Fvck SCOTUS

[Dauphin]

Counsel costs money, and is therefore an extraction of services from others (in the form of taxes).

I'm not questioning that rights (at least in the U.S) stem only from the protection from the government. I counter the notion that rights have no direct cost on others (#67) or don't have a tangible office that provides them (#69) by example of the right to an attorney.

[Dauphin]

As an aside, does the U.S have private prosecutions, and if so, is there a right to a government defence attorney.

[Felch]

Some states have them on the books, but I don't think there've been any for a long time.

[Fake Boris]

The fact more people don't understand this seems to be a barrier to rational discussion:
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Funny, we haven't been saying anything like that.

[DinoDoc]

Funny, we haven't been saying anything like that.

Then why all the whining about the Hobby Lobby case? Or am I the only one to read Oerdin's and MrFun's posts? In which case, I'll feel bad.

[Fake Boris]

Then why all the whining about the Hobby Lobby case? Or am I the only one to read Oerdin's and MrFun's posts? In which case, I'll feel bad.

MrFun has not posted in this thread, and Oerdin is arguing mostly that the government has authority to force contraception into health packages.

[DinoDoc]

MrFun has not posted in this thread, and Oerdin is arguing mostly that the government has authority to force contraception into health packages.

I moved here after the other thread was **** on.

[Dauphin]

Funny, we haven't been saying anything like that.

I would saying refusing to pay for birth control (or anything in fact) is denying someone birth control. The issue is whether there is an obligation to pay for it or a fair right that someone should receive it from you.

If there is no obligation or right, then it is a justified denial.

[Uncle Sparky]

http://dailycurrant.com/2014/07/22/m...ar-headscarfs/

Muslim Company Forcing Christian Employees to Wear Headscarfs

A Muslim-owned arts-and-crafts store in Dearborn, Michigan is forcing its female Christian employees to wear traditional Islamic headscarves while on the job.

According to local reports, Khilāf Krafts began requiring its eight female employees to wear hijabs last week, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which gave religious rights to family-owned businesses.

Although five women working for the company are Muslims, the remaining three are practicing Christians. The company has threatened to fire any Christian woman who does not comply.

“My boss came in last Tuesday with a Koran in his hand and told us we were dressed like harlots,” says Karen Anderson, 28, a five year veteran of the company. “He gave us each a hijab and said if we didn’t wear it we’d be unemployed.

“I’m a strong believer in Jesus Christ. But my husband passed a few years ago and I need this job to support my kids. I don’t really have a choice. I have to wear it.”

The Supreme Court’s majority opinion in the Hobby Lobby case allowed the Christian-owned retail chain to opt out of a federal law requiring employers to give female employees contraceptive coverage.

Although praised by conservative Christians, liberals fret that the decision will allow companies with devout owners of any faith to opt out of American laws they simply don’t like.

The one I feel sorry for is the delivery boy at the Kosher deli who needs to get snipped by the Sabbath...

[DinoDoc]

You are aware that's a joke site, yes?

[Uncle Sparky]

Yes, SCOTUS has become a joke site. Still, if the owner of a non-Christian corperation ordered their staff to change their work uniforms (which would be a legal request), or told their delivery staff to get circumcisions, that would be 'the *NEW* American Way', right?

[Sava]

Yes, SCOTUS has become a joke site. Still, if the owner of a non-Christian corperation ordered their staff to change their work uniforms (which would be a legal request), or told their delivery staff to get circumcisions, that would be 'the *NEW* American Way', right?

translation = "no"

[Ben Kenobi]

He's French Canadian. They don't understand the concept of 'jokes'. The only joke in Quebecois is Levesque.

[Elok]

I'd just like to point out that, as of right now, the thread immediately underneath this one on the OT page is entitled "Could you do it???"

Honestly, I have to say no. Eww.

[Dr Strangelove]

The government should just buy out a dozen brands of OBCP, depo-provera, a brand or two of IUDs and diaphragms and cut their price to next to nothing.