Supreme Court...

3 years ago by lewosadebu to c/best_of_mastodon

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So lemme get this straight.

Lorie Smith, owner of 303 Creative, doesn't actually design websites. Her company doesn't actually provide that service.
Stewart (last name withheld) didn't ask for a wedding site for him and his husband from her.
Stewart isn't gay. He's married to a woman and they have a kid together.
AND what could possibly be the most ironic occupation for Stewart to have? He's a web designer.

You can't make this shit up. Or I guess you can. Because Lorie and the Supreme Court did.

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Lifetrip 11 points 3 years ago

So they made their decision based on a fucking lie ? What the hell is that.

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Lantic 13 points 3 years ago

That's US "democracy" Bought and paid for, wholesale.

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Tvkan 9 points 3 years ago

That's just the result of the inability to challenge laws unless you're personally affected.

In Germany we have something called abstrakte Normen-Kontrolle, which does exactly what it sounds it does: Federal or state governments or a quarter of members of parliament can ask the Consitutional Court to review a law in the abstract and decide wether it's compatible with the constitution.

This saves a lot of headaches when it comes to laws that are on the books but unenforced, or are new and so far unchallenged.

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Socsa 4 points 3 years ago

The whole idea of "standing" is to prevent contrived arguments about chipmunks and candycanes from driving jurisprudence. I think it's a reasonable bar to have, as long as it is enforced evenly, which in this case it obviously was not.

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ryathal 7 points 3 years ago

Standing is important to maintain to keep courts from being completely overrun, but it's also important to have a way to get cases heard without standing in extraordinary circumstances. A handful of times laws get passed that negatively affect many people, but not enough to qualify for standing, effectively making the law above reproach, which is bad for everyone.

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Corkyskog 1 point 3 years ago

I feel like y'all are saying the same things.

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Tvkan 2 points 3 years ago

Which is probably why it's restricted to the parties I mentioned above.

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KSPAtlas 6 points 3 years ago

What is this referring to?