Republicans Optimistic After Supreme Court Hobby Lobby Arguments

Pajamas Media ^ | 03/26/2014 | ODRIGO SERMEÑO

[Sacajaweau]

They have insurance now and no employee has protested. In other words, they like their insurance and want to keep it.

No one is denying any of them contraception. They can go to the store and buy it. It's dirt cheap. Or go to Planned Parenthood.

[Hoodat]

Sen. Barbara Box-o-rocks (D-CA) went a step further to remind us that 99% of the women in this country have used birth control, which pretty much blows their whole ‘access to birth control’ argument out of the water. If 99% of the women in this country already had access to birth control before ObamaCare, then where in the hell is there any need for ObamaCare to provide access to birth control?

[Lou L]

As Catholics, I’m surprised the left hasn’t called on Roberts (and Scalia) to recuse themselves from this case. Do they already know its outcome?

[TexasFreeper2009]

Listen, I hate Obamacare as much as anyone. But the myth that Muslims are exempt has been disproven over and over and it doesn't help our cause to perpetuate a falsehood.

Now the Amish are a different story, and it's possible but unlikely that they could be found exempt, since they are exempt from paying some other taxes. In particular, self-employed Amish do not pay Social Security tax. Those employed by non-Amish employers do pay Social Security tax. The Amish do however pay real estate, state and federal income taxes, county taxes, sales tax, etc. So it's hard to see them being exempt from paying for Obamacare.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: As Catholics, I’m surprised the left hasn’t called on Roberts (and Scalia) to recuse themselves from this case.

Well, if Catholics are to recuse themselves, the following justices should not be hearing this case:

Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Sotomayor.

That leaves Breyer, Kagan, Kennedy and Ginsburg in the case. Guess which way this remaining bunch will go ...

[mykroar]

Although all the early reports sound promising, I'm not expecting anything except another travesty of justice.

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - George Bernard Shaw

[TalBlack]

“Someone else’s religious belief should not be allowed to subject others to that belief, whether that person is a family member or business.”

It doesn’t. Anyone that wants the coverage can go buy it. The Religious have Constitutional right as well as everybody else.

[fwdude]

(only semi-sarcasm)

Yes, barely. Abortion is their sacrament.

[Black Agnes]

“Until the Left applies the extortion screws to Benedict Roberts.”

Yup.

[Know et al]

I will have to take you at your word; without a reference. But the principle is the same. You have stated that the Amish have certain waivers ,albeit, not ACA.

Ergo, the government is giving them a waiver for religious reasons on some taxes and not others. Therefore, the gov is deciding what is a recognized religious belief and what is not.

That is exactly where the HL case is currently. This is a very serious issue considering how the USSC is stocked.

God help us!!!

[A'elian' nation]

I do recall that Kennedy was furious with Roberts for changing his vote on Obamacare.

There is never any telling how Roberts will vote, but I am fairly certain that Kennedy will vote for Hobby Lobby.

What I don’t understand is how Rush could say today that the Supreme Court has 4 conservatives on the bench, and that Kennedy is the swing vote ? Rush is losing it if he thinks he can count on Roberts as a conservative vote.