U.S. District Court Judge takes heat for critical post on Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby ruling

[Omaha Steve]

Also see the LBN story: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014841057

http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/judge-who-wrote-blog-about-women-lawyers-attire-takes-heat/article_aa199ee8-f65a-5319-ad93-b97eac74c438.html

POSTED: MONDAY, JULY 7, 2014 1:00 AM

By Joseph Morton / World-Herald Bureau

WASHINGTON — A Nebraska federal judge is once again considering giving up his blog after hearing complaints from the legal community.

U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf said earlier this year that he would stop adding new material to his blog, called “Hercules and the Umpire.” But he has posted since then.

In a recent post, he was critical of last week’s Supreme Court’s decision that family-owned corporations could opt out of a mandate to provide their employees with health insurance covering contraceptive services. Corporation Hobby Lobby had challenged the mandate.



U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Kopf


Kopf said: “The Court is now causing more harm (division) to our democracy than good by deciding hot button cases that the Court has the power to avoid.”

Then he got more pointed: “As the kids say, it is time for the Court to stfu.” That’s a common acronym for “shut the (expletive) up.”

FULL story at link.

[hobbit709]

1. They're upset because he's right.

[RKP5637]

2. "The System" does not like dissenters who tell the truth, don't want the masses to think the gods

could have made a blunder. ... yet again!

[RKP5637]

3. Telling the truth in USA, Inc. can land one in hot water, yep, free and equal NOT.

[COLGATE4]

4. Receiving a polite e-mail from one lawyer

doesn't = "taking heat". Phony headline.

[merrily]

5. What the fuck does he think he is, a corporation?

A corporation is a person and its speech is protected by the First Amendment. Further, money is speech. Therefore, Holly Hobby should not be forced to "speak" about something in which it does not believe, by paying for health insurers to cover contraceptives for its employees.

But an actual human being, speaking with actual words, instead of with money? Clearly, the First Amendment was never intended to cover something that bizarre.

What a fucking nerve.

[mac56]

6. this

[zeemike]

7. “The Court is now causing more harm (division) to our democracy"

Wake up judge, I think that was the purpose.