SCOTUS Thread (News and Discussion) II: Rape Isn't On My Calendar

[Cail]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...34b_story.html

Supreme Court, in rare late-night ruling, says California may enforce certain restrictions on religious gatherings

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sided with the court’s liberal justices in response to an emergency petition brought by a church in California, which had argued the state’s pandemic-related restrictions violated constitutional protections for places of worship.

Roberts wrote that state officials such as California Gov. Gavin Newsom had leeway to impose restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus, and had not singled out places of worship for unfair treatment.

[Mertron]

wow, can’t wait for the Supreme Court to overrule that

...wait

[Andalusian girls]

Roberts is the leader of the conservative bloc but remains the only member of SCOTUS capable of not being an ideological checkmark

[Byrthnoth]

Roberts is the leader of the conservative bloc but remains the only member of SCOTUS capable of not being an ideological checkmark

(because he enjoys governing from the bench, which is something liberals used to get pilloried for)

[Athas]

Let's be real, everyone likes governing/legislating/whatevering from the bench, but only has long as it aligns with their political ideology.

[Tyche]

Decent chance we get some big decisions released from SCOTUS today. In about 5 minutes actually.

They turned down pretty much every qualified immunity case and 2nd amendment cases already today, which was incredibly surprising.

Possible decisions we may see today.

Trump's financial records
DACA
LGBTQ protections
Louisiana's abortion law. First big Roe challenge for Trump
And wtf is gonna happen to the consumer financial protection bureau

[Tyche]

We're getting a decision on LGBTQ protections this morning.

[Tyche]

Looks like LGBTQ will be protected under title VII. It's early in the read but potential huge win for the LGBTQ community.

[Tyche]

Holy shit, Gorsuch wrote the opinion granting LGBTQ rights under title VII.

Only Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh dissented.

It's 172 pages lol.

"Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone
simply for being homosexual or transgender. The answer is clear. An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids."

[Kaslo]

Holy shit, Gorsuch wrote the opinion granting LGBTQ rights under title VII.

Only Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh dissented.

It's 172 pages lol.

As someone who has argued before Gorsuch, he's actually a pretty good judge.

[Zealot]

The Court will not consider qualified immunity this term.

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[Tyche]

Apparently Alito broke the SCOTUS servers by adding like 4 fucking appendixes with graphs, charts, and forms to his dissent of the title VII case, causing the filesize to be ginormous.

[Tyche]

2nd case today was the Appalachian trail case. 7-2 in favor of the US forest service

[archibaldcrane]

Holy shit, Gorsuch wrote the opinion granting LGBTQ rights under title VII.

Only Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh dissented.

It's 172 pages lol.

"Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone
simply for being homosexual or transgender. The answer is clear. An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids."

This is fantastic news.

[Tyche]

That's all the opinions for today.

Hell of a start.

[Athas]

Holy shit, Gorsuch wrote the opinion granting LGBTQ rights under title VII.

Only Alito, Thomas, and Kavanaugh dissented.

It's 172 pages lol.

"Today, we must decide whether an employer can fire someone
simply for being homosexual or transgender. The answer is clear. An employer who fires an individual for being homosexual or transgender fires that person for traits or actions it would not have questioned in members of a different sex. Sex plays a necessary and undisguisable role in the decision, exactly what Title VII forbids."

Why am I so unsurprised to find Kavanaugh in the dissenting.

[Guyverarmor]

All three justices opposed were conservatives. Not fucking surprised in the slightest.

Huge win though !

[archibaldcrane]

Breaking: The Supreme Court refused to hear the Trump administration’s challenge to a California “sanctuary” law, leaving intact rules prohibiting law enforcement from aiding federal agents in taking custody of immigrants as they are released from jail

https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1272526340579905541

[Gredival]

All three justices opposed were conservatives. Not fucking surprised in the slightest.

Huge win though !

Lol Thomas was the director of the EEOC as well

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[Koyangi]

About that immigration case not being heard this term, this is another case of sTaTeS rIgHtS, except when I don't like it.