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Monday, June 30, 2014

Hobby Lobby, a small victory for women's rights


Monday's Supreme Court decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby could have been a disaster for women’s health and equality and, in the long run, for religious freedom. The Court cleverly devised a solution that avoided that disaster and decently accommodates the interests that had collided. The decision was a small victory for women’s equality—a core issue that many lower courts casually ignored.

You can read the rest of this piece at The New Republic's website, here.