Perspective
Jul. 4, 2014
Justices let desired outcomes steer decisions this term
Just as Aereo retrofitted antiquated regulation to cover emerging technologies, Hobby Lobby quietly updated the law to do the same with modern notions of corporate personhood. By Daniel Lifschitz
For many spectators of the United States Supreme Court, American Broadcasting Companies v. Aereo, 2014 DJDAR 8209 (June 25, 2014), and Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, 2014 DJDAR 8589 (June 30, 2014), were the two most-watched cases on the docket for the first half of 2014. Though the cases appear to have little in common at a glance (concerning broadcast copyright law and religious exemptions to health insurance mandates, respectively), ...
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