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Faces a scandal over health care delays, but the president said mcdonald would help create a new culture of accountability bob is an expert in making organizations better. In his career, hes taken over struggling business units, he knows how to roll up his sleeves and gets to work, putting an end to what doesnt work, adopting best practices that do, restructuring, introducing innovations, making operations more efficient and effective. Woodruff mcdonald resigned from proctor and gamble a year ago, as investors pressed for better returns. If hes confirmed by the senate, hell succeed retired general eric shinseki, who left the va under fire last month. The bodies of three missing israeli teenagers were found late today in the west bank. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed hamas and warned of retaliation. The remains were buried in a field north of hebron. The teens had been hitchhiking there when they disappeared two weeks ago. Their abduction sparked a major manhunt by israel. Militants in gaza struck back by firing rockets. There was celebration and condemnation today after sunni extremists declared a new muslim state, or caliphate, in iraq and syria. The Islamic State in iraq and the levant, or isil also known as isis made the announcement on sunday. Jonathan rugman of independent Television News has our report. Reporter this was how one jihadist from i. S. I. S. Announced the groups rebranding as i. S. Or Islamic State. Now this is all one country. The groups latest videos show the symbolic bulldozing of the line between syria and iraq on the map. While a government building near the border is blown up for the camera. A medieval caliphate reborn for the social media age. Your guide, a militant known as abu safiyya, claimed to be from chile in south america, though he says nationality doesnt matter. This is believed to be Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi the new ruler now known as caliph ibrahim. His spokesman blurred in the middle here has declared that all other jihadist groups are under his control. And though there were celebrations on the syrian side of the border last night several senior sunni clerics have denounced the move as illegitimate. I. S. I. S. Is apparently succeeding where alqaeda failed. But its ambition and extreme violence might turn out to be its undoing. Theres already fighting between rival sunni militant factions along the syrian iraqi border, focused here in the town of boukkamal and that might begin to intensify. Woodruff there was also more fighting in the iraqi city of tikrit, as Government Forces struggled to regain control from the militants. And the pentagon dispatched another 200 troops to protect american citizens and the u. S. Embassy in baghdad. That brings the Overall Force to nearly 800. Fighting in southern afghanistan stretched into a second week today. Afghan forces have been battling to hold helmand province. A thousand taliban fighters attacked there 10 days ago. U. S. Forces pulled out of the province in may. Just across the border, in pakistan, Government Forces launched a ground offensive against a key taliban stronghold. Its the second phase of an operation in North Waziristan that began with air strikes in midjune. The army said 15 militants were killed today, in the initial advance. The offensive began after half a million civilians evacuated the area. The u. S. Justice department slapped frances biggest bank with a record fine today 8. 8 billion. B. N. P. Paribah pleaded guilty to conspiracy and falsifying Business Records in a bid to circumvent u. S. Economic sanctions against cuba, iran and sudan. Federal prosecutors said the bank engaged in a longterm conspiracy. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average lost 25 points to close at 16,826. The nasdaq rose 10 points to close at 4,408. And the sandp 500 dropped a fraction to end at 1960. Still to come on the newshour; the Supreme Court limits the Health Care Laws contraceptive coverage mandate; and ruled some Public Employees can opt out of paying union fees; Kenneth Feinbergs first live interview after announcing g. M. s payout plan for ignition switch victims; health risks for those whove survived a childhood bout with cancer; plus, the president s push on immigration, without congress; woodruff a sharply divided u. S. Supreme court today ruled that some corporations can opt out of the Affordable Care acts contraceptive coverage mandate because of religious objections. The fivetofour decision comes two years after the justices upheld the president S Health Care law, and leaves the Obama Administration to look for another way to make sure all women who want it, have access to contraceptive care. Woodruff as word of the decision spread, cheers erupted outside the court, from opponents of the contraceptive coverage mandate. The main takeaway is that our government overreached, yet again. And our government cannot force individuals their freedom of conscience and freedom of beliefs. Woodruff on the other side, supporters of the mandate voiced disappointment. Clearly the court is just out of touch on the will of the American People on this. Birth control is not controversial. Its really not, except for a very small extreme religious minority. Woodruff two Companies Successfully challenged the mandate in the Affordable Care act hobby lobby, based in oklahoma, is a National Craft store chain with more than 600 stores and some 15,000 employees. Its owned by an evangelical christian family. Conestoga wood, a cabinet maker based in pennsylvania, is owned by a mennonite family, and has about 950 employees. Both firms argued that having to cover contraception violates their religious beliefs. The court agreed, ruling that such companies, controlled by a small number of people, may opt out of the mandate. The decision does not apply to other provisions in the Health Care Law or to larger corporations. Lori windham is the attorney for hobby lobby. Todays decision is a landmark day for religious freedom. The Supreme Court, the Supreme Court recognized that American Families do not lose their fundamental rights when they open a family business. Woodruff the view at the white house was decidedly different. Spokesman josh earnest. The ruling allows the bosses of these women to essentially step in and say, well, i have a religious concern, so youre not allowed to make your own decision about whether or not youd like to benefit from these services. Were going to make sure they arent provided. We strongly disagree with that. We believe that congress should take action to fix it. Woodruff the contraception mandate faces separate legal challenges from religiously affiliated hospitals, colleges and charities. Woodruff for more on todays decision, we turn as always to marcia coyle of the national law journal. Marcia, welcome back to the program. Final day of the court, final day to issue. This is a big one. So the court, the companies were saying, were being asked to violate our religious beliefs. What, in handing down this decision, what did the court base the decision on . Well, judy, the court starts with the law, the religious freedom restoration act. And that act prohibits the government from imposing a substantial burden on a persons exercise of religion unless the government has a compelling interest and uses narrowly. The least restrictive means to further that interest. So justice alito, who delivered the majority opinion today for 54 court, started with the language of the law. Are Forprofit Corporations persons under the religious freedom restoration act. He looked to whats known as the dictionary act, what congress uses to define certain words and statutes. Persons, he says, have always included corporation, and he noted that nonprofit religious organizations have been allowed to bring lawsuits under this particular law. Justice ginsburg wrote for the dissenters. On this particular point she did disagree. She said that its true that nonprofit religious organizations have been covered by the law, but thats because the court has always given special solicitude to religious organizations that are formed from a Common Community of beliefs and designed to promote that belief. Thats not true of Forprofit Corporations. Justice alito then proved on, and he looked at whether this was a substantial burden on the hobby lobby and conestoga wood owners. He said they faced enormous fines if they did not provide this coverage. Then he did assume that the government had a compelling interest in providing this care to women, but he said where the law failed was that the government did not choose the least restrictive means to further that interest. He suggested the government could pay for this itself, or the government could extend an accommodation that it now gives to nonprofit religious organizations. They can just certify, signing a form, that they object, and then the burden shifts to their insurers or thirdparty administrators. Woodruff do you get a sense from listening to and reading what the justices ruled today, marcia, that this is a decision thats going to have broad implications for many other corporations . Well, it depends on whose decision you read, whose opinion you read. Justice alito stressed in his opinion and from the bench when he read a summary that this was limited to closely held corporations and the contraceptive insurance requirement in the Affordable Care act. Justice ginsburg said, uhuh, closely held does not mean small, and the way the law was read so expansively, she said, also means that large corporations may be using this as well. She predicted that there would be a host of me too claims following. This how do you decide, she said what do do you if a corporation comes in and says it doesnt want to pay the minimum wage because of its religious beliefs . Woodruff mar sharks does this open the door more or close the door a little bit to further challenges to the Affordable Care act . Justice alito suggested in his opinion that one of the things the government could have done was extend an accommodation that it gives now to nonprofit religious organizations. But the truth is that is already under attack in the courts, many courts around the country, and its going to get to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has not yet ruled on the constitutionality of that. There are also other challenges to the Affordable Care act that are unrelated to the contraceptive insurance requirement. Theyre pending in federal appellate courts. This was the second time, the second challenge the court has taken up concerning this law. And i think there are going to be more down the road. Woodruff okay, mar shampey well come back to you in a minute about the other major looking from the court today. For right now we want to talk about the hobby lobby decision and what its going to mean practically. Joining us are elizabeth wydra. She is chief counsel at a left leaning thinktank and law firm that filed an amicus brief in support of the Obama Administration in todays case. And kevin baine. He is a lawyer in private practice in washington, d. C. He filed an amicus brief siding with the corporations. We welcome you both to the news howmple kevin baine, to you first. How do you interpret what the court ruled today . I think courts opinion was narrow. There were two issues before the court. First one was whether a Forprofit Corporation, a closely held Forprofit Corporation that was formed in part to advance religious objective has any religious interests that can be asserted. The government argued that it did not. The court rejected that by 52 vote with two justices not taking a position on that. Then the courtesy. Ly held that then the courtesy. Ly held that once you recognize First Amendment issues in this cases, the government has to show there is no other means of accomplishing this. The government painted itself into a corner by saying on the one hand, there are no religious interests at all here, but we want to accommodate genuine religious interests by offering this accommodation, which is offered in the regulations. So once the Supreme Court said there was a religious interest, all the court said was, well, give those employers the same accommodation that you give to others. Woodruff elizabeth wydra, you see this very differently. I agree with Justice Ginsburg who said in her dissent that the majoritys ruling was startlingly broad. I think thats right. For the first time in more than 200 years of free exercise law, the court has said a forprofit privately owned corporation can exercise religious free exercise rights, something that has been thought to apply only the living, breathing individual human beings and not to artificial corporate entities. Even with respect to that part of the decision, the ruling was already very broad. And then while the court tries to limit its ruling, trying to say it wont impact claims against vaccinations or blood transfusions or antidiscrimination law, while it says that, as Justice Ginsburg says in her dissent, theres nothing that prevents the extension of the majoritys reasoning to those important claims that are incredibly important to workers across the country. Why isnt that a correct interpretation, kevin baine . Well, in large part because the court says its no. You have to Pay Attention to the majority opinion. Justice alito, writing for the court, was very clear. This is a very narrow ruling. The dissent suggested, oh, now people will say we have religious objection to antidiscrimination laws. Justice alito said, no thats not the case. There is a compelling government interest in enforcing those laws. There is no less restrictive way to do. So so i think its incumbent on those who think its broader than judge alito says it is needs to make a case. Woodruff why doesnt what the majority justice says hold . I think it would be great to take the Roberts Court at their word, but look to the legal reasoning. With respect to limiting it to closely held corporations, the majority opinion actually doesnt expressly limit the recognition of corporate free exercise rights to closely held corporations. They say that its unlikely or improbable that a publicly traded corporation would be able to make these similar claims, but they could still bring them in court. They might lose, but its still a right that is so broadly extended in an unprecedented manner. Woodruff why couldnt this happen again or something. Why couldnt a case similar to this, kevin bane, be brought say on behalf of a firm with employees with different religious views who happen to have a different set of beliefs in one way or another . Let me say three things. First of all, the women who are employed by these corporations will continue to receive these contraceptive services at no cost to themselves. Secondly, there are. Woodruff let me stop you. There youre shaking your head. No. I think thats unclear. What would need to happen for female employees of these companies, tens of thousands of women across the country just involved in this case alone, who knows what it could mean when other Companies Come in, but the government would have to engage in an accommodation like the one suggested by the majority where the government pays for the contraception, but if the government doesnt pass some new regulations, then the women wil