Alito’s (really) weird lobbying hobby, and its chaotic results

Beverly Mann | July 1, 2014 6:38 pm

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As we will show, Congress provided protection for people like the Hahns and Greens by employing a familiar legal fiction: It included corporations within RFRA’s definition of “persons.” But it is important to keep in mind that the purpose of this fiction is to provide protection for human beings. A corporation is simply a form […]

First-Reaction Thoughts About Hobby Lobby and Harris v. Quinn

Beverly Mann | June 30, 2014 3:55 pm

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I haven’t read the opinions, concurrence, or dissents in either Hobby Lobby or Harris v. Quinn, so these comments are based on news summaries and quick commentaries by others. But the biggest surprise in Hobby Lobby, I think, is the express approval, in the opinion and in Kennedy’s concurrence, of HHS’s on-the-fly setup devised in […]