Ongoing discussion of SCOTUS cases (1 Viewer)

[MT15]

With the increased scrutiny due to recent revelations in the press I thought maybe we can use a SCOTUS thread. We can discuss the impending Senate investigation and the legislation proposed today by Murkowski and King in the Senate that will formalize ethical guidelines.

We can also use this thread to highlight cases that possibly don’t deserve their own thread, like the following.

I saw this case today, and I cannot believe the US Government is allowed to do this. Unreasonable search and seizure? The examples he gives in the rest of the thread are just sickening:

 

[Optimus Prime]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.

The justices’ decision affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination under federal law.

The court ruled in an appeal from Marlean Ames, who has worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for more than 20 years.

Ames contends she was passed over for a promotion and then demoted because she is heterosexual. Both the job she sought and the one she had held were given to LGBTQ people.

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 bars sex discrimination in the workplace. A trial court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Ames……..

Supreme Court makes it easier to claim 'reverse discrimination' in employment, in a case from Ohio

A unanimous Supreme Court has made it easier to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and then was demoted because she is straight.

apnews.com

 

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Supreme Court shuts down Mexico’s lawsuit against American gunmakers | CNN Politics

The Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a lawsuit from the Mexican government that alleged American gun manufacturers should be held responsible for cartel violence on the Southwest border, a decision that shields the companies from a suit that had claimed billions in damages.

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[MT15]

Ruling about the rights of parents to seek medical treatment for transgender kids. Spoiler, it takes away parents’ and kids’ rights to cede them to religious fanatics. ACB trying to make it much worse.

 

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care coverage requirements on Friday, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects some 150 million Americans.

The 6-3 ruling comes in a lawsuit over how the government decides which health care medications and services must be fully covered by private insurance under former President Barack Obama’s signature law, often referred to as Obamacare.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote for the court’s majority. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented, joined by Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch.

The plaintiffs said the process is unconstitutional because a volunteer board of medical experts tasked with recommending which services are covered is not Senate approved.

President Donald Trump’s administration defended the mandate before the court, though the Republican president has been a critic of his Democratic predecessor’s law. The Justice Department said board members don’t need Senate approval because they can be removed by the health and human services secretary.…….

Supreme Court preserves key part of Obamacare coverage requirements

The Supreme Court has preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive health care coverage requirements, rejecting a challenge from Christian employers to the provision that affects 150 million Americans.

apnews.com

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Radical Extremist Court.

 

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Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan

The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment.

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[SaintRob]

I don't like the ruling because it may cause LGBTQ children to closet themselves if they think they're going to be ridiculed or persecuted, which could lead to self harm. The use of these storybooks can teach inclusion, acceptance, and self worth. At the same time, I can't disagree with parents who want to decide what is taught to their kids. Tough one.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

I don't like the ruling because it may cause LGBTQ children to closet themselves if they think they're going to be ridiculed or persecuted, which could lead to self harm. The use of these storybooks can teach inclusion, acceptance, and self worth. At the same time, I can't disagree with parents who want to decide what is taught to their kids. Tough one.

Easy one, really. Don't like it? Pull your kids and put them in private school. Teach them all manner of bigotry at home. Just stop doing shirt to ostracize members of an already-marginalized group.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

How should Barrett feel about this piece about her jurisprudence?

 

[MT15]

She should feel disrespected and looked down upon. However she just so casually disrespected Justice Jackson for no good reason, so she can go pound sand.

 

[LA 2 L.A.]

She should feel disrespected and looked down upon. However she just so casually disrespected Justice Jackson for no good reason, so she can go pound sand.

I think the 6 Trump supporters on this Supreme Court will be looked back on in the same way that the majority justices who ruled "separate but equal" was constitutional in the Plessy v. Ferguson decision are looked back on, and I think it will be in the near future.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

She should feel disrespected and looked down upon. However she just so casually disrespected Justice Jackson for no good reason, so she can go pound sand.

If you're talking about Barret's juvenile swipe in the CASA opinion, it just showed that she has some sort of role ambiguity when dealing with the other women on the court. Each one of them brings vastly more experience and academic credentials to the court than she does. Jackson's concurring dissent was extremely thorough and well cited, Barrett resorted to hyperbole.

 

[MT15]

This lady does a really good job of putting these judicial decisions into perspective.

She basically says that there are over 20 state AGs who have been meeting weekly for months now, and are committed to stopping Trump’s EO’s which are often unconstitutional. They have already submitted an amended complaint on the birthright citizenship EO.

And while it’s true that his illegal and unconstitutional EO’s are going to be harder to stop now, his DOJ is going to have to defend many, many more complaints now as well. And as she diplomatically puts it - his AG office isn’t exactly overstaffed and isn’t exactly staffed with excellent lawyers either.