Links for 03/30/16 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: The Perot comparison only makes sense if the GOP runs Romney or Cruz as a rump candidate and Trump gets the nomination anyway or takes his marbles and files as a third party candidate (which he really cannot do in some places because of sore loser laws, neither can Cruz). The point is, both would be drawing from the same voter base, not from the Hillary or Sanders base. What Hillary would fear is Sanders running as the Socialist Party candidate - because that would take votes away from her - unless of course he kills it in New York and California. Unless Sanders voters go to Trump, Hillary wins against Trump. Hillary's women certainly would not go for the Donald. He may not even get Republican women. The fact that the Democrats are favored by the nuttiness of Trump and reactions to it is exactly the point of the Washington Post piece. I would think 45 states may be in play with two right-wing nut candidates.
The SCOTUSBlog post is interesting. What is most interesting is that the tie is leading to further deliberation rather than simply vacating the case. This signals that it is not likely that the justices will agree that there is no protection for "religious power" over employees. I suspect that Judge Garland may have altered the mix on that topic. Now we will see if the Church is still willing to play chicken on this or whether it will accede to what is a good compromise directed from the bench.
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