>>>>>>>>Boom.
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>>>>>>>I'm assuming you saw today's ruling. I have mixed feelings about it. There is no question the court is sending a message to the administration. On the other hand, the bottom line is that Hobby Lobby (and other religious corporations) just bought themselves some heavy-duty targeting. This is Citizens United, Part 2.
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>>>>>>>I'll bet the govt winds up issuing a follow-up regulation to subsidize what places like Hobby Lobby won't cover. In other words, govt picks up where HL would leave off.
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>>>>>>>So one could argue that conservatives who fought for this decision just wound up indirectly advocating for increased public assistance. JR will be proud of me for saying this is truly a pyrrhic victory for the right.
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>>>>>>I don't think there is any question the government will wind up footing the cost. Which means us. And you can bet many other corporations will now do the same thing.
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>>>>>Like I said, I have mixed views on this case. Ironically, over the weekend I had a debate with 3 attorneys. I guessed that HL would probably win 5-4, but I didn't want to bet more than a lunch. All 3 thought I was smoking crack and said there was no way in the universe HL would win.
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>>>>Maybe they haven't been following the Roberts Court very closely. This is only the latest decision to bring joy to any red-blooded conservative. The crown jewel, of course, being the Citizens United ruling, i.e. our "democracy" is fully for sale to big money. That is not exactly news but it's disheartening when the Supreme Court officially sanctions it.
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>>>>If I had part of your weekend lunch you would definitely taken me on the lunch bet. Even with all the other rulings this term I thought surely they won't do THAT. Silly me.
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>>>>This is only the latest decision to bring joy to any red-blooded conservative. The crown jewel, of course, being the Citizens United ruling
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>>>Interesting. Let me try something.
>>>http://online.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-reins-in-some-of-epas-greenhouse-gas-efforts-1403534416
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>>>This is only the latest decision to bring joy to any blue-blooded liberal. The crown jewel, of course, being the National Federation of Independent Business, et al., v. Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al ruling.
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>>>Perhaps they have been following the Robert's court more closely than you think. ;)
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>>The link only works for Wall Street Journal subscribers but I get the gist of it from the lead paragraph. I'm not saying the Roberts Court never issues rulings that are not conservative. On balance, though, this is an extremely conservative (and activist) court.
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>>You know what's kind of amazing and sad? (Try to control your grief here, John ;-) ). It's looking like Obama will be in office for 8 years and never get to nominate a Supreme Court justice.
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>who nominated Kagan?

Whoops. My mistake.