Experts shocked as Gorsuch angrily accuses Colorado of forcing anti-LGBTQ baker into 're-education p

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Experts shocked as Gorsuch angrily accuses Colorado of forcing anti-LGBTQ baker into ‘re-education program’

By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement
Published December 05, 2022

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch appeared angry and even hostile at several points throughout Monday’s oral arguments in a case brought by a Colorado right-wing evangelical Christian website designer who is suing the state because she wants to be able to discriminate against same-sex couples who are getting married.

The case, 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, promises to be one of the most important of the term, and arguments extended more than two hours.

During one of the more heated moments, conservative Justice Gorsuch attacked Colorado Solicitor General Eric Olson, claiming the state forced an infamous anti-LGBTQ baker who also went before the Supreme Court, winning his 2018 case in a very narrow ruling, into a “re-education program.”

https://www.rawstory.com/experts-shocked-as-gorsuch-angrily-accuses-colorado-of-forcing-anti-lgbtq-baker-into-re-education-program/

And just think this "judge" got on this court with dark money from the federalist society with help from that senator from Kentucky......#Moscow Mitch...... he just eviscerated the Constitution and Article II Section 2 to have this jerk on the bench....


Senator Sheldon Whitehouse has it right in his book:

The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court Hardcover– October 18, 2022

[Walleye]

1. Am I the only one who checked to see if this was the Onion?

[Alexander Of Assyria]

7. No, it's Americas top court copycating Saudi Arabia courts, Catholic Christian-style!

[emulatorloo]

2. WTF? Here is the audio of the exchange.

So glad Olson stood up to him.

It is in the second tweet in this link:

Link to tweet

If you have time, read the tweets below it.

Link to tweet

[The Roux Comes First]

4. I Think We Can Actually See Vividly Here the Need for an Expanded Program of Education

Not merely to help bigoted citizens understand what it means to comply with the law but also to help corrupt self-entitled SC judges, several of whom perjured themselves to get the gig, get a grip on their responsibilities to the rule of law and the American people and their rights.

[Hekate]

3. Nauseating that it has come to this

[Hermit-The-Prog]

5. The Subversive 6 on the Extreme Court want to force everyone to obey their twisted religion.

[LastDemocratInSC]

25. Maria law is equivalent to Sharia law.

[Marthe48]

6. I wouldn't buy bird crumbs from the baker

wouldn't buy whatever the latest a**hole is selling.

Let's never forget, , gorsuch is a lying, unelected, fascist illegally appointed to sit on the bench of the (formerly) s.c.

[Skittles]

30. it should be required they advertise exactly who they won't serve

so we can ALL avoid these fucking bigots

[BlueIdaho]

8. Hey Neil

Go fuck yourself.

[hadEnuf]

9. The masks keep slipping off these lying right-wing justices one-by-one.

Good grief, expand the court and make these fascists irrelevant before they can do any more damage to this country.

We know they will.

[area51]

11. +1 n/t

[inthewind21]

32. Masks?

Is there really anyone in this country besides "concerned" Susan Collins that was fooled by ANY of them?

[hadEnuf]

36. Well, many Democrats gave them the benefit of the doubt based on their conformation testimony.

But it's clear that they all lied through their teeth.

[Walleye]

10. When will they rule that an LGBTQ person counts as 3/5 of a straight person in representation?

And these people bringing the lawsuits. I don’t understand why a small business person would turn down good business like this.

[moose65]

13. I know. Makes no sense

Small businesses can’t afford to turn away business.

I still don’t understand how this person can bring a suit against Colorado when no gay couple has yet asked her to design a wedding site. She’s suing before the fact? I don’t get it.

[Walleye]

15. I didn't know that. That makes it even more batshit

[Rebl2]

18. Makes you

wonder if some maga person/group quietly paid her to do this. I would think that no gay couple would want anyone like this designing their wedding site anyway. I would think they wouldn’t want anyone like this to bake the cake or provide any food for the wedding.

[UTUSN]

12. Drumpf will remove that pesky Constitution for him.

[demigoddess]

14. if they get to discriminate, make them put a sign on the door so

people can discriminate who they buy from. Rights go both ways.

[markpkessinger]

39. Um, people already have the right to discriminate in who they buy goods and services from n/t

[liberalmediaaddict]

16. This is why I'll never "get over" the 2016 election

Everytime this theocratic Federalist Society Supreme Court holds a hearing or makes another "own the libs" ruling I'm reminded of the consequences of the 2016 election.

If 80,000 votes in 3 states had gone the other way Hillary would have been elected President and we'd have a majority on the Supreme Court right now.

[plimsoll]

22. In theory we don't want a majority. We want non-partisan jurists.

Robertson mouthed the words, but wasn't going to follow through. The unethical 6.

Who knew that Federalist meant unethical.

[inthewind21]

33. Who knew?

Only everyone.

[grantcart]

17. This apple didn't fall far from the tree

Mom thought dumping garbage into the ocean was a form of recycling.

[tishaLA]

19. They seem emboldened now that their chicanery is being revealed

Like the masks are completely off now. And their Chief Justice is working hard to go down as the worst in history.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. We knew he was an "ultra" and I hate the word "conservative" because they are anything but. n/t

[John1956PA]

21. Gorsuch lied in his opinion about prayer after HS football games

These cases are groomed so that the issues can be heard by the conservative court which, in the case involving prayer after high school football games, overturns precedent establishing separation of church and state.

[markpkessinger]

38. Exactly . . .

. . . And this case in particular especially falls into the the "groomed" category. There isn't even an underlying dispute, because no one actually asked this designer to design a web site for a same sex wedding!

[John1956PA]

40. Thanks. Later, Gorsuch et al. will use these groomed cases as precedent to further push their agenda

The case about prayer after high school football games sets the precedent of "tradition." (Gorsuch lied to find that such a tradition existed in the facts of that case.) Down the line, the "tradition" standard will be used to justify static nativity displays on government property.

[roamer65]

23. Colorado should just ignore the ruling that I feel is coming.

Ignore it just as states with recreational MJ laws ignore the federal ones.

[Maraya1969]

24. Gorsuch is an illegitimate member of SCOTUS.

[Kennah]

26. Where is an errant beer truck when Neil, Brett, and Amy are stumbling out of a bar

[newdayneeded]

27. I think this is because Gorsuch

is lonely. He doesn't have many friends. I think Joe should help him by expanding the court and give him 4 fresh new friends to hang with.

[Bluesaph]

28. She doesn't want to make a website for

An imaginary future customer? Why is this even being heard? She has no standing because she was never aggrieved.

Ridiculous.

[Skittles]

31. it's being heard BECAUSE

repukes worked long and hard to hack the Supreme Court and they cannot WAIT for real cases, they want results NOW

[Bluesaph]

41. The hackiest of all hacky courts!

It’s obvious to even a non lawyer that no one has been injured so there should not be a case.

[Hortensis]

29. Gorsuch clearly conceives his job as including pushing toxic RW political lies,

putting his imprimature as a high court justice on Fox and OAN propaganda. I've heard and seen him before (initially eliciting appalled dismay from me) push blatant Fox lies. Something we're not accustomed to seeing out of SCOTUS.

To get all angry on behalf of the lies... What would his "judicial temperament" be measured at? -50? How about simple honesty and morality? What a horrible national mistake.

Not to forget, this happened on OUR watch. Democracy's as good or bad as the commitment to it of its people. Those capable of understanding and caring, anyway. It was never everyone.

[dalton99a]

34. The fascists on the court are catapulting RW lies

[panader0]

35. This case could have very wide ranging consequences.

If 303 Creative LLC is allowed to refuse services to same sex couples, it opens the door to refusing
services for just about any reason. Religion, skin color, the repercussions are endless.

[markpkessinger]

37. I was glad Olson resisted . . .

. . . but I gotta say, overall, I thought Olson did a lackluster job. Very disappointing.