Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[AlabamAlum]

And not like it really matters a whole lot. Nationally, there are very few companies that will walk up to an employee and say “you’re fired for being gay.” Doing that opens up a ton of scrutiny, protests, bad PR, SJWs, nuisance lawsuits, etc, etc.

Outside of a Hobby Lobby type company possibly, I can’t imagine it’s a common thing.

[Hannibal]

Unlike the left, the right justices are principled. I think it's a ludicrous statutory argument, but Gorsuch and Roberts bought into the plain statutory language argument even though it's blindingly obvious the statute was never, in anyone's imagination, intended to cover dude's who say they're chicks.

The leftist justices would never let the "other" side win by technicality,. I mean...EVER.

And that is precisely why they win.

[lineygoblue]

Outside of a Hobby Lobby type company possibly, I can’t imagine it’s a common thing.

Hobby Lobby, and Chick-fil-A, for that matter, have taken a lot of heat for statements made by their owners and founders based on their faith. To my knowledge, neither company has ever attempted to purge employees from their payroll based on their sexual orientation. In fact, Chick-fil-A has stated publicly that they employ LGBTQ people, and they enjoy the same rights and benefits as everyone else. Their sexual preferences are never asked, and its not a condition of continued employment if its found out.

The real un-American thing going on with both Chick-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby is the left's desire to put them out of business due to the Constitutionally protected rights of the owners to freedom of religion.

[iam416]

And not like it really matters a whole lot. Nationally, there are very few companies that will walk up to an employee and say “you’re fired for being gay.” Doing that opens up a ton of scrutiny, protests, bad PR, SJWs, nuisance lawsuits, etc, etc.

Outside of a Hobby Lobby type company possibly, I can’t imagine it’s a common thing.

That is, by and large, correct.

And that is precisely why they win.

And so is that.

[Hannibal]

The "T" in LGBT is not an orientation. It's a severe mental illness.

[Hannibal]

John Roberts. What a worthless judge he has turned out to be. Appointed by George W. so no surprise, I guess.

[lineygoblue]

John Roberts. What a worthless judge he has turned out to be. Appointed by George W. so no surprise, I guess.

Its the same thing that happened to Bush Sr with Souter.

Souter was considered to be a conservative lean, and was even opposed by fat-cat Democrat Teddy Kennedy who made a self-righteous and pompous opposition speech about Souter during his confirmation hearings. Souter turned out to be one of the most leftist justices in history.

[Hannibal]

Democrat VP candidate Stacey Abrams -- "he was murdered because he was asleep at a drive through".

[Dr. Strangelove]

I guess Trump won't be bragging about "our great Supreme Court justices" anymore at the ol' MAGA rallies.

[Hannibal]

That was the only legitimate reason to be excited about voting for Trump. If the guy wasn't getting anything done, at least he was appointing the right judges. So much for that idea.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Trump admin expected to go to court for an injunction blocking the sale of Bolton's book.

After months and months of "review" the admin has claimed it still contains "classified" information that must be excised.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-expected-attempt-block-john-boltons-book/story?id=71256834

[iam416]

Gorsuch is a fantastic justice. I think Kavanaugh will turn out fine, too. I also really like Roberts and, for that matter, Thomas. Alito is probably the conservative justice I like the least.

Kagan is a fantastic justice, too. Sotomayor is total trash. Ginsberg and Breyer are meh.

That said, I agree with Alito's dissent pretty much 100%.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Gorsuch is a fantastic justice. I think Kavanaugh will turn out fine, too. I also really like Roberts and, for that matter, Thomas. Alito is probably the conservative justice I like the least.

Kagan is a fantastic justice, too. Sotomayor is total trash. Ginsberg and Breyer are meh.

That said, I agree with Alito's dissent pretty much 100%.

Big difference (tonally) between Alito's dissent and Kavanaugh's. I get why Kav wanted to write his own.

[iam416]

I also agree with Kav 100%.

I mean, look -- it's brazen legislating. Kav summarizes the issue pretty clearly in the "literal" technical meaning vs the "ordinary" meaning.

People will be fine with it because they like the outcome. But, again, make no mistake what's going on here -- the Court has removed this issue from the legislative process and will now spend years ruling on the Pandora's Box of issues they've opened. At this point, I'm not sure you can keep a dude identifying as a chick out of chick sports w/o running afoul of the Constitution.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Oh this will complicate things. Just a couple days ago the Admin announced a rule change that would've removed Title VII protections for transgenders receiving medical service using the understanding of the word "sex" in the way Alito & Kavanaugh want it applied, not Gorsuch.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-t...d-pride-month/