... are themselves unconstitutional. There’s a recent case that Alliance Defending Freedom (lots of irony in the name), the anti-LGBT group involved in many of the big cases involving the expansion of “religious liberty” to ignore laws they don’t like, that seems to take it ...
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... to that extreme. The case, involving a school, a student (who wasn’t trans, but ADF is really trying to say they were) assaulting another student in a bathroom. The entire thing is extremely suspect, as local reporting on the event has shown. https://thinkprogress.org/education-dept-to-investigate-hate-groups-claim-that-transgender-inclusion-caused-alleged-assault-41fd1ee2283c/ … ...
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... But what’s interesting is that ADF seems to be trying to argue that Title IX not only doesn’t protect trans students, but that Title IX should be interpreted to protect other students FROM having to interact with trans students. Which is obviously ridiculous. But ...
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... the courts are being filled with people extremely sympathetic to ADF’s cases. ***I’m not a lawyer*** but I see how this is being set up, and I am picturing a world where comprehensive state/local-level LGBT protections are wiped out as unconstitutional.
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I hope I’m extremely wrong.
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tl;dr I think conservatives might try to invalidate local LGBT protections using a bizarre interpretation of non-discrimination law.
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They always *say* they hate "judicial activism," but they most certainly do not.
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Parker Molloy Retweeted Manu Raju
Oh, also, if Republicans keep the senate, McConnell is basically saying that yes, his own fake "rule" about election year confirmations be damned, they will confirm SCOTUS nominees straight through the end of Trump's term.https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1049326582769352709 …
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Manu RajuVerified account @mkrajuIn Kentucky, McConnell again signals that GOP could try to confirm any Trump nominee in a presidential election year, breaking from the standard he set with Merrick Garland. The comments raise stakes for the midterms since a Dem Senate almost certainly won’t move a Trump nominee https://twitter.com/meredithllee/status/1049323732861440001 …2 replies 55 retweets 146 likesShow this thread -
And there's still the chance between now and 2020 as many as 3 SCOTUS openings could become available (Breyer and RBG are getting old, Thomas could retire to give GOP Sen/POTUS the chance to replace him with someone ideologically similar).
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This 7-2 conservative majority would have 5 people in their mid-50s who are far-right ideological hardliners. The earliest liberals/progressives could regain a majority in the best of circumstances might be... 2045? (And all of this could be determined by next month's elections)
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SCOTUS is the most efficient assassination incentive around and no one's noticed yet
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@FBI and@SecretService, might want to take a look at this looney here.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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