SCOTUS LGBT Decision Will ‘Create a Tsunami of New Litigation’ Against Religious Groups
The Supreme
Court’s (SCOTUS) reinterpretation of a federal prohibition
against employment discrimination based on sex — which now includes sexual
orientation and “gender identity” — will “create a tsunami of new litigation”
against religious organizations
“The Supreme Court left a lot of really
important issues open, like, how do you balance this with (NO) religious freedom? How do you balance it with
(NO) freedom of speech? If you’ve got a law, for example, saying
that using someone’s preferred pronoun is mandatory — or you can be fined [for
non-compliance], how do we balance that with some of these other important and
even
(NO) constitutional questions?
“You’re going to
see these decisions going overwhelmingly in favor of the litigants [and] the
plaintiffs who are challenging any religious organization, or any school, or
anyone who wants to maintain a traditional, biologically based,
scientific-based understanding of sex,”
The Supreme
Court’s decision amounted to a rewriting of civil rights legislation, Severino
stated.
“This had to do
with the court interpreting the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” Severino explained.
“We’re kind of familiar with this language. It says that no employers can
discriminate on the basis of sex, of religion, of natural origin, and other
kinds of classic caveats that you have, but what their question was, ‘It says
you can’t discriminate ion the basis of sex. Does that also mean you can’t
discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity?'”
Why Trump's Supreme Court appointee Neil Gorsuch just protected LGBTQ rights
Justice Neil
Gorsuch, President Donald Trump's first nominee to the Supreme Court, delivered
an opinion Monday that will change how more than 7 million LGBTQ individuals will live
and work in the United States.
It is a watershed
moment from an unlikely author that means gay, lesbian and transgender workers
are protected by federal civil rights law. It is a stunning defeat for judicial
conservatives who worked to ensure Gorsuch's nomination and Republicans,
including Donald Trump, who stymied President Barack Obama's nominee for the
Supreme Court, liberal Merrick Garland in 2016.
Judge Rules
American Companies Can
Be Sued for Preferring U.S. Workers
The Supreme
Court's decision in DHS v. Regents of the University of
California will likely decide the face of the DACA program and that
opinion is expected in weeks.
Utah’s hospitals faced $435M revenue loss due to pandemic but avoided layoffs, officials say
According to the
American Hospital Association, the nation’s hospitals and health systems have lost an average of $50.7
billion each month since
March.
Watch What All
These Cops are Doing
During the Riots!
Watching ATMs get
robbed, slashing tires, abusing people, preparing bricks, cutting their way
into closed and gated businesses, breaking windows. Nothing nefarious going on here, right?
Donald Trump is 'looking to sue his niece Mary' over her tell-all book after 'she signed
an NDA in 2001 banning her from talking about her relationship with the
president'
- Mary Trump will release 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man,' on July 28, according to her publisher
- Her uncle Donald, 74, is now looking into legal action against his niece, 55
- She reportedly signed a non disclosure agreement regarding their relationship
- The book marks the first time that a member of Trump's family will publish unflattering stories about the former real estate tycoon and reality TV star
- 'It's about family, it's a personal betrayal', one former Trump adviser said
Google has banned right-wing website ZeroHedge and cautioned The Federalist
from its ad platform over Black Lives Matter content that it said violated its
policies on race.
Trump orders chokehold ban except when officers' lives are at risk
and sets up bad cops
register - but insists
there are only 'tiny' numbers of bad police
- Donald Trump unveil his executive order on police reform from the Rose Garden on Tuesday afternoon
- The order will ban chokeholds except in life threatening situations and create a database of bad actor police
- The president's remarks sharing details of the order came after he met with families whose loved ones fell victim to police brutality
- Among those the president met included Ahmaud Arbery's family but none of those he met with were photographed with him in the Rose Garden
- A new program in the order requires, in certain situations, that social workers respond to the scene alongside police officers
- The order comes three weeks after nationwide protests and riots over the death of George Floyd and rising tensions between black people and cops
- Trump asserted that there will be no more looting or riots – and asserted there would be a 'grave penalty' for those caught
- But speech also did not name any of the victims of police violence in recent weeks, particularly Floyd
- Democrats said his move falls far short of what is needed to reform police
Footage shows residents being rounded up with
hazmat suited officials barking orders.
PG&E pleads
guilty to 84 counts of
involuntary
manslaughter in Camp Fire that killed 85 people and
wiped out most of a California town as CEO Bill Johnson prepares to step down
- PG&E pleaded guilty on Tuesday to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter
- The court case stems from wildfire, dubbed the Camp Fire, that killed 85 people and wiped out most of a Northern California town in November 2018
- Prosecutors weren't sure they could prove PG&E was responsible for one death
- PG&E CEO Bill Johnson, who will step down June 30, entered guilty pleas on behalf of the company, which was blamed for starting fire due to electrical grid
- 'Our equipment started that fire,' said Johnson, who apologized to the families
- The company has agreed to pay $25.5billion for losses from the 2018 fire and other blazes in 2017 blamed on its crumbling equipment.
Americans are the unhappiest they've been in 50 years, poll finds
Just 14% of U.S. adults say they're very happy.
Don’t expect much media coverage of this. A shocking video out of
Manhattan shows an elderly WHITE woman using a stroller
being punch her in the face by a black
man
in an unprovoked attack, an incident that is unlikely to garner much media
attention.
As if we didn’t have enough already going on
in 2020, now we are facing the possibility that several regional wars may
erupt.
China and India had both been pouring troops into a disputed border
region, and now there has been an incident where they were actually killing
each other.
On the Korean peninsula, North Korea just blew up “a joint liaison
office” that it had used for talks with the South Korean government.
And in the Middle East, Turkey is warning of grave consequences if
Israel goes ahead with a plan to annex portions of Judea and Samaria.
North Korea demolishes
inter-Korean liaison office near border amid growing tensions
Earlier this month, North Korea threatened to permanently shut down the
liaison office with South Korea.
20 Indian soldiers died fighting with
Chinese troops
FLAMES OF FURY
PROTESTERS burn images of president Xi Jinping after at least 20 Indian
soldiers died fighting with Chinese troops.
Activists started the fire in Bhopal after soldiers clashed on the
disputed India-China border in the Himalayas. The clash came after both
countries deployed thousands of troops in a month-long face-off that sparked
fears of war breaking out between the two nuclear powers.
"During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a
violent face-off took place with casualties on both sides," the Indian
army said.
"The loss of lives on the Indian side includes an officer and two
soldiers. Senior military officials of the two sides are currently
meeting at the venue to defuse the situation."
18 Atlanta Cops
Quit, LAPD Can't Pay $40 Million Overtime As Police Morale Hits "Rock
Bottom"
As protests against police brutality continue to rage across major US
cities, cops across the country have
reached their breaking point.
Some Utah lawmakers want to make it a crime to
intentionally cough on a first responder or correctional worker while they are
on the duty.
The site will be located at state Route 115
and South Bamberger Road, northeast of the Payson power plant and close to the
I-15 exit at Main Street in the city, according to a news release from the
school.
Two Utah meatpacking plants have voluntarily closed after one or more
employees tested positive for COVID-19.
A Payson facility that employs about 20 people voluntarily shut down
Tuesday, said Bradie Jones, spokeswoman for the Utah Department of Agriculture
and Food. It will reopen Wednesday — with limited staffers — to process 150
animals. Then it will close for at least a week so employees can quarantine.
A second plant, in Draper, which processes about 300 animals a day, is
in the middle of a 10-day shutdown, Jones said.
Top DOJ official announces resignation hours after
appearing in lawsuit over Bolton book
Assistant Attorney General Jody Hunt, the head of the Civil Division,
sent an email to employees on Tuesday declaring his intention to step aside on
July 3.
Racist Rice
Krispies? Disgraced Ex Labour MP Targets Kellogg’s over ‘White Boys’ Snap,
Crackle, and Pop
Flushing Toilets
Spreads Coronavirus: Study
A large cloud of virus-laden droplets
can be released high into the air when you flush a toilet -- and it can hang
around long enough to be inhaled by others, a new study says.
Canada- U.S. border
to remain closed to non-essential travel until July 21
Canada is now allowing some immediate family
members to reunite
JK Rowling’s anti-trans views have reportedly prompted staff at
publishing house Hachette to threaten to stop working on the production of her
children’s book, The Ickabog.
Hachette is apparently facing an “internal war” after those who disagree
with Rowling’s position on trans rights “staged a rebellion” during a meeting
Officers in Albuquerque said on Tuesday they arrested Steven Baca, 31,
left and right, and charged him with shooting and critically wounding Scott
Williams on Monday night.
China unveils 'small but lethal' war robot 'Sharp Claw I'
that's armed with a machine
gun
and night vision
- The remote-control ground vehicle can traverse complicated terrains at 6.2mph
- Footage shows it scouting various areas, climbing stairs and firing at targets
- The two-foot-tall tank has been commissioned to the People's Liberation Army
- It's designed to replace human soldiers in dangerous surveillance missions
