and then the moral. they still have to go together. the legal opinion, you re wrong on that. , no i m not. person includes corporations. the supreme court looked at the statute and they said that there was a compelling state interest to give away, to make this company buy these abortive fashions. but at the same time, it was wrong that they couldn t impose their will on the owners of this company. and so 5-4 they decided and said, yeah, relgion does count. would it count in general motors? it doesn t in this case. you re saying the statute says that. does that apply to general motors? they didn t ask that. i m showing his example and showing where that doesn t hold up. if you put this thin membrane
decision last week and harris versus quinn about union members not having to pay dues in this particular pace that when it covers, you know, unions cost that, is a big ruling today in the hobby lobby case. the three things you think they have in common or the common thread here is that government has gone too far. that this is about government overreach, about separation of powers, co-equal branches of government and a president that doesn t seem to put a lot of stock in what is constitutional limits are. you know, the president s theme was yes, we can. the supreme court said today, no, you can t. and they said that last week as well. sean, you re correct. this is really the common theme here is governmental overreach. a president operating the idea that he cannot only be president executive but also legislator. he doesn t get to do that. you look at the case involving the challenge to the recess appointments. that was a huge case last week. we represented the speaker of
things. but there seems to be a consensus here from the court that this president is not living up to his oath as it relates to the law and the constitution. i think that s exactly correct. what the speaker is talking about is a president that said he s going to operate by pen and phone. and that s not the way the constitution is set up. you re right, there is a legal question regarding standing. that is going to be something that courts have to decide. but the merits of the case, the principle of what the speaker is talking about is this consistent pattern of government overreach. you know, can you look at the irs scandals and it s a common theme. they overreach, they get caught, they pull back a little bit. then they move it forward. in this hobby lobby case, i don t think they have any room. it s a big win for religious freedom. the same thing tfor the union case. but the president was checkmated to day. you know what else i have to say? you know, they re still waging a war on t
water. facebook psychology experiment on its own users are coming back to haunt them. should a consumer be concerned about this? right now, on all in. good evening, from new york. i m chris hayes. a deeply divided supreme court today found a heretofore unrecognized right to the exercise of religious conscience by for-profit corporations. writing for the all male a-4 majority, justice samuel alito ruled private for-profit corporations, the hobby lobby craft chain owned by evangelical christians and mennonites can opt out of paying for the kind of insurance coverage that would provide all fda approved methods of contraception for female flows. four specific methods of birth control those objected to do not terminate pregnynysys.
but there seems to be a consensus here from the court that this president is not living up to his oath as it relates to the law and the constitution. i think that s exactly correct. what the speaker is talking about is a president that said he s going to operate by pen and phone. and that s not the way the constitution is set up. you re right, there is a legal question regarding standing. that is going to be something that courts have to decide. but the merits of the case, the principle of what the speaker is talking about is this consistent pattern of government overreach. you know, can you look at the irs scandals and it s a common theme. they overreach, they get caught, they pull back a little bit. then they move it forward. in this hobby lobby case, i don t think they have any room. it s a big win for religious freedom. the same tfor the union case. but the president was checkmated