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DonViejo

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Mon Jul 7, 2014, 12:57 PM Jul 2014

Hobby Lobby Ruling Prompts Federal Judge To Tell Supreme Court To 'STFU'

CAITLIN MACNEAL – JULY 7, 2014, 11:34 AM EDT

Federal Judge Richard Kopf, who was appointed to a U.S. District Court in Nebraska by George H.W. Bush, slammed the Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision in his personal blog, Hercules and the Umpire, and told the judges to "stfu."

He said that the court's ruling looked bad, as the majority opinion was signed on to by five male, Catholic judges appointed by a Republican president.

"To the average person, the result looks stupid and smells worse," he wrote. "The decision looks misogynist because the majority were all men. It looks partisan because all were appointed by a Republican. The decision looks religiously motivated because each member of the majority belongs to the Catholic church, and that religious organization is opposed to contraception."

Kopf argued that the Supreme Court should have left the case alone, and should stay far away from controversial issues.

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Hobby Lobby Ruling Prompts Federal Judge To Tell Supreme Court To 'STFU' (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2014 OP
I could not agree more! Suich Jul 2014 #1
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