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Sisters of poor who have an accommodation under the law where they have to sign a form so they dont have to provide this birth control coverage. theyre saying signing the form, itself, violates their religious liberty. it does feel a little bit like people have a problem with the law, or they have a problem with birth control more than they have the sort of abstract principle beliefs. maybe i am interpreting them through bad faith. >> no, i mean, one of the interesting side skirmishes that didnt...

Health care legislation. >> boy -- >> we have breaking news here on the fox news channel. the individual mandate has been ruled unconstitutional. >> oh my gosh. >> were getting conflicting information. >> what is that? >> were getting conflicting information. the question is, as the individual mandate been upheld or has it not? and it appears that the answer is the law will stand. >> repeal it now! repeal it now! >> well today the affordable care act was back before the court for a rematch of so...

People are. tomorrow, arguments that they as entities must be protected. no the religious conscience of individual people, the religious conscience of companies. its a really important distinction because when a corporation says it wants to assert its religious conscience, what it means is that it wants to make religiously based decisions for all of its employees. and tomorrow lawyers for the arts and crafts chain, hobby lobby, are expected to tell the supreme court that the family that owns the...

Tomorrow, arguments that they as entities must be protected. no the religious conscience of individual people, the religious conscience of companies. its a really important distinction because when a corporation says it wants to assert its religious conscience, what it means is that it wants to make religiously based decisions for all of its employees. and tomorrow lawyers for the arts and crafts chain, hobby lobby, are expected to tell the supreme court that the family that owns the company obj...

It has been a week now since sandra ta sandra fall being announced shell be running for a seat. fluke as you know became famous back in 2012 when congressional republicans prohibited her from testifying at a hearing during the contraception mandate discussion. she later testified about birth control coverage and the rest is history. thanks so much for being with me. you considered running for retiring congressman henry waxman. there he is. you considered running for that seat. what made you deci...

Provide birth control coverage for its employees, at least not while their case plays out in the nations highest court. elizabeth fran has more on this story of church versus state. >> reporter: the injunction ordered by the supreme court justices says the colorado organization little sisters of the poor, for the time being, does not have to provide coverage which includes contraceptives as preventive care for women. the group can draft its own notice proving its own religious objections. expert...

General says the group doesnt meet the standard for such exemption. we are seeing reaction from planned parenthood. the president writing in part, this case raises a narrow and specific question about the administrative mechanism that religious groups use to claim their exemption. this is a case about paperwork, not religious liberty. the same day we learned 3 million americans signed up for health coverage. a post on the medicare and medicaid services website did not list specific age breakdown...

The democrats. so its a significant development. and i give the republican party some credit for putting that together. thats what he said he wanted to do, and today he did it. >> yeah. absolutely. its going to change the game, certainly the money game. one of the things that they are trying to do, of course, is address the issues concerning women, and its been quite a debate. we have seen mike huckabee over the last 24 hours making quite a bit of news over some comments that he made. his argume...

"that the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse." what will your verse be? tonight in true politics, republican efforts to win back women voters in comments made today the democrats are now pointing to as an example of why they have a hard time doing just that. former presidential candidate mike huckabee talking today about birth control coverage in the affordable care act at republican partys annual winter meeting in washington. >> the democrats want to insult the women of a t...

County clerks in saying no, were not going to issue marriage licenses to homosexuals. >> and over on fox news, theyre trying to claim that obama cares birth control coverage is somehow an attack on religious freedom. >> the battle over the obama care contraception mandate hitting religious groups. this are crippling finds, which really are taxes that would be leveed against your church. >> the obama administration decided to hassle nuns a little more. they have gone after the sisters of the poor...