Supreme Court rules in favor of Catholic group

[LDSGator]

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/17/supreme-court-same-sex-couples-foster-care-catholic-church-494999?fbclid=IwAR27O4a90zwe_5KiYyU0JiKft3Pel-Y_KCUuCE8E5_aTykBD3DKCIJCdvuo

 

It seems to be a win for religious freedom.

Edited June 17, 2021 by LDSGator

[NeuroTypical]

Best news I've heard all day.  (Besides Tau day)

[LDSGator]

4 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Best news I've heard all day.  (Besides Tau day)

That it was 9-0 is very surprising. 

[Just_A_Guy]

There has been talk that the recent spate of 9-0 decisions is at least partly a response to court-packing plans; SCOTUS’s way of saying “no, we actually aren’t all that politically divided”.  This decision seems to be in harmony with that theory; it apparently (per Politico’s coverage) dodges the substantive issue and doesn’t really accomplish a whole lot.

Edited June 17, 2021 by Just_A_Guy

[LDSGator]

28 minutes ago, Just_A_Guy said:

 This decision seems to be in harmony with that theory; it apparently (per Politico’s coverage) dodges the substantive issue and doesn’t really accomplish a whole lot.

Still, it's better than a 9-0 opinion the other way. 

[Traveler]

11 hours ago, LDSGator said:

Still, it's better than a 9-0 opinion the other way. 

If we are looking for any institution of man to deliver us from bondage and make us free - we will be greatly disappointed.  --- Sooner or later. 

 

The Traveler

Edited June 18, 2021 by Traveler

[LDSGator]

9 hours ago, Traveler said:

If we are looking for any institution of man to deliver us from bondage and make us free - we will be greatly disappointed.  --- Sooner or later. 

 

The Traveler

Oh, agree fully. 

[Carborendum]

3 hours ago, LDSGator said:

Oh, agree fully. 

Still, it's better than a 9-0 opinion the other way. 

[LDSGator]

13 minutes ago, Carborendum said:

Still, it's better than a 9-0 opinion the other way. 

 

23 hours ago, LDSGator said:

Still, it's better than a 9-0 opinion the other way. 

More plagiarism here than in The New Republic. 
 

😉

[Carborendum]

On 6/17/2021 at 11:09 AM, LDSGator said:

That it was 9-0 is very surprising. 

I knew Alito was considered "conservative".  But I had thought he was more middle of the road conservative.  Yet he sided with the more conservative opinion.

Whereas, Barrett has extremely conservative credentials, and to a lesser extent Kavanaugh, but they joined in the more middle of the road conservative opinion (which the liberals agreed with).

Very interesting.

[LDSGator]

On 6/25/2021 at 9:49 AM, Carborendum said:

I knew Alito was considered "conservative".  But I had thought he was more middle of the road conservative.  Yet he sided with the more conservative opinion.

Whereas, Barrett has extremely conservative credentials, and to a lesser extent Kavanaugh, but they joined in the more middle of the road conservative opinion (which the liberals agreed with).

Very interesting.

It always seems like it’s conservatives who go to the middle or swing left (Souter, O’Connor, Roberts).

 

Aside from Byron White I can’t think of any democrats who swung rightward. Not saying it never happens. 
 

That said, way too many people read too much into one ruling. If Scalia was alive today, he’d be called a “liberal” just due to his flag burning opinion. Sheer madness. 

Edited June 27, 2021 by LDSGator