contraceptive coverage. that s the problem, right? is it idyllic versus reality, ron? right. as jonathan i m sure is waiting to jump in, once you basically say that younger, healthier people can opt out of comprehensive coverage and buy stripped down low-cost plans, the only who by comprehensive, big health care needs, costs rise and you have what the insurance industry in a rare joint letter as fredricka pointed out along apatients would produce a death spiral. here is the paradox. steve, h steve, ledt me finish. the paradox is the losers in that transaction. we can t hear you when you re both talking. one at a time. can i finish? spiral right now for the insurance market is why everybody s dropping coverage. we stay on the current system in now, nobody s going to have health insurance because they can t afford it. can i finish? the problem is, if you
the johnson amendment is likely this executive order directs the to draw some opposition. he also wants to use obamacare mandates for religious objectors irs, not to unfairly target churches and religious to prevent services. you might remember the case of organizations for political the little sisters group who did speech. not want to provide no one should be censoring sermons or targeting pastors. contraceptive coverage in their medical benefits. this would allow religious organizations, nonprofit organizations, some businesses as well as educational institutions and hospital to not provide based on religious belief. he says it s a first bite at the apple, he expects more to come. i know one thing, it never what religious organizations are not getting from a president that they really wanted was stopped dr. ben carson. something like the religious freedom law that was passed in he said to heck with the johnson indiana, then later challenged in which people who have a amendment. i ve
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own imperfections, i pledge that if i have confirmed, i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution. he says the constitution informs criticisms of police that arrested an unruly teenager he found illegal and arresting a now compliant class counslown burping was going too far. some hey his power could hobble federal agencies. steve bannon says he wants to dismantle the administrative state and some of gorsuch s stronge strongest dissents argue that it should be stripped away. then there s obamacare and religion, probably the most high-profile case he s ruled on. conservatives cheered when gorsuch wrote, even if obamacare provides contraceptive coverage and even if the supreme court said that is lawful,
religious groups had to provide contraceptive coverage. gorsuch was vindicated on that. on abortion, it s important to note that he is a little bit of a wild card he has never written a decision on abortion. conservatives believe that since he is someone who wrote an entire book, he is someone who will protect life. the bottom line is, conservatives feel good about this. they took extraordinary measures to get this under wraps. at one point, we are told, he was hiding out at a starbucks and a safeway shopping center in colorado to make sure the press didn t see he was meeting with white house officials to get here. sandra: live from the steps of the supreme court. a lot going on there. thank you, sir. meghan: democrats are running to filibuster the nominees.