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In It to Win It's JournalSeminole County high school to cover yearbook photos of 'don't say gay' student protests
WESHThe school district says photos of students protesting Florida's so-called Don't Say Gay bill in March will be covered up before the books are released to students.
The yearbook photos that Lyman High School wants to cover show students holding a "Love is Love" sign and rainbow flags during a walkout protest in March.
Just so I'm clear, did the Supremes really think there wasn't gonna be any backlash? - rant-
The conservative Supremes to be exact...
To Justice Thomas, no one is trying to bully you or the other Justices into submission. People are trying to get you to listen, let people and their advocates be heard, and for you to be receptive.
The problem is that Justice Thomas, and other Supremes in the conservative block, aren't receptive. Their bullshit made-up mind-reading method for interpreting law leaves them no room to be receptive. To be a judge or a Justice, it requires one to be receptive in all cases. It requires one to be willing to be convinced by either side and that is not what we have. My ire, my anger at this goes beyond the Dobbs case but in every case with major societal implications. One party has already lost their case before they ever walk into the courtroom and the public has ZERO recourse to fix that. When the Court won't even enforce their own precedent (i.e. Texas) on lower courts and states BEFORE THEY'VE EVEN SET A NEW PRECEDENT, then there is no stability in SCOTUS case law.
I've long thought that the Supreme Court has entirely too much power. That power is multiplied when the country's legislature seems to have forfeited some of their power to the Court. Congress has seemingly become the most useless branch of government. Congress has given their power to 9 unelected judges that can't and won't be removed for any reason under the sun. The public can't punish them, can't remove them, can't do anything. They get to make decisions and shape the rules of society, and the public is supposed to sit back and take it. The Court wields its power and there is no way to curtail that power. Sure, in theory, there are ways to check the Court's power but when the branch of government responsible for doing that can't function, there is no real and practical way of reigning in the Court's power.
Sure, I understand that politically, it may not look good with people protesting outside of the Justices' homes. But how else are we supposed to vent? How else are we supposed to show we disapprove of the Court's decisions? Sure, they have electoral and political power (Alito forgot to include the word "diluted" ) but that's months away and WE'RE ANGRY NOW!
(Virginia) State Supreme Court vacancies remain unfilled during political standoff
Virginia MercuryState lawmakers said in interviews this week that their negotiations over the justices continue but indicated they are no closer to resolution.
“We do not have an agreement on how to proceed with the Senate,” Del. Rob Bell, R-Albemarle, chair of the House Courts of Justice committee, told the Mercury. Bell declined to comment further on the specifics of the negotiations.
At issue are two of the seven seats in the state Supreme Court. The two seats opened in the last year after Chief Justice Donald Lemons and Justice William Mims announced their retirements.
Selecting justices is a constitutional duty of the General Assembly, which elects the justices by a majority vote. Once elected, a justice can serve for a 12-year term. In recent history Republican legislatures have elected justices as a matter of course. But this year, the appointments are one of many political deadlocks in the current divided legislature.
“We’ve been talking about this since January but there are a couple things that get hung up in it,” Sen. Creigh Deeds, D-Bath, co-chair of Senate judiciary committee, told the Mercury.
Deeds said the “obvious solution” would be to give House Republicans one choice and Senate Democrats another choice. But even if they could agree on those appointments, there are other cascading effects, like if a justice is elevated from the appeals court and has to be replaced.
“The solutions are within grasp, we are still talking, still being civil with one another, but the discussions continue,” Deeds said. “And right now I don’t know if there is anything we can do to force the situation ahead.”
Republicans have less incentive to negotiate because if lawmakers adjourn without an agreement, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin has authority to put his own judges on the bench without the legislature’s involvement.
Those justices could serve until the end of the year but would have to be confirmed by the legislature when it reconvenes in January.
Camila Cabello Launches 'Protect Our Kids' Fund to Fight Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill
Billboard via Yahoo News“I am sooo honored to have spent Mother’s Day supporting @lambdalegal and @equalityfl in launching the Protect Our Kids Fund which supports litigation against the hateful Don’t Say Gay or Trans law in FL,” Cabello wrote alongside a series of pictures from the event. “What’s happening in my home state is unacceptable and is harming LGBTQ+ youth and families. Some of the most special people in my life are in this community and it breaks my heart to see their identities try to be erased. We have to demand equal rights and respect for all.”
Senators aim for quick passage of bill providing security for family members of Supreme Court justic
NBC News via Yahoo NewsSens. Chris Coons, D-Del., and John Cornyn, R-Texas, aim to pass the Supreme Court Police Parity Act through an expedited process as soon as Monday or Tuesday, an aide to Coons confirmed to NBC News.
The bill, which was introduced last week, would provide security in line with protections for family members of certain executive and legislative branch officials.
DeSantis signs legislation establishing 'Victims of Communism Day' in Florida
WFTV 9DeSantis said the legislation requires the state’s public schools to observe the day and educate students on “the evils of communism.”
During the news conference, DeSantis also approved $25 million to support repairs and renovations to the Freedom Tower and the renaming of three roads for Cubans who fought against Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Stacey Abrams Lands $1M Donation From George Soros
The Root via Yahoo NewsGeorge Soros, the billionaire entrepreneur and philanthropist, is donating $1 million to Abrams’ campaign, but she won’t be able to spend any of the money until she’s officially crowned as the Democratic nominee for the seat, reports the Atlanta Journal Constitution. The hold-up is because of a new law that Georgia’s GOP-controlled General Assembly passed last year that was designed to put current Governor Brian Kemp at an early fundraising advantage, but because of lawsuits from Abrams and Kemp’s Republican primary challengers, hasn’t quite worked out that way.
The new law allows candidates for certain offices in Georgia to set up so-called leadership committees, which are a special kind of political organization allowed to skirt the usual campaign fundraising limits and collect unlimited amounts from donors. As originally written, Kemp could immediately begin using his leadership because he’s the gubernatorial incumbent. Abrams and others, including Kemp’s top GOP challenger, David Perdue, would have to wait until they officially won their party’s primaries. The primary contests are scheduled for May 24.
"Originalism" is for people who choose not to think
to borrow a phrase from our unesteemed Associate Justice Thomas
What's the rationale here? Plan B and IUDs
https://twitter.com/ProfMMurray/status/1523386559449354240https://twitter.com/CAKitchener/status/1522909109292523522
So they want people to have all these babies and
Not support affordable childcare
Not support family leave
Divert funds from public schools
Not support free school lunch programs
Not support equal pay
Not support affordable medical care
Since the SCOTUS draft opinion leaked, I’ve read articles of Republican legislators pushing bills banning or putting impractical restrictions on abortion and also banning contraception, and yet, they are offering no support.
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