Lurking Libertarian: I don't agree with you about Slaughterhouse, but that's neither here nor there for purposes of this thread: the Fourteenth Amendment has zero to do with today's case, which involves a federal, not a state, statute.
Not quite - the Hobby Lobby is incorporated at the State level. Thus the definitions involving its identity and existence are reached by the 14th, which in turn describes its relationship with the RFRA. So while it's not a ruling directly dependent on the 14th, the arguments and justifications of the decision are dependent on the 14th, which also describes federal definitions as well. Of all the Amendments, the 14th sits squarely across the federal-State boundaries, in effect uniting them in one extended corporate environment. Which, of course, is its very purpose.
Right. The hijacking of the 14A by the 20th Century Fabian Socialists is underlying reason why this problem will never go away. The feds themselves are now the holders of all the cards now. THEY decide when they can interfere or not. THAT'S tyranny.
So it's only a matter of time unless or until SCOTUS overturns or the states nullify unconstitutional laws and cases like the opinion in Brown that inexplicably and unconstitutionally broke the 75-year precedent of Slaughterhouse.