SCOTUS and whatnot

[RatkoVarda]

5 minutes ago, romad1 said:

My father is 96 but his dad arrived in the United States from the UK in 1901 and may not have received US citizenship (he was a US Army veteran of WW1).  So, Dad now 96 years old may have to go to South Sudan or El Salvador until his vague US Citizenship status (he was an USAF officer during the Korean War).  Damn shame these cheaters, cheating the system.  

not sure if they have co-ed prisons, but maybe he gets on the same chain gang as Nikki Haley and Usha Vance? that could be exciting!

Edited June 27 by RatkoVarda

[CMRivdogs]

Today's JVL on the SC edict turining us into a Kleptrocacy 

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I’ll leave it to others to give you chapter and verse on the novelty of the majority’s argument. Suffice it so say that this idea that “universal stays” are unnecessary and, in any event, people can just file class-action suits, is brand new.

Instead, let’s focus on the real-world implications, starting with birthright citizenship.

Let’s say two immigrants have a baby in Montana and no court in Montana has issued a stay against Trump’s EO. Does that baby have U.S. citizenship?

No one knows.

Let’s say that Trump issues an executive order saying that registered Democrats cannot own firearms and that the government must merge the lists of party registration and firearms sales and confiscate guns owned by Democrats.

If a Massachusetts court issues a stay against this order, then a Democrat in Massachusetts will not have his gun taken from him. But if a court in, say, Idaho declines to issue a stay against it, then the policy can be put into place in Idaho up and until the Supreme Court finally rules against it.

The harms which can—which will—take place under this new legal regime are serious and the ability to remediate them will vary greatly.

But the biggest harm is that the Supreme Court has made it even more important where you live. Because to live as a political minority is now to have your rights and liberties no longer safe-guarded by the Constitution, but hostage to the most hostile reading of the law by the biggest hack judge in the neighborhood.

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-supreme-court-just-made-america

[CMRivdogs]

It will turn into another Citizens United type boondoggle..

 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

They're overturning marriage equality now. I can't see this radically right wing court protecting marriage rights for LGBTQIA persons and couples. 

 

[chasfh]

12 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

They're overturning marriage equality now. I can't see this radically right wing court protecting marriage rights for LGBTQIA persons and couples. 

 

What are they going to do with same-sex marriages already on the books?

[Mr.TaterSalad]

50 minutes ago, chasfh said:

What are they going to do with same-sex marriages already on the books?

Unless a state has protections for same-sex marriages already in place in their laws and/or enshrined in their state constitution they'll probably invalidate the marriages. I worry if they make a worse ruling that somehow (not sure how) Trumps state laws and precedence and invalidates same-sex marriages in states that do have laws and constitutional protections on the books. Now that might sound preposterous, but we've been seeing federalism in reverse under this current Supreme Court. A system setup by the court where the federal government dictates and mandates on down to the states anything and everything.

Furthermore, given that religious, right wing fanatics like Alito, Coney-Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Thomas think that LGBTQIA people are going to burn in hell anyways for a life of sin, I don't think this court much cares that they are overturning same-sex marriages. In-fact, these religious fanatics probably think they're saving people from sin and doing them a favor.

Edited August 12 by Mr.TaterSalad

[chasfh]

14 hours ago, Mr.TaterSalad said:

They're overturning marriage equality now. I can't see this radically right wing court protecting marriage rights for LGBTQIA persons and couples. 

 

Thrice-divorced woman "found god" to try to outrun her sketchy past. 

[Mr.TaterSalad]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

Thrice-divorced woman "found god" to try to outrun her sketchy past. 

Don't forget, she also committed the sins of adultery and having a child out of wedlock. I believe she cheated on one husband with another and got knocked up by the one she was cheating with.