His SCOTUS appointees have joined the entire court in smashing him flat with unanimous rulings against him on 13 different occasions since 2012.<\/a>\u00a0Evidently they did not get the memo on what a brilliant Constitutional scholar he is. \u00a0Here\u2019s hoping for No. 14.<\/p>\nPray!<\/p>\n
Update:\u00a0Breaking: SCOTUS rules mandate does not oblige closely-held companies like Hobby Lobby. Looks like the mandate is pretty much unenforceable. Good news!<\/p>\n
As long as Obama can\u2019t frog march people of conscience into somebody\u2019s bedroom and force us to buy other people their contraceptives and abortifacients, I\u2019m happy. \u00a0Well done, SCOTUS!<\/p>\n
Upperdate: \u00a0This looks like a really solid win for the Good Guys! \u00a0I propose drinks, party favors, cake and ice cream all around! \u00a0There will be future battles as this most anti-Catholic of Administrations continues to seek ways to crush conscience. \u00a0But for today, we celebrate!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CNN\u2019s on the story here. One thing I will give Obama: \u00a0His SCOTUS appointees have joined the entire court in smashing him flat with unanimous rulings against him on 13 different occasions since 2012.\u00a0Evidently they did not get the memo on what a brilliant Constitutional scholar he is. \u00a0Here\u2019s hoping for No. 14. Pray! Update:\u00a0Breaking: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-53533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-stop-the-hhs-mandate"],"yoast_head":"\n
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