Cheryl G Kasson

@cherylgk
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Elder queer, Jewish bisexual nonbinary socialist, sewing artist, child of an immigrant, defender of justice and liberty
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@cherylgk Someone please explain that to 8 Supreme Court justices. Of course, the lawyers tried. Sigh...
Supreme Court Rules Against Colorado's Ban On Conversation Therapy For LGBTQ Youth

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday against states’ efforts to ban so-called “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ minors. Two of the Court’s liberal justices sided with their conservative colleagues in striking the ban on freedom of speech grounds, granting a legal victory to Christian conservatives who favor these treatments. One liberal justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissented, warning that the decision could lead to medically dangerous treatments. The Supreme Court struck down the conversion therapy ban for violating the First Amendment The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 to strike down a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for youth. These controversial therapies have been used by Christian conservative counselors to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBTQ+ youth. Other medical experts and LGBTQ+ advocates have warned that the therapies are ineffective and could be harmful. The Colorado law banned “any practice or treatment” applied to minors for the purposes of...

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This is a good, clear analysis of yesterday's atrocious Supreme Court decision re: #ConversionTherapy https://prospect.org/2026/04/01/open-season-supreme-court-chiles-v-salazar-conversion-therapy/
#LGBTQ
Open Season

The Supreme Court rules against the LGBTQ+ community—again.

The American Prospect

@Popehat Ketanji Brown-Jackson fired a shot at the Originalists by citing English Common Law in the birthright citizenship oral arguments today. Am I right thinking that was kind of badass?

#supremecourt #birthrightcitizenship

A federal judge in Boston Tuesdayruled that the Trump administration violated the law when it ended the immigration status of nearly 900,000 migrants who came to the U.S. through a Biden-era parole program called CBP One.
The program allowed migrants waiting in Mexico to schedule an interview to report to a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border. After being vetted, they then were allowed into the country while waiting for their asylum claims to be heard in court.
The Trump administration abruptly cancelled CBP One in April of last year. The administration sent emails to the migrants, notifying them that their status had been revoked, and encouraging them to leave the U.S. as soon as possible.
But U.S. District Court Judge Allison Burroughs, of Boston, said in her ruling that "when Defendants terminated the impacted noncitizens' parole without observing the process mandated by statute and by their own regulations, they took action that was 'not in accordance with law.'"

https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770189/federal-judge-rules-dhs-illegally-stripped-immigration-status-from-thousands-who-entered-through-cbp-one-app

GOP Ripped Over 'No Queens' Tweet About Tim Walz: PHOTO

Just a bunch of schoolyard bullies.

Comic Sands

U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that Trump’s executive order to cease funding for #NPR and #PBS is unlawful and unenforceable.

The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech
“does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type.”

The operational impact of Judge Moss’ decision was not immediately clear
— both because it will likely be appealed
and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done,
both by the president and Congress.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-npr-pbs-funding-executive-order-fbd9500e5f7400deab84ead188c35694

Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for NPR and PBS

A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. The two are media entities that the White House has said are counterproductive to American priorities. U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss cited the First Amendment in his decision. The impact was not immediately clear — both because it will likely be appealed and because too much damage to the public-broadcasting system has already been done, both by the president and Congress.

AP News

Some people dream about possibly becoming the next selfish Zuckerberg shithead & making themselves famous. Self aggrandizing fools.
I dream about roving EV powered taco trucks owned/run by immigrants. I dream about creating a more just world, with a lot more equity & about smashing up status quo crap.

We are far from the same kinda humans.

Zero fucking self awareness, my god