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08 Oct 2019, 7:49 pm

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/supreme-court-lgbtq-employment-discrimination.html


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08 Oct 2019, 11:04 pm

It's about time that something like this happens. This gives me hope for the future. Things are changing for the better, now.


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09 Oct 2019, 2:06 pm

The more I read about Gorsuch, the more I respect him. Truly a judge and not a politician. Thinking through the case to see if the complaints line up with the 1964 law.


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09 Oct 2019, 5:56 pm

Nobody was taking it seriously when Regan was running for office, but it was his appointments to the Supreme Court that started the politicalization of the SCOTUS. I told myself at the time that when judges moved into this highest court of the land, they would somehow leave politics behind.

I no longer remember my reasoning.

Perhaps Gorsuch will resume the tradition, now that he doesn't have to please the politicians.


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09 Oct 2019, 8:37 pm

blazingstar wrote:
Nobody was taking it seriously when Regan was running for office, but it was his appointments to the Supreme Court that started the politicalization of the SCOTUS. I told myself at the time that when judges moved into this highest court of the land, they would somehow leave politics behind.

I no longer remember my reasoning.

Perhaps Gorsuch will resume the tradition, now that he doesn't have to please the politicians.


When Anthony Kennedy retired, I theorized that John Roberts would become the new swing voter, and so far, that has held true.

Not sure about Gorsuch, but I am pleased that Kavanaugh hasn't taken the hard-right stance many were expecting him to.


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