The Montana Supreme Court had blocked the $500 grants on the grounds that the state’s constitution, like those of most states, forbids giving tax money to churches or their affiliates. That is unconstitutional discrimination based on religion, the court said in a 5-4 ruling in Espinoza vs. May a state exclude church schools from a state-sponsored tuition aid program that supports students in other private schools, or does that exclusion amount to unconstitutional discrimination against religion? In dissent were Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. Jeff Sessions and his questionable claim that the policy was illegal from the start. While Trump could change policies, his administration did not comply with the Administrative Procedure Act, the court said in Department of Homeland Security vs. He said that while the president had the legal authority to revoke the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, his administration failed to give a reasoned explanation for ending a policy that encouraged about 700,000 immigrants to register with the government to obtain work permits and avoid deportation. No, the court said in a 5-4 ruling written by Chief Justice Roberts. Justices Thomas, Alito and Kavanaugh dissented.ĭid Trump lawfully repeal the Obama-era order that shielded young immigrants who were brought to this country as children? He agreed that lawmakers in 1964 may not have intended to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer employees, but he said the court relies on the words of the law, not the aims of the lawmakers. Justice Gorsuch wrote the court’s opinion in Bostock vs. And the court decided that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is discrimination based on sex. It says employers may not fire or refuse to hire employees based on their race, religion, sex or national origin. Yes, the court said in a 6-3 ruling citing the words of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Kavanaugh.ĭo the federal civil rights laws protect LGBTQ employees from discrimination in the workplace nationwide? In dissent were Justices Thomas, Alito, Neil M. The chief justice concurred in the outcome based on precedent: The court had struck down a nearly identical Texas law in 2016. Breyer, joined by the three other liberal justices, said the admitting privileges rule would do more harm than good for pregnant women because it would likely result in the closing of all but one of the state’s abortion providers. No, the court said in a 5-4 ruling in June Medical Services vs. May a state require that all doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles? Thomas and Alito dissented and said they would have blocked the subpoena. In my view, there's an extremely high likelihood that this case falls into buckets 1 & 3 as the president, in bucket 2, is extremely unique in their control over foreign policy.May three House committees require the president and his accountants to turn over a massive amount of financial and banking records going back to 2010? No, or not until the committees demonstrate to a judge why all the records are needed and are relevant to new legislation, the court said in another 7-2 ruling in Trump vs. Cuomo: SCOTUS, held in part, that statements made by NY gov officials" cannot be viewed as neutral because they single out houses of worship for especially harsh treatment" Hawaii: SCOTUS held that the travel policy was not unconstitutional despite statements made as the court weighed the statements vs. Masterpiece: SCOTUS decided the commission member held animus against petitioner by statements made as they "cast doubt on the fairness and impartiality of the Commission’s adjudication of Phillips’ case" I wanted to get a discussion going as how the three cases in the title loom in the background of this case. DeSantis and other lawmakers that give the reader really no doubt they had animus against disney when crafting specific laws or actions. To give you the gist, a huge part of the complaint cites statements made by Gov. If you have not heard, Disney is suing Gov.
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