To me the most scary thing about this sort of court case on such a fundamental issue that I feel strongly on, is that what the court says is so important. It's hard to even imagine a situation...
To me the most scary thing about this sort of court case on such a fundamental issue that I feel strongly on, is that what the court says is so important.
It's hard to even imagine a situation where if the courts landed on the wrong choice, it'd just be a formality for lawmakers to pass a law to make this right: Obviously it' shouldn't be legal to fire someone for being gay, transgender, straight etc.
The stakes in The Supreme Court are only so high because the dysfunction in the legislative branch is so complete. Lawmakers aren't making laws, so we're left with courts essentially doing that job for them by interpreting a vague constitution as they see fit. Scary.
SCOTUSblog coverage of the three cases: Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
To me the most scary thing about this sort of court case on such a fundamental issue that I feel strongly on, is that what the court says is so important.
It's hard to even imagine a situation where if the courts landed on the wrong choice, it'd just be a formality for lawmakers to pass a law to make this right: Obviously it' shouldn't be legal to fire someone for being gay, transgender, straight etc.
The stakes in The Supreme Court are only so high because the dysfunction in the legislative branch is so complete. Lawmakers aren't making laws, so we're left with courts essentially doing that job for them by interpreting a vague constitution as they see fit. Scary.
SCOTUSblog coverage of the three cases:
Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia
Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda
R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission