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Supreme Court takes up contraceptive mandate, will rule on religious rights of corporations
The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday (Nov. 26) that it will decide whether for-profit businesses can be treated like religious entities in a politically and constitutionally freighted test of the Obama administration’s mandate that employers include free contraception coverage as part of their health plans.
No ‘mulligan’ for the Supreme Court on Obamacare
(Bill O'Leary / Washington Post)
The Supreme Court will wade into the dispute on Obamacare’s contraception mandate.
Grassley: GOP will likely expand nuclear option to Supreme Court nominees
Grassley said Republicans will probably make the change when they regain power.
Correction: Gun Rights-States story
In a story Nov. 26 about federal gun rules, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms considered a gun made in Montana to be illegal under state law. It was considered illegal under federal law.
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion restrictions
(Tamir Kalifa, File / Associated Press)
Supreme Court refuses to block Texas abortion law
It allows Texas to continue enforcing abortion restrictions that opponents say have led more than a third of the state’s clinics to stop providing abortions.
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