it s narrowly constructed to focus on contraception and not a blood transfusion, if the company is owned bbay. alternative available already. that the government provides contraceptive coverage already to women who work for religious affiliated institutions. if they work for a church, if they work for a church charity, a church school within the women that work for those organizations get the contraception coverage paid for by the government. the employers get a pass from having to provide the coverage. that wouldn t be the situation with blood transfusions, for example. let me play little bit of the reaction, pete. what you heard earlier from attorney lori windham. they represented hobby lobby. let s play a bit of what they said. today s decision a landmark decision for religious freedom.
the supreme court. welcome back to the ed show. people laugheded in his face when he tried to convince a crowd corporations are people. today the supreme court ruled businesses have the right to religious freedom under federal law ks extending first amendment protections to corporations. today corporate personhood is no longer a laughing matter. in burwell versus hobby lobby, closely held corporations cannot be required to provide contraception coverage for their employees. hobby lobby, a christian owned craft supply store had challe e challenged the affordable care mandate on the grounds that it violated the religious freedom by requiring them to pay for contraception methods they find morally objectionable. conservatives are out in full force this day calling this a win for religious liberty. don t be fooled. this ruling isn t a victory for the millions of americans who practice different faiths. their right to religious freedom
the law as written and until that problem is solved there s not going to be any progress on this issue in congress. we can expect a lot more back and forth between the president and house republicans on the issue of immigration. it s like political hot potato. thanks so much. well, the supreme court has ruled on its most high profile supreme court case this session in the 5-4 decision on contraceptives and obamacare is as continue verbal as expected. break it down for us. reporter: well the conservative justices making a big statement today saying that for the first time the closely held companies can exercise their religious freedom rights like individuals under the law and this means that certain companies cannot be forced by the government to provide certain types of contraception coverage for its employee if it violates their faith. it s a ruling that can impact tens of thousands of women.
here are the top stories. this you the scene in memphis, tennessee, where a cluster of slow-moving thunderstorms triggered flash flooding sunday morning. some homes in shelby county had to be evacuated. several cars were stranded and the supreme court expected to decide on two cases today, including hobby lobby. the case challenges the affordable care act and will decide whether private companies can refuse to offer contraception coverage based on religious objections. now back to lock up. due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. tulsa, oklahoma is not only located in the bible belt it s actually been called the buckle of the bible belt. during our extended stay shoot at the tulsa county jail, one
cities and towns used that word today, saying they are now in charge of a huge chunk of iraq and syria, renamed themselves, declared a leader as well. stay there. in a minute, i will talk to our military analyst how big a turning point this was for iraq. nearly 200 u.s. military advises are in iraq today. how will the supreme court rule on the most anticipated decision of the year? find out tomorrow morning when we learn how the court decided hobby lobby s legal challenge to obamacare. the arts and crafts chain argues that the new legal requirement forcing companies to provide contraception coverage to all employees violates its owners religious rights. finally, question number five, can team usa pull off a win against belgium? the u.s. men are gearing up for tuesday s world cup match in salvador, brazil. the loser goes home. belgium is favored to win, but usa goalkeeper, tim howard, says his team believes they will win.