June 30, 2014 – 10:30 am
Breaking news, no details yet, the Supreme Court had ruled 5-4, just like I predicted earlier (though not a hard prediction to make), in favor of religious freedom in Sebelius v Hobby Lobby. Details to follow. USA Today starts out with an interesting analysis The Supreme Court advanced the cause of religious freedom Monday in […]
June 30, 2014 – 7:45 am
How will the Supreme Court rule? (Fox News) Supporters of the arts-and-crafts chain Hobby Lobby — the business at the center of one of this session’s most closely watched Supreme Court cases — are sounding a confident tone ahead of Monday’s expected decision in their case challenging ObamaCare’s so-called contraception mandate. The court meets for […]
May 1, 2014 – 8:06 am
Regardless of what your opinion of Rush Limbaugh is, when he makes pronouncements, he tends to be way more often than not. When he says “don’t doubt me on this”, he tends to be right. And said pronouncements aren’t usually the easy. common sense, “well, sure, of course” type ones. Here’s another (The Blaze) Following […]
March 8, 2014 – 8:57 am
They’ve been pushing this issue for years, ever since they learned that the 9/11 cross would be a part of the museum. As far back as 2011 they filed a lawsuit to stop the inclusion. Why? The typical silly argument about a cross being on government land, and because they might be offended. Mostly because […]
March 4, 2014 – 8:08 am
Why? Because they’re “offended”, and we wouldn’t want an itty bitty tiny number of people to be offended, so they have to ruin it for everyone (Fox News) A humanist advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit to remove a cross-shaped World War I memorial in Prince George’s County, alleging the display violates the First […]
February 28, 2014 – 2:29 pm
I’m a little late on this story from yesterday, but it brings up an interesting thought (Washington Post) Today’s Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School Dist. (9th Cir. Feb. 27, 2014) upholds a California high school’s decision to forbid students from wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo. (See here and here for more […]
January 31, 2014 – 7:42 am
Are other Republicans paying attention, particularly elected ones? (Politico) The Koch brothers are firing back at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for his broadside on their political activities, with a spokesman calling Reid’s comments “beneath the office he holds.†After Reid on Thursday accused the billionaires Charles and David Koch of trying to “buy the […]
January 2, 2014 – 8:26 am
No, really (Politico) The Obama administration Wednesday said the Affordable Care Act contraceptive coverage regulations are fair – and they don’t really hurt the Denver-based religious organization that got a temporary New Year’s Eve reprieve from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “We defer to the Department of Justice on litigation matters, but remain confident that […]
December 28, 2013 – 6:54 am
Why? Because it’s “in the public interest” to follow the Constitution (Daily Caller) A federal district court judge in Houston ruled Friday in favor of two Baptist universities seeking relief from the Obamacare contraception mandate. “The religious organization plaintiffs have shown a sincerely held religious belief that the court cannot second-guess,†reads the decision handed […]
November 27, 2013 – 8:23 am
This has driven Progressives to their typical barking moonbat level 10 status (The Hill) The Obama administration faces a tough task in convincing the Supreme Court to rule in favor of ObamaCare’s contraception mandate, according to legal experts. They say Chief Justice John Roberts’s court, which upheld the health law in a landmark 2012 decision, […]
