U.S. Supreme Court: Post-Ginsburg Edition

ruled in favor of the bigot "web designer"

pathetic country

They've gone and saved the worst for last

My religion tells me these people suck.

The Supreme Court on Friday sided with a web designer in Colorado who said she had a First Amendment right to refuse to provide services for same-sex marriages despite a state law that forbids discrimination against gay people.

In a 6 to 3 vote, split along ideological lines, the court held that the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion.

The case, though framed as clash between free speech and gay rights, was the latest in a series of decisions in favor of religious people and groups, notably conservative Christians.

The decision also appeared to suggest that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q. people, including to same-sex marriage, are on more vulnerable legal footing, particularly when they are at odds with claims of religious freedom. At the same time, the ruling limited the ability of the governments to enforce anti-discrimination laws.

The designer, Lorie Smith, said her Christian faith requires her to turn away customers seeking wedding-related services to celebrate same-sex unions. She added that she intends to post a message saying the company’s policy is a product of her religious convictions.

Helluva an end to pride month. Fuck this absolute burning trash pile of a country.

Preemptively fuck Biden and the Dems for the forthcoming round of head shaking and being “concerned” while not lifting a fucking finger to fight back against the creeping fascism.

what would you like done?

I'm the gay guy in Florida. What would you have us do?

The Supreme Court's third and final decision is the second student debt case. The majority finds that Missouri has standing and STRIKES DOWN Biden's student debt relief program. It is 6–3. https://t.co/TK3eTzQgiE

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 30, 2023

Fair, I don’t have the easy answer. I know it was a long shot anyway, but for one thing Biden could have not just shot down the very idea of expanding the court from the start.

I just want more out of my elected representatives than just concerned tweets.

Lots of very bad things this 6-3 majority has done, (Dobbs being, imho, the worst), but them deciding you are now $10,000 poorer than you were yesterday is really a helluva thing.

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) June 30, 2023

so cool of the supreme court to stick up for the disenfranchised. in this case, white bigots.

Fair, I don’t have the easy answer. I know it was a long shot anyway, but for one thing Biden could have not just shot down the very idea of expanding the court from the start.

I just want more out of my elected representatives than just concerned tweets.

― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0),

Biden took executive action and the Sinister Six slapped him across the face. If you wanna blame anyone, blame Ruth Bader Ginsberg for not retiring in 2013.

all just in time to catch a friend's private jet out of town for the weekend.

blame Ruth Bader Ginsberg for not retiring in 2013

Why stop there? Blame everyone older than, well, me personally

BYRON couldn't have said so graciously.

Ruth's legacy is in shambles

xp Bill's 32. He looks 32. He looked it five years ago, he'll look it 20 years from now. I hate men.

"The Supreme Court's decision today means that no one who qualified for relief under Biden's plan will have even a penny of their student debt cancelled. The majority has blocked about $430 billion in debt relief for roughly 40 million Americans"

Do I have this right? In the span of 2 days SCOTUS said that businesses can refuse service to protected minorities, but also businesses have to give their Christian employees Sundays off or whatever other religious demands they make?

From a quick scan of the decision this might be true:

In my understanding the Court's ruling refers to Biden's action under the HEROES Act 2003. He has the legal authority to modify or waive student debt through other means.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) June 30, 2023

Do I have this right? In the span of 2 days SCOTUS said that businesses can refuse service to protected minorities, but also businesses have to give their Christian employees Sundays off or whatever other religious demands they make?

Yeah, but in the "both the rich and the poor are forbidden to sleep under bridges" spirit of fun, businesses can now refuse service to Christians, too.

Oh that'll be on the next docket, no doubt

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/06/the-supreme-court-cant-kill-student-loan-relief.html

430 billion in student debt relief is wiped out but contributor to New York mag says to be happy because a smaller plan that applies to less people and cancels less debt is still working.

The Supreme Court's decision today means that no one who qualified for relief under Biden's plan will have even a penny of their student debt cancelled. The majority has blocked about $430 billion in debt relief for roughly 40 million Americans. https://t.co/TK3eTzQgiE

— Mark Joseph Stern (@mjs_DC) June 30, 2023

430 billion in student debt relief is wiped out but contributor to New York mag says to be happy because a smaller plan that applies to less people and cancels less debt is still working.

― curmudgeon,

thanks for the insight

I'm posting another POV without endorsement.

Seeing some speculation that this decision could be the tipping point that ultimately leads to a late-2023 recession that the country has, so far, managed to somehow avoid. I'm no economist, but if that does happen, it'll be timed up nicely for the presidential election year.

(The reasoning being that graduates who have been able to spend money elsewhere will now be forced to focus on buckling down and paying off the debt.)

I can’t help but hope between the recent decisions and the exposure of Alito/Thomas’ various examples of grifting, these conservative justices are in the middle of overplaying their hand.

Alright maybe I skimmed that New York mag article too fast

I just wish I owned a business so I could refuse service to Christians and heterosexuals

RBG always had a shitty record, and the idolatry of her by center-right Democrats always mystifies me. She continually supported endless expansion of police powers. She was no fucking hero to the working class

Biden’s shoulders must get sore from the helpless shrugging

Macimillion-I feel your rage. Impotent, incompetent leadership from Biden and Obama definitely contributed to this. Leaving America is the only sane option at this point. I have no doubt that total fascism WILL exist by 2030

Biden DID, however, take the time this week to give a big shout out to asshole Jeffrey Katzenberg

According to Chief Justice Roberts, he and his colleagues are merely acting in their capacity as 'umpires' to call balls and strikes, so we mustn't get mad at them because they are perfectly neutral arbiters of the law and good custodians of our rights.

Macimillion-I feel your rage. Impotent, incompetent leadership from Biden and Obama definitely contributed to this.

yes I'm sure it did

Thanks for the useless snark. You’re all in the same boat.

Keep voting harder?

Time to take a breath here

Republicans win because they play dirty. Democrats have an obsession with decorum, which frankly hasn’t panned out well during this century

You don't say.

Do go on, darling, instructing the only gay Floridian public university employee how #bothsides are to blame.

On this message board at least

You really need to stop directing your anger towards me. Be constructive with it.

Good luck in Florida

I'll tell the local party of which I'm a member, hon. Thanks!

Good luck! Thanks for the patronizing attitude. Just please don’t respond to me anymore. I wasn’t even commenting directly to you earlier

Are you still here shouting at people who don't deserve it?

idk if you all remember but this exact argument played out with this exact same poster the moment RBG died in 2020