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Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a>In clearing the way for Trump’s efforts to transform US govt, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> has issued a series of orders that often lacked a fundamental characteristic of most judicial work: an explanation of the court’s rationale.On Mon, for instance, in letting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> dismantle the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a> Dept, the majority’s unsigned order was a single 4-sentence paragraph entirely devoted to the procedural mechanics of pausing a lower court’s ruling.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AbuseOfPower</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/supreme-courts-shadow-docket.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE8.ZmL2.CKCpuQiVGtl0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/us/politics/supreme-courts-shadow-docket.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XE8.ZmL2.CKCpuQiVGtl0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> decided that TN's ban on youth <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transgender</a> care did not violate the US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/14thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#14thAmendment</a> promise of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/equal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#equal</a> protection, as challengers to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> had argued. The court's conservative justices were in the majority & liberal justices in dissent in the 6-3 decision.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigotry</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

NonilexActing in appeals by officials in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> ordered lower courts to reconsider their decisions siding w/the challengers to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a> policies in light of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a>'s major June 18 ruling that upheld a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Republican</a>-backed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ban</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tennessee</a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treatments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treatments</a> such as puberty blockers & hormones for minors experiencing gender *dysphoria*.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigotry</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> tosses rulings that favored <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transgender</a> peopleThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> threw out on Monday judicial decisions that favored transgender people in cases from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Idaho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Idaho</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a>, including in legal challenges to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#state</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a> programs that deny coverage for patients seeking gender-affirming <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medical</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/treatment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#treatment</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discrimination</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bigotry</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-tosses-rulings-that-favored-transgender-people-2025-06-30/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-supreme-court-tosses-rulings-that-favored-transgender-people-2025-06-30/</a>

NonilexI encourage everyone to read Justice Sotomayor’s dissent.“The rule of law is not a given in this Nation, nor any other. It is a precept of our <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> that will endure only if those brave enough in every branch fight for its survival. Today, the Court abdicates its vital role in that effort.” - <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sotomayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sotomayor</a><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a884_8n59.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FuckSCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FuckSCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirthrightCitizenship</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Judiciary</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeparationOfPowers</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

NonilexThanks for nothing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> says he will ‘promptly file’ to push policies after blocked by courts after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> decisionSpeaking from the White House, Trump said he would try to advance restrictions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BirthrightCitizenship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BirthrightCitizenship</a> & other policies that had been blocked by district courts.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> 🧵 <a href="https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-decisions-updates#00000197-b21a-dc99-a79f-b79ed1c20000" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/live/supreme-court-decisions-updates#00000197-b21a-dc99-a79f-b79ed1c20000</a>

NonilexThe court's decision comes at an important time for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlannedParenthood</a>, which is facing financial difficulties nationwide—NPR reports Planned Parenthood has closed at least 34 clinics since last year. And in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Congress</a> there is pending federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legislation</a> that, if passed, would eliminate ALL federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#funding</a> for Planned Parenthood.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a>

NonilexBlocking the governor's order, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/4thCircuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#4thCircuit</a> Court of Appeals required <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthCarolina</a> to include <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlannedParenthood</a> in their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> program, granting residents the right to choose their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> providers.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> reversed that decision on Thursday.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a>

Nonilex🤬🤬🤬🤬Cuz <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/poor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#poor</a> people don’t have <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rights</a>. Especially if they are <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#women</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> upholds <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SouthCarolina</a>’s ban on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> funds for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PlannedParenthood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PlannedParenthood</a> The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed SC to bar Planned Parenthood's access to federal Medicaid funding for NON-abortion services. The decision allows states to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ban</a> the org from getting Medicaid reimbursements for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cancer</a> screenings & other care not related to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#abortion</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#insurance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5435021/scotus-planned-parenthood" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/06/26/nx-s1-5435021/scotus-planned-parenthood</a>

NonilexThe newest member of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KetanjiBrownJackson</a>, is the epitome of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rhetorical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rhetorical</a> Justice. Last week, as the Court prepared to finish its work for the year, Jackson issued a pair of dissents that signalled her despair over the Court’s trajectory, her refusal to sugarcoat its behavior, & her willingness to break with her [appeasing] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberal</a> colleagues, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagan</a> & Sonia <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Sotomayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sotomayor</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dissent</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resist</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalistSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FederalistSociety</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a>

NonilexA rhetorical Justice can call out the conservatives for the sake of educating the current public & planting a flag for history. Or she—& the 3 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberals</a> are all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/women" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#women</a>—can tailor her response to the specific case.Elena <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kagan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kagan</a> exemplifies this last, hybrid model. She is more than willing to let the majority have it when that is warranted; she also forges compromises w/individual <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservatives</a> when it is possible to pick up their votes.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

NonilexBeing a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberal</a> justice on a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> with a 6-Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> super-majority can be a miserable job. The opportunities for victory are scant; frustration is the baseline. There are 2 different models for dealing w/this reality, approaches that can broadly be described as strategic & rhetorical. A strategic Justice can try to lure a conservative vote here & there, to cobble together an elusive majority & at least limit the damage. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a>

NonilexJustice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KetanjiBrownJackson</a>’s Declaration of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Independence</a>The newest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> Justice is increasingly willing to condemn the actions of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#conservative</a> majority, even when that means breaking with her <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#liberal</a> colleagues.by Ruth Marcus <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PartisanCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PartisanCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Christian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Evangelism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Evangelism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewApostolicReformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewApostolicReformation</a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/justice-ketanji-brown-jacksons-declaration-of-independence" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/justice-ketanji-brown-jacksons-declaration-of-independence</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholic</a> Charities Bureau, the social ministry of the Catholic Diocese in Superior, WI, has said its mission is to provide “services to the poor & disadvantaged as an expression of the social ministry of the Catholic Church.” But state ofcls determined that the charity did not qualify for the exemption because it “provides essentially secular services & engages in activities that are not religious per se.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TaxExemption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TaxExemption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

NonilexRidiculous <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> sides with woman claiming anti-straight job discrimination  Marlean Ames filed a job discrimination lawsuit in 2020 after she lost out on two jobs to colleagues who were gay at the Ohio Youth Department.A unanimous Supreme Court made it easier Thursday to bring lawsuits over so-called “reverse discrimination”, siding with an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ohio</a> woman who claims she didn’t get a job & then was demoted because she is straight. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-discrimination-lawsuit-ohio-205f07a2d47d7a46cfc96a5fefdf9269" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-discrimination-lawsuit-ohio-205f07a2d47d7a46cfc96a5fefdf9269</a>

NonilexThe sequence of events is familiar: A lower court judge blocks a part of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s agenda, an appellate panel refuses to put the order on hold while the case continues & the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> turns to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a>.Trump admin lawyers have filed emergency appeals with the nation’s highest court a little less than once a week on average since Trump began his 2nd term.…The justices have issued orders in 11 cases so far, & the Trump admin has won more than it has lost.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-emergency-appeals-0c81f14f265840a80c8efbf943dc3bc9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-emergency-appeals-0c81f14f265840a80c8efbf943dc3bc9</a>

NonilexThe court’s order was unsigned & provided no reasoning, which is typical of this <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> when ruling on emergency applications.Justices <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KetanjiBrownJackson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#KetanjiBrownJackson</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoniaSotomayor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SoniaSotomayor</a>, dissented, saying the majority had not given enough consideration to “the devastating consequences of allowing the government to precipitously upend the lives & livelihoods of nearly half a million noncitizens while their legal claims are pending.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

Nonilex🚨🚨 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> lets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> revoke 'parole' status for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigrants</a>The Trump admin had asked the court to allow it to end <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deportation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/protections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#protections</a> for more than 500,000 people facing dire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humanitarian</a> crises in their home countries.<a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1079_p86b.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1079_p86b.pdf</a>  The decision lets the Trump admin end, for now, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Biden</a> program that let immigrants from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cuba</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Haiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Haiti</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Nicaragua" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nicaragua</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Venezuela" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Venezuela</a> live & work in the US for up to 2 years.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-revoke-parole-status-migrants-2025-05-30/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-lets-trump-revoke-parole-status-migrants-2025-05-30/</a>

NonilexThe US Court of Appeals for DC had ruled for the challengers.“An agency may weigh environmental consequences as the agency reasonably sees fit,” Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote for 5 justices. The court’s 3 liberal members agreed with the decision’s bottom line but on narrower grounds.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#regulations</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

NonilexThe question before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> was whether an agency had complied with a federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> by issuing a 3,600-page report on the impact of the proposed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#railway</a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Utah</a>.The case was closely watched because it became a proxy battle over how far federal agencies may go in assessing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnvironmentalImpact</a> of highways, pipelines & other projects before deciding whether to approve them.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#regulations</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ActivistCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActivistCourt</a>

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