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Violet_Crumble

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32. Can I ask some what might seem dumb to you questions?

Wed Jul 2, 2014, 06:22 AM

Jul 2014

I don't understand how your Supreme Court works, and I'm only just catching up on this Hobby Lobby thing as it's not really in the news over here. Sorry in advance for the barrage of questions...

Can Supreme Court decisions be overturned?
Are those judges there until they die or can they get sacked or forced to retire?
I haven't read the decision, but I'm not getting it. How can they so narrowly define a decision so that it can only discriminate against women, and say it's not fine to discriminate against other groups that religious nuts hate?
Why doesn't the US have a system like we have here (the PBS) where medication including birth control is subsidised by the government? Employers aren't involved in it at all, and that's the way it should be.
Is it possible that this decision will be used further down the track to widen things and justify discrimination against other groups that religious nutters hate?

btw, I got angry on behalf of you all when I followed a link to the Hobby Lobby FB page and saw the gloating about how their 'religious freedom' has been protected. Hobby Lobby isn't here, but if it was and I was into crap craft stuff, I'd be boycotting it. I hope they get boycotted to the max and shut down. I really do think the ones that own that company are a bunch of ugly and hateful fuckers.

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So, about that US Supreme Court ruling.... [View all] YoungDemCA Jun 2014 OP

!!!!! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #1

seabeyond says, me too! Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #3

This really isn't the end of the world YarnAddict Jun 2014 #2

Let me guess = Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #4

Actually, no YarnAddict Jun 2014 #6

The ruling sets precedent for a whole host of potential future bad rulings. Maedhros Jun 2014 #7

exactly! they have their inch and they will take their mile. no doubt about it. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #9

I have read that the decision was extremely narrow YarnAddict Jun 2014 #12

Ruth Bader-Ginsburg disagrees, and I trust her judicial knowledge Maedhros Jun 2014 #13

And other judicial experts YarnAddict Jun 2014 #15

Yet they don't have RBG's depth and breadth of experience. Maedhros Jun 2014 #16

So you say now. But we shall see. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #23

what specifically have you read? etherealtruth Jul 2014 #29

Anyone who believes that women do not have the right to have boston bean Jun 2014 #11

And you shouldn't. Just know I support all of you 100% William769 Jun 2014 #21

+1 nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #24

Contraception is basic health care. Maedhros Jun 2014 #14

And it absolutely should not be treated any differently from any other medication. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #25

Contraception is BASIC HEALTH CARE for women. MadrasT Jun 2014 #17

Yup. Perspective. Texasgal Jun 2014 #19

Yep. nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #26

YES!! mercuryblues Jun 2014 #22

you don't REALLY get it, do you Skittles Jul 2014 #27

Hey ... healthcare is available to everyone in the US etherealtruth Jul 2014 #28

OK, WTF? smirkymonkey Jul 2014 #30

We have it in perspective ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #35

While ignoring the 14th Amendment BainsBane Jun 2014 #5

They just need to have a corporate "Come to Jesus" moment. [n/t] Maedhros Jun 2014 #8

Let me show them my jesus. they will be thanking god for that buffer zone if they ever see my jesus. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #10

I am furious. n/t MadrasT Jun 2014 #18

Psst. over here. William769 Jun 2014 #20

+1000 smirkymonkey Jul 2014 #31

Can I ask some what might seem dumb to you questions? Violet_Crumble Jul 2014 #32

Yes it can be challenged ismnotwasm Jul 2014 #33

Good. I hope it gets challenged. It's so totally unreasonable to me... Violet_Crumble Jul 2014 #34