Seems the Supremes are reigning themselves in a bit. As supreme courts have often done before. I say this because if you throw out Roe on the grounds that is was arbitrary and wrongfully decided, Obergefell has to do down too for the same reason. Probably best for society right now. Every once in a while the Justices have to remember that they have no army and will lead to their own destruction if they push it too far.
Funny when people complain only about women and gay people get rights and not when SCOTUS destroys cities’ ability to regulate firearms, flips the 14th Amendment on its head to kill affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, gives the president immunity to arrest and kill political opponents, allows the president to dismantle congressionally established and funded agencies, overrules century-old precedent to eliminate the independence of independent agencies, etc.
Um, I think a lot of people complain about all of those things, and it’s often the same people. As for Kim Davis, good she was turned down and finally may have to write a check, but even most advocates of eradicating gay marriage did not view Davis as the best case, and there are other decisions winding their way toward the Supreme Court that may present a graver danger to same-sex marriage rights.
SCOTUS will craft a ruling that says we’re not invalidating any existing gay marriages, states must recognize gay marriages from other states, but have no obligation to perform them themselves. West Wendover will become the gayest wedding destination in America.
Set aside whether there are any real legal consequences of the pardons. That’s not the primary reason to do them. It’s more about the performative aspects and the signaling for the future. It says, “Do my bidding on elections, even if illegal, and even if you are prosecuted for criminal law violations, and I’ll protect you in the future.”
This is about growing his mob racket, just the same as pardoning the Jan. 6 offenders.
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November 10, 2025 11:49 am
Michele Fiore still suspended with pay. I think I’d like being suspended with pay.
I get three weeks a year of suspended with pay. My boss calls it a benefit even though the Federal govt mandates many of those days. Must be nice to be Michele
Seems the Supremes are reigning themselves in a bit. As supreme courts have often done before. I say this because if you throw out Roe on the grounds that is was arbitrary and wrongfully decided, Obergefell has to do down too for the same reason. Probably best for society right now. Every once in a while the Justices have to remember that they have no army and will lead to their own destruction if they push it too far.
Funny when people complain only about women and gay people get rights and not when SCOTUS destroys cities’ ability to regulate firearms, flips the 14th Amendment on its head to kill affirmative action and the Voting Rights Act, gives the president immunity to arrest and kill political opponents, allows the president to dismantle congressionally established and funded agencies, overrules century-old precedent to eliminate the independence of independent agencies, etc.
Um, I think a lot of people complain about all of those things, and it’s often the same people. As for Kim Davis, good she was turned down and finally may have to write a check, but even most advocates of eradicating gay marriage did not view Davis as the best case, and there are other decisions winding their way toward the Supreme Court that may present a graver danger to same-sex marriage rights.
SCOTUS will craft a ruling that says we’re not invalidating any existing gay marriages, states must recognize gay marriages from other states, but have no obligation to perform them themselves. West Wendover will become the gayest wedding destination in America.
States don’t perform marriages.
@10:31
All the things you don’t like.
The feds were not going after the fake electors, so who cares if they got pardoned. They still have to face state charges if they were brought.
Set aside whether there are any real legal consequences of the pardons. That’s not the primary reason to do them. It’s more about the performative aspects and the signaling for the future. It says, “Do my bidding on elections, even if illegal, and even if you are prosecuted for criminal law violations, and I’ll protect you in the future.”
This is about growing his mob racket, just the same as pardoning the Jan. 6 offenders.
Michele Fiore still suspended with pay. I think I’d like being suspended with pay.
I get three weeks a year of suspended with pay. My boss calls it a benefit even though the Federal govt mandates many of those days. Must be nice to be Michele
And she can cure your cancer with baking soda. She’s such an embarrassment to Western civilization.
Any leads on an attorney with expertise/experience with representation at disciplinary hearings at state universities?