The Four Horsemen of Hobby Lobby

American Spectator ^ | 6/16/2014 | David Catron

[rootin tootin]

The Supreme Court is expected to hand down its ruling in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby on June 26, and the closer we get to that date the more frantic liberals become. Their fear of a decision in favor of the arts and crafts chain, whose owners have challenged the constitutionality of Obamacare’s contraception mandate on the grounds that it violates their religious liberty, has reached such a pitch that they are making claims that transcend the merely portentous. Their warnings concerning the consequences of a high court win for the Green family, the company’s owners, have now become downright apocalyptic.

The supporters of Obamacare’s contraception mandate seem to believe that a ruling in favor of Hobby Lobby will turn the sun as black as sackcloth and the moon blood red. The four horsemen of their imagined apocalypse will burst forth upon the nation thus: There will be a catastrophic curtailment in the reproductive rights of women, the de facto nullification of various anti-discrimination laws designed to protect workers from venal employers, a dramatic reduction in employee access to a long list of essential health care benefits, and the destruction of Jefferson’s fabled “wall of separation” between church and state.

[mosaicwolf]

"Well you are wrong. It is a state by state issue. Some states don't allow it in any restaurants and some states still allow them to have smoking sections. Local restrictions also can modify state law. When I lived in FL there was no smoking in any restaurant. When I moved to VA they have smoking sections still, though not eve restaurant has them."

Thanks for pointing that out to me. I lived in FL for quite sometime and I guess I thought it was a nation wide ban. Frankly knowing it is a state by state issue makes me feel better about having some liberty left in the US.

[Principled]

thanks -

My preferred outcome would be to take the Senate and have enough bipartisan support to override 0bama’s veto of a full repeal. Then walk down to the House end holding the gavel just like Nancy did.

Then after the override vote, say “We won” and “it’s settled law” over and over again.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[OneWingedShark]

To believe this is to believe that the Court has the power to rewrite the constitution at will to accommodate the prevailing political fashions of the day. This, of course, is tyranny.

This is standard operating procedure -- take a look at Kentucky v. King where the decision acknowledges the requirements of the 4th amendment (even the implicit requirement for a warrant for all searches)… and then details a 'test' to ignore the requirement.

[OneWingedShark]

There is no law enforcement at the Federal level anymore.

What laws should be enforced at the federal level?
Treason, counterfeiting, and tax-evasion/-fraud seem to be the only ones that the Constitution really delegates such authority to deal with.