Sean Lengell
The Washington Examiner
6/26/2014
The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down a Massachusetts law that set 35-foot buffer zones around abortion clinics, saying it violated the First Amendment free speech rights of protesters.
The unanimous decision is a victory for anti-abortion activists and even some liberal-leaning groups who feared the law, if upheld, could make it more difficult for striking workers to picket outside their workplace.
The ruling doesn’t ban buffer zones entirely, as it said states still can pass laws that specifically ensure access to clinics. But the justices said such laws must protect free speech on public streets and sidewalks, a provision not guaranteed in the Massachusetts law…
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Also at the site, Supreme Court deals blow to Obama on recess appointments
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously that President Obama overstepped his constitutional authority to make government appointments while the Senate was in recess, saying the upper chamber was in session when the president put members on the National Labor Relations Board in 2012.
The high-profile decision is a major setback for the Obama administration, which said the appointments were necessary to overcome congressional gridlock — and followed the precedent set by Obama’s predecessors…
Could a Supreme Court ruling invalidate consumer watchdog agency’s decisions?
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling said some of the actions made by the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau may be invalid following a Thursday Supreme Court ruling on recess appointments.
Richard Cordray was appointed by President Obama as director of the financial industry watchdog agency on January 2012. Obama made the move in a recess appointment, circumventing the objections of Republicans who would have blocked Cordray’s nomination because they wanted to restructure the agency…
Supreme Court Knocks Down Obama’s Unconstitutional Power Grab
In NLRB v. Noel Canning, whatever the differences between the bare majority of five justices led by Justice Breyer and the four dissenters for whom Justice Scalia wrote, there is no question between the contending sides that President Obama acted unconstitutionally in making three ostensible recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board…
Update: Sandra Fluke: SCOTUS ‘buffer zone’ ruling an ‘attack on women’s rights’
