It's June! SCOTUS season!

[dc2london]

Let's talk Supreme Court

[dc2london]

“The outcome of cases like this in other circumstances must await further elaboration in the courts,” Justice Kennedy wrote, “all in the context of recognizing that these disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without undue disrespect to sincere religious beliefs, and without subjecting gay persons to indignities when they seek goods and services in an open market.”

Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple nyti.ms/2Hiqu9I

[enchanted]

SCOTUS threw out a lower court ruling about the immigrant teen who was held in federal custody obtaining an abortion.

"The action by the justices provided a legal victory to Trump’s administration even though the teenager already has had the abortion because it eliminated a precedent at the federal appeals court level that could have applied in similar circumstances in which detained minors sought abortions.

"In the unsigned opinion with no dissents, the justices threw out the appeals court decision on the grounds that the dispute became moot once the unnamed teenager had the abortion."

They also declined to take up the adminstration's request that the ACLU lawyers who took the teen's case face disciplinary action.


www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-abortion-immigrant/supreme-court-hands-trump-win-in-pregnant-immigrant-teen-case-idUSKCN1J01RB

[byjove]

enchanted, reading about that case makes my head spin. I'm not sure I am totally following what happened based on the articles I've read.

[enchanted]

byjove Here's the ACLU description from when they filed a brief with SCOTUS in December.

www.aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/aclu-files-supreme-court-brief-responding-government-request

The Court throwing it out today sounds like to them, it would be a waste of time to keep fighting it out since the teen obtained an abortion.

ETA: Their explanation makes the most sense to me, probably because I agree with them.

[jkjacq]

This was a pretty good statement on the Colorado case from Add the Words Idaho

Official statement from Add the Words, Idaho regarding the Supreme Court ruling on the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

“While we are not enthusiastic about today’s Supreme Court ruling, we are ensuring to emphasize today reaffirmed the core principle; that businesses open to the public must be open to all. The Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case didn’t lead the court accept arguments that will set us back on equality by making our basic civil rights protections unenforceable, but reversed this case based on concerns specific to the facts of the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s ruling. We will be diligent in arming people with the facts, this ruling isn’t a license to discriminate. Add the Words, Idaho will continue our work, dedicated to updating of the Idaho Human Rights Acts to include equal protections under the law for all people, including members of the LGBTQ community in regards to employment, housing and public accommodations. Everyone should have the opportunity to live, work and thrive in their communities without fear of discrimination, domination or violence.”

[dc2london]

SCOTUS okays states purging voters off of the rolls.

Great. This is fine.

Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Purge of Voting Rolls nyti.ms/2Mh1LWX

[blurnette989]

Jun 11, 2018 8:51:52 GMT -6 dc2london said:

SCOTUS okays states purging voters off of the rolls.

Great. This is fine.

Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Purge of Voting Rolls nyti.ms/2Mh1LWX

So many states will copy this law now.

[byjove]

Jun 11, 2018 9:13:03 GMT -6 @heartbot said:

Jun 11, 2018 8:51:52 GMT -6 dc2london said:

SCOTUS okays states purging voters off of the rolls.

Great. This is fine.

Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Purge of Voting Rolls nyti.ms/2Mh1LWX

What is the rationale for this???

+1 Do we have to wait for the decision language to be fully released? I'm not seeing any major news source explaining it.

[justkeepmoving]

Jun 11, 2018 8:51:52 GMT -6 dc2london said:

SCOTUS okays states purging voters off of the rolls.

Great. This is fine.

Supreme Court Upholds Ohio’s Purge of Voting Rolls nyti.ms/2Mh1LWX

I am not pleased.

I hope they release their write up on this (or whatever it’s called). I want to know their rationale.

[Uncaripswife]

It was a 5-4 decision. You can read it here: www.supremecourt.gov

" Respondents contend that Ohio’s process for removing voters on
change-of-residence grounds violates this federal law. The Ohio pro-
cess at issue relies on the failure to vote for two years as a rough way
of identifying voters who may have moved. It sends these nonvoters
a pre-addressed, postage prepaid return card, asking them to verify
that they still reside at the same address. Voters who do not return the card and fail to vote in any election for four more years are presumed to have moved and are removed from the rolls.
Held: The process that Ohio uses to remove voters on change-of-
residence grounds does not violate the Failure-to-Vote Clause or any
other part of the NVRA. Pp. 8–21.
(a) Ohio’s law does not violate the Failure-to-Vote Clause. Pp. 8–
16.
(1) Ohio’s removal process follows subsection (d) to the letter: It
does not remove a registrant on change-of-residence grounds unless
the registrant is sent and fails to mail back a return card and then
fails to vote for an additional four years. See §20507(d)(1)(B). Pp. 8–
9.
(2) Nonetheless, respondents argue that Ohio’s process violates
subsection (b)’s Failure-to-Vote Clause by using a person’s failure to
vote twice over: once as the trigger for sending return cards and
again as one of the two requirements for removal. But Congress
could not have meant for the Failure-to-Vote Clause to cannibalize
subsection (d) in that way. Instead, the Failure-to-Vote Clause, both
as originally enacted in the NVRA and as amended by HAVA, simply
forbids the use of nonvoting as the sole criterion for removing a regis-
trant, and Ohio does not use it that way."

[byjove]

Court wimps out again

[Uncaripswife]

SCOTUS did nothing with the gerrymandering cases. 😡
www.politico.com/story/2018/06/18/supreme-partisan-gerrymandering-cases-650879

[cakewench]

Goddammit.

[elle]

I'm having a really really difficult time not feeling hopeless.

[Uncaripswife]

Me too elle

[enchanted]

Jun 18, 2018 9:00:55 GMT -6 elle said:

I'm having a really really difficult time not feeling hopeless.

Same.

[dc2london]

SCOTUS rules that states can collect sales tax on online purchases.

www.politico.com/story/2018/06/21/supreme-court-online-sales-tax-collection-661647

[dc2london]

They've finally ruled on Carpenter. Big victory for privacy rights advocates and the 4th amendment!

I've done 15 rounds on this one many a time and am satisfied with the ruling.

[piratecat]

Jun 24, 2018 7:14:44 GMT -6 @heartbot said:

Have we talked about this? mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/charles-rhines-gay-jury-death-row.html

That is just awful. Ugh.

[dc2london]

Jun 24, 2018 7:14:44 GMT -6 @heartbot said:

Have we talked about this? mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/charles-rhines-gay-jury-death-row.html

The ignorance is staggering

[dc2london]

SCOTUS punted on gerrymandering. Again.

thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/393926-supreme-court-punts-issue-of-partisan-gerrymandering?amp&__twitter_impression=true

[cakewench]

They have also declined to take on the Brendan Dassey appeal, for anyone who watched Making a Murderer on Netflix:

[cakewench]

SC upholds travel ban 5-4, Gorsuch was deciding vote:

[byjove]

cakewench, just coming to post this! Holy shit. SCOTUS has gone to pot.

[cakewench]

Holy fuck it gets worse:

SCOTUS upholds fake women's health centers that lie about abortions and repro health are covered by 1A.

[enchanted]

Fuck Mitch McConnell and that stolen seat.

[byjove]

Jun 26, 2018 8:32:57 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Holy fuck it gets worse:

SCOTUS upholds fake women's health centers that lie about abortions and repro health are covered by 1A.

Are we getting punked?

[cmb]

Jun 26, 2018 8:35:15 GMT -6 byjove said:

Jun 26, 2018 8:32:57 GMT -6 cakewench said:

Holy fuck it gets worse:

SCOTUS upholds fake women's health centers that lie about abortions and repro health are covered by 1A.

Are we getting punked?

I’m going to need Ashton Kutcher to jump out now..

[stringy]

Jun 24, 2018 7:14:44 GMT -6 @heartbot said:

Have we talked about this? mobile.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/charles-rhines-gay-jury-death-row.html

I'm late to this but...Ignorant, terrifying, discriminatory and really sounds like it was not a fair trial in any way. Terrifying, again.  So many points to make but everything feels like a lost cause.