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To: Sacajaweau
Food, shelter, and clothing are far more necessities than birth control. Simply avoid sex, and a person avoids pregnancy.

But everybody has to eat and have a roof over their heads. Why is it not a businesse's obligation to provide food and shelter to their employees if birth control is also designated as a right?

24 posted on 07/31/2014 7:06:44 AM PDT by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

employer’s health insurance plans should never include coverage for birth control - male or female!!


25 posted on 07/31/2014 7:08:34 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: rjsimmon
cleared the way for employers to deny insurance coverage of contraceptives to female workers on religious grounds

No, it did not. It did uphold the RFRA and was a denial of coverage for abortifacients, not contraceptives.

Your post is a very good one. I'm always amazed at what people say about the Hobby Lobby decision and how they miss the salient points.

Sometimes I think the media is lying but increasingly I think they're merely incompetent. And I think Ruth is incompetent here in this interview.

If, in fact, she believes what she's saying here, I don't think she's capable of judging cases. This is frightening beyond just the level of ridicule people ordinarily heap on her. I truly don't think she understands this case.

26 posted on 07/31/2014 7:11:54 AM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

That means that 4 justices are prejudiced against men by requiring them to pay for procedures and practices they can never use and have no need for????


27 posted on 07/31/2014 7:38:47 AM PDT by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: TangledUpInBlue
Guess what, Ruthie? You're supposed to have that same blind spot.
28 posted on 07/31/2014 7:44:35 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: TangledUpInBlue

I hope the old witch can hang in there 2 1/2 more years....assuming we can get a conservative in the white house.


29 posted on 07/31/2014 8:29:43 AM PDT by ontap
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To: TangledUpInBlue

We’ll I’m male and I have a blind spot to her opinions.


30 posted on 07/31/2014 8:33:39 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: Texas Eagle

LOL, father and law used to say he was ‘ty-nine years old.


31 posted on 07/31/2014 8:35:16 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: morphing libertarian

FIL


32 posted on 07/31/2014 8:35:35 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: TangledUpInBlue

I pray Ruth lives 15 minutes past the next GOP President’s swearing in.


33 posted on 07/31/2014 8:41:42 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Her replacement could be worse...

Under the current 'administration' and such likely successors as I fear are coming your above statement should read "Her replacement *would* be worse..."

the infowarrior

34 posted on 07/31/2014 9:29:35 AM PDT by infowarrior
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To: C210N

It is sad that I have to pull for this old liberal bitch to stay alive for two more years.


35 posted on 07/31/2014 9:41:39 AM PDT by ohioman
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To: Georgia Girl 2

You are beneficent. I wouldn’t have wished for the extra 15 minutes.


36 posted on 07/31/2014 10:08:54 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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