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Hobby Lobby: Can a Corporation Believe in God?
The US Supreme Court today heard arguments over whether the religious beliefs of business owners trump Affordable Care Act requirements for covering contraceptives.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenThe US Supreme Court today heard spirited arguments on what could be this year's signature ruling. Do the religious beliefs of business owners trump Affordable Care Act requirements for covering all kinds of contraceptives? We hear about the Hobby Lobby case. Also, President Obama shrugs off Putin at the Nuclear Security Summit, and the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius: "blade runner" on TV.
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3 storiesObama Shrugs Off Putin at Nuclear Security Summit
At a press conference today in The Hague, President Obama was asked if the stand-off with Russia shows the US is a declining world power and if his 2012-election opponent Mitt Romney was right to call Russia America's biggest geo-political foe. The President downplayed Russia's actions as threat to the US.
Read the story8 minCorporations, the Right to Religion and Gender Discrimination
Corporations have long been considered "persons" under American law, to protect their shareholders from liability when things go wrong. The US Supreme court has ruled they can spend money on politics because "personhood" includes the right to free speech. Do corporations also have the right to religion?
Read the story36 minPistorius: Nation Prepares for Final Act of Blade Runner Murder Trial
South African Oscar Pistorius became an international hero as the first double amputee to run in the Olympics, using prosthetic legs that led to the nickname "blade runner." Now his murder trial has made him a daily feature on South African TV in what one crime writer called, "The Kardashians meet OJ Simpson."
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