SCOTUS rules 6-3 that Title VII of Civil Rights Act applies to sexual orientation (1 Viewer)

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    GrandAdmiral

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    This is a big decision. Only about 20 or so states allow such protections. This now provides protections nationwide. Long time coming for many in the LGBTQ community. 6-3 decision is pretty decisive.

     
    Well, most of what gets through the house is blocked by ONE man subverting the democratic process by not even allowing it to be discussed in the senate..
     
    Well, most of what gets through the house is blocked by ONE man subverting the democratic process by not even allowing it to be discussed in the senate..
    There was a time in the very near distant past where that was not the case at all and yet, here we are.
     
    There was a time in the very near distant past where that was not the case at all and yet, here we are.

    The Senate majority leader job title/description isn't even in the constitution. But somehow, though the awesome wisdom of our Senate, they've made that position more powerful than the Speaker of the House, who's job and description are laid out in the constitution and is 3rd in line for the presidency. Senators are supposed to be independent, by the design of the constitution so that they reach across party lines and compromise. By having a leader, just tuns them into another little click where they all have to agree.

    One thing is clear to me, the power of the Senate Majority leader needs to be clawed back substantially. If only Republicans where as insistant on texualism when it came to this as they are when trying to apply the law in a discriminatory, we'd have a much better running congress. But neither side will do that, they both love to wield that power when they're in control.
     

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