10 years after the Supreme Court extended marriage rights to all same-sex couples, it will consider whether to take a case asking it to overturn the decision.
More tangentially, it seems like getting in front of the supreme court is the easiest lever for political change in this country. I really think you could get them to reneg on the “money as a form of speech” thing if you made the case that, say, you were just “talking” to Cubans or sex-workers or one of the other myriad ways your not actually allowed to use money as US citizen. The trouble always comes down to legal fees. It’s expensive to get in front of the 9 un-elected elders who divine and decide the will of the founding fathers.
Liberty Counsel (lc.org) of Orlando, Florida is. They receive around 5mil in funding per year from assorted grants and donations. Their donors aren’t disclosed and they don’t have a public 990 on record since 2015 and their last 990-T was from 2018. Here’s the documents, but you might need to FOIA for more current info.
In June, the Southern Baptist Convention – the nation’s largest Protestant Christian denomination – overwhelmingly voted to make “overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family” a top priority.
More tangentially, it seems like getting in front of the supreme court is the easiest lever for political change in this country. I really think you could get them to reneg on the “money as a form of speech” thing if you made the case that, say, you were just “talking” to Cubans or sex-workers or one of the other myriad ways your not actually allowed to use money as US citizen.
You’re under the understanding that fascists give a shit about consistency or facts. They don’t.
Yeah you can’t cast spells against the state. That’s not how power works.
The only thing you would accomplish with that argument (assuming the SC even bothered to hear it) is getting an opinion with interpretations they pulled out their ass explaining why it’s not speech when Cubans or sex workers are involved.
I really think you could get them to reneg on the “money as a form of speech” thing if you made the case that, say, you were just “talking” to Cubans or sex-workers or one of the other myriad ways your not actually allowed to use money as US citizen.
Nah, the courts only go more fascist now that the fascists have a majority, never less.
You’re probably right. I still think it would be worth a try. They wouldn’t be judges, wouldn’t have gone into law if they were 100% cynical actors, if they didn’t in their own way believe in the system as it purports to operate.
They wouldn’t be judges, wouldn’t have gone into law if they were 100% cynical actors, if they didn’t in their own way believe in the system as it purports to operate
Oh this lady again. Yay.
Who is funding these appeals?
More tangentially, it seems like getting in front of the supreme court is the easiest lever for political change in this country. I really think you could get them to reneg on the “money as a form of speech” thing if you made the case that, say, you were just “talking” to Cubans or sex-workers or one of the other myriad ways your not actually allowed to use money as US citizen. The trouble always comes down to legal fees. It’s expensive to get in front of the 9 un-elected elders who divine and decide the will of the founding fathers.
Liberty Counsel (lc.org) of Orlando, Florida is. They receive around 5mil in funding per year from assorted grants and donations. Their donors aren’t disclosed and they don’t have a public 990 on record since 2015 and their last 990-T was from 2018. Here’s the documents, but you might need to FOIA for more current info.
https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/592986294
EIN-ID: 59-2986294
CW queerphobia in links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathew_Staver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Counsel
The Southern Poverty Law Center has listed Liberty Counsel as an anti-LGBT hate group
https://glaad.org/gap/mat-and-anita-staver/
This are the theocraric jackass grifters behind her.
In June, the Southern Baptist Convention – the nation’s largest Protestant Christian denomination – overwhelmingly voted to make “overturning of laws and court rulings, including Obergefell v. Hodges, that defy God’s design for marriage and family” a top priority.
You’re under the understanding that fascists give a shit about consistency or facts. They don’t.
Yeah you can’t cast spells against the state. That’s not how power works.
The only thing you would accomplish with that argument (assuming the SC even bothered to hear it) is getting an opinion with interpretations they pulled out their ass explaining why it’s not speech when Cubans or sex workers are involved.
Nah, the courts only go more fascist now that the fascists have a majority, never less.
You’re probably right. I still think it would be worth a try. They wouldn’t be judges, wouldn’t have gone into law if they were 100% cynical actors, if they didn’t in their own way believe in the system as it purports to operate.
even the libs are vain powermongers