In addition to #CivilRights, the court powered by #Trump’s picks — Justices Neil M. #Gorsuch, Brett M. #Kavanaugh & #AmyConeyBarrett — has pushed to the right of any modern court on #religious rights & #voting issues.

The court has also entered a new era of extreme #partisanship. None over the past 7 decades has been as starkly polarized.

“There is no center now,” said political science professor Lee Epstein, who performed the analysis with Andrew D. Martin & Michael J. Nelson.

#law #SCOTUS

@lowqualityfacts these billionaires, I hear they're so pumped full of drugs, should we consider them edibles, or maybe burn their intestinal fat as sweet insence offering?

#religious

In recent years, #SCOTUS has issued a series of decisions in favor of #religious people, notably #conservative #Christians. In 2023, the court sided with a web designer in #Colorado who said the #FirstAmendment allowed her to refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples [even though she’d never been asked to]. In 2022, the court said a high school football coach had a constitutional right to pray at the 50-yard line after his team’s games.

#law #MentalHealth #LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy

State ofcls have NEVER enforced the measure, which includes fines up to $5k for each violation & possible suspension or revocation of a counselor’s license. The #law includes a #religious exemption for those “engaged in the practice of religious ministry.”
Kaley Chiles, an #evangelical #Christian, sued the state over the law in 2022, contending it prevented her from working with young patients who want to live a life “consistent with their faith.”

#SCOTUS #MentalHealth #LGBTQ #ConversionTherapy