usually straddles the middle and whose vote takes the middle. he wrote a concurring opinion saying, let s lower the temperature here. the decision doesn t mean as much as my colleague ruth ginsberg with the dissent has said but it s, you know, it s narrower the way justice alito says and like he tried to bridge the rhetoric in the moment more than the substantive issue. justice ginsberg is not normally an alarmist and having achieving the goals that bob said might have been part of the reason for the dissent. she saw it the way she saw it and that kind of alarmist dissent, there s history for it. you remember that justice scalia in two big gay rights decisions said, if you buy this, then the next thing you know, same-sex marriage and he turned out to be right. somewhat broader question still focusing on hobby lobby, the case involved four separate issues, any one of which could have been determinetive. whether a corporation was a person for the religious freedom restorati
i stayed. i stayed. do you have the same time pressure to get something out to your publications? not quite as much as some of the folks who need to get something out within the hour. i have daily some of the papers i write for are daily and needed to get something out but, you know, the editors also realize i m one person so i do the best that i can and we all make it work. well, you know, you sit there and making so many judgments because i had my colleague knows more about business cases and he was going to cover aerial coming second. i said i ll do the susan b. anthony first amendment one and not knowing that justice sotomayor is about to present this great dissent which matters to me both in my day job and in this side project book on her. so after she says what she says and i know it s huge, i m thinking, i promise i ll stay for the susan b. anthony oral arguments so my editors are hoping for that but i also know i have just observed this big moment i want t
right now at midday, the charges are dropped but the investigation into marion barry s professional relationship with his former girlfriend is now heating up. the latest in a live report. breaking news from metro as it cracks down after a train operator is caught texting on the job. and it s a panda party at the national zoo. we re there as one of the most famous residents celebrates a birthday. news4 midday starts right now. good morning, evyone. and welcome. we gin about new details about the arrest of d.c. council member marion barry this past weekend. the stalking charges were formally dropped in court this morning. his one-time girlfriend accuser is speaking out about what happened. stacy wilkins is live at d.c. superior court with the latest on this still-unfolding case. reporter: good morning. more is still happening. in fact at noon council member marion barry will hold a press conference. but this morning in court, it was all very quick, took less than