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MSNBC
6 to 3. Neil Gorsuch ruled along with Roberts.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Gorsuch and Roberts joining the liberal four.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Hugin
(32,778 posts)Y'know all those rights thingies the GrOPpers object to so much... Excluding, the 2nd amendment, of course.
rsdsharp
(9,036 posts)This ruling involves the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
mnmoderatedem
(3,706 posts)I'll bet trump is asking, can I fire him?
Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)They must have some really bad ruling on deck.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Link to tweet
Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)Roberts' vote is not much of a surprise, but that of Gorsuch certainly is.
budkin
(6,691 posts)Now that is shocking to me.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,575 posts)anti-police brutality protests.
brokephibroke
(1,883 posts)Some Boulder has rubbed off on him.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)provide a constitutional basis for Social Security, Medicare, unimployment insurance, on and on. And that all such programs that depended on the New Deal era interpretation are invalid.
Or that the so-called "right to privacy" cobbled up out of inferences in various parts of the Constitution doesn't exist. Birth control, the right to elective surgery, much else related to WHO gets to control our bodies, not only abortion, at stake. Our right to the benefits of the internet at stake. Much more.
Or invalidating new laws meant to root the kind of corruption he's there to protect out of government.
Amishman
(5,540 posts)Makes him lean towards the more permissive / free stance on some social issues or cases limiting federal power.
Roberts by all appearances is terrified of the court being at the center of a culture war.
Remember that Gorsuch is Episcopalian and have a gay female priest as his rector.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)He also voted against taking up Trumps challenge of Sanctuary city law today.
Initech
(99,914 posts)Captain Zero
(6,714 posts)This is what has happened with Lindsey Graham. He is being black mailed over his sexual orientation and practices.
highplainsdem
(48,728 posts)WhiskeyGrinder
(22,145 posts)QED
(2,730 posts)What a shocker from this Court.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)obamanut2012
(25,911 posts)Huge.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Takket
(21,424 posts)They all agreed the ruling would have much more power with writing the opinion.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)that's been doing such "good" work through Trump. Hopefully it'll be a demoralizing setback for them all.
Hopefully those conservatives who weren't happy about what their voting for Trump meant for LGBTQ will experience it as validation of their tolerance of equality. America badly needs more of them to break with the Republican Party's extremist base.
Link to tweet
Aviation Pro
(12,053 posts)A 9 - 0 decision on Shitbag's tax returns.
I think so.
bucolic_frolic
(42,673 posts)Link to tweet
Adam Winkler
@adamwinkler
Alito says that "sex" must be defined exactly the way that lawmakers understood that term in 1964. I'm skeptical he'll apply that same rule to defining what counts as "arms" when reading the Second Amendment.
Mickju
(1,794 posts)TrogL
(32,818 posts)Trumpf may make the point that hes still needed to nominate more conservative judges.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)TrogL
(32,818 posts)0nirevets
(390 posts)Just my opinion, of course. But I'm thinking next comes a rope-a-dope ruling in favor of Trump, validating his exclusive "privilege" against subpoena from the HOUSE for his IRS filings and later the full unredacted Mueller reports.