The court hate oral argument on the case in september. This is 40 minutes. Good morning your honors. I am Francis Manion representing the appellate in this case. The central christian in this case should be whether the government has shown a compelling interest in forcing this particular Family Business to include contraception in its health plans against the familys religious beliefs at the same time the government has decided not to impose that same requirements on millions of other employers for both religious and nonreligious region reasons. The District Court never reach this question because contrary to Supreme Courts teaching in the case it focused on the formal identity of the parties instead of on the law that we say and that the government acknowledges implicates religious liberty interests. The District Court did answer these two questions first whether or not gilardi is substantially burdened by the hhs this hhs mandate and the court encrypt they said no. The court incorrec
Former be a secretary has a recommendation on how to change the department. How would you fix the Pa Health Care system . System . A. Health care 202 5853880 for democrats. 202 5853881 for republicans. For independents. Send us an email or send us a tweet. Good friday morning. A friend page has the story about the 1700 waiting list at the v. A. Facility in phoenix, arizona. The department of Veterans Affairs is now instructed has now instructed those vets that they can see a physician immediately even if its a private physician. This story from the los angeles cbs as the white house does not have it yet on the official schedule, the president is expected to meet with the be v. A. Retary cash with the to meet with the v. A. Secretary. As the bipartisan outrage builds on capitol hill after a scathing report from the department of Veterans Affairs, the issue today is the v. A. Secretary who will provide his own findings to the president. The front page of todays washington post. Bowing ac
And when people say, well that doesnt necessarily make him a good candidate for secretary of defense, i will tell you who thinks that makes him a good candidate for secretary of defense, the men and women in the armed forces of the United States and their parents who know that this is a guy who will be very careful about putting their lives at risk, cause he put his life at risk. He know what is war is and he will fight a wars if thes necessary but a guy that will do it with great deliberation and care. Beyond that he went back to nebraska, ran for senate. Became a senator. Said he would only serve two terms. Only served two terms. And when he was elected the second time, he was elected with 83 of the vote. This is a guy respected by his fellow citizens of nebraska. Served here for a total of 12 years. And what did he do when he left the senate . He came became an ac testimony knick georgetown, school of foreign service, teaching the new leaders. He also has been cochairman of the pres
Negotiation. We have been ready to negotiate under the right set of circumstances with iran for the last several years with our friends and allies so, force is the table but im glad we have people like the president and like chuck hagel who will be very careful when you start throwing around the terms he says its not feasible. Do you agree it is not feasible. What is the not feasible . Military option . Military option is always feasible, you tell me what the option is. Are we going to blow up tehran or go after facilities that might be well protoerktd hidden . And i think bob gates, the previous secretary of defense, who pointed out the difficulty of striking these places is a real one. So any military option is feasible in terms of dropping bombs but what is the result of that military attack . With respect to the revolutionary guard, he has reasons for why he didnt go along with that resolution at the time and that will be explored in the confirmation hearings. The last three weeks,
In 90 seconds. This is major news coming out of the vatican. Breaking news, Pope Benedict xvi set to step down. Hell step down february 28 the last pope to freely resign within the 13th century. What a tornado. Its going to cross the interstate. It crossed the interstate. At least 15 tornadoes were reported in alabama and mississippi. A huge twister. Several buildings on the Southern University of mississippi campus hit. This is surreal. Meanwhile thousands are still without power after the massive snowstorm hit the northeast. There are reports another big storm is coming. Are you ready for that. I dont even want to think about it to tell you the truth. A milliondollar award is now being offered for the capture of crist ter dorner a former lapd officer suspected in three killings. Senator Lindsey Graham will hold up the nominations. Until president obama talks about the benghazi attack. Im not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it. Thousands of people are stranded after an eng