WEBVTT - Rush Limbaugh Jul 10, 2020

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<v Speaker 1>A ten year saga thankfully come to a close. That's

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<v Speaker 1>how long the Little Sisters of the Poor Nuns have

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<v Speaker 1>been fighting Obamacare's mandate to provide contraception in their health

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<v Speaker 1>care plans. It goes against their Catholic faith. So finally,

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<v Speaker 1>on Wednesday, the Supreme Court upheld President Trump's executive order

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<v Speaker 1>exempting the nuns from Obama's mandate. For one fifty years,

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<v Speaker 1>Little Sisters of the Poor Nuns have run homes serving

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<v Speaker 1>elderly people in poverty. The Democrats who passed Obamacare refused

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<v Speaker 1>to acknowledge that is a religious order. The Little Sisters

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<v Speaker 1>could not be forced to provide services that violate their

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<v Speaker 1>religious beliefs. Writing the majority opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas said

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump administration had the authority to provide exceptions for

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<v Speaker 1>religious and conscientious objections. He said the statute in plain

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<v Speaker 1>language allowed the administration to make religious and moral exemptions.

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<v Speaker 1>Now this decision, it was even close. It was seven

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<v Speaker 1>to two. Only the leftist justices Innsbergen Soto Mayor dissented.

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<v Speaker 1>They're mad at the Court's zeal to secure religious rights

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<v Speaker 1>to the nth degree, but they're really mad at the

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<v Speaker 1>first Amendment, which states that Congress cannot make laws that

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<v Speaker 1>infringe on religious freedoms. The right thing was done here,

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<v Speaker 1>even though it took ten years. It's clear to anybody

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<v Speaker 1>who respects the Constitution that Obama never had the power

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<v Speaker 1>to impose this mandate in the first place.