Tag: SCOTUS

SCOTUS Wars Against the Disabled

Congress enacted statutes prohibiting recipients of federal funds from discriminating on the basis of certain protected characteristics — one such characteristic is disability. The Supreme Court agreed there is a right to sue in the event of discrimination, but took away th...

Karma is Coming for SCOTUS

Today I would like to talk about the Supreme Court decision, 303 Creative v. Elenis. It is wrong on so many levels. Please be patient with me. I’m doing my best to remain calm and coherent. First, let’s talk about the plaintiff. She is a website designer who was supposedl...

SCOTUS Upholds Right Of Humans To Own Other Humans

In a 6–3 decision split along ideological lines, the Supreme Court today sided with a conservative group who argued that forbidding the ownership of human beings as property interferes with their First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion. Writing for the majority on the case Ch...

Sunday Read: NWC and SCOTUS

It is an exciting time at the National Whistleblower Center (NWC). While we excitedly prepare to attend the UN’s CoSP10 next month and continue our pursuit of environmental justice, we are overjoyed to announce that NWC Executive Director Siri Nelson was sworn in as a member of ...

Is This the Final Nail in the Current SCOTUS’ Coffin?

n the beginning, Thomas, Alito, and their defenders tried to tell us that it was, basically, a nothingburger. “Not enough cash value to report”, they tried to say. And, within what we knew then, they had a point, with there being very little regarding ethical standards the Court is force...