It's That Time Again.....SCOTUS Decisions

[pknopp]

I just remember when Virginia's prisons were filled with 5-year mandatory felony sentences for simple pot possession.

It least they usually made parole their first time up but talk about your overcrowding! We had them stacked three high in the cellhouses.

Simply put Virginia's prisons were not ready (at the time) for that type of sentencing.

This is about a gun crime. IMO the only way to deal with that issue is to deal with those who abuse the right.............details do matter though.

 

[1srelluc]

This is about a gun crime. IMO the only way to deal with that issue is to deal with those who abuse the right.............details do matter though.

Oh I'm with you but if you are gonna have mandatory sentencing you need to have a place for them.

 

[1srelluc]

Supreme Court sides with South Carolina in effort to cut Planned Parenthood funding​

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WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on June 26 sided with South Carolina in its effort to deprive Planned Parenthood of public funding, a decision that is likely to prompt other GOP-led states to take similar action against a health care organization under attack for providing abortion services.


The court’s 6-3 ruling − over the dissent of the three liberal justices − that Medicaid patients can’t sue over their right to choose their doctor could also limit care options beyond the controversial realm of reproductive care.

Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch said Medicaid law doesn't include a "clear and unambiguous notice of an individually enforceable right."



Instead, he said, the federal govenrment can withhold funding from a state that is not following the rules. And Planned Parenthood can challenge its rejection from South Carolina's Medicaid program through the state's administrative process.

"Indeed, Planned Parenthood itself pursued just such an administrative claim at one point," Gorsuch wrote.

 

[martybegan]

Supreme Court sides with South Carolina in effort to cut Planned Parenthood funding​

MSN

www.msn.com

WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on June 26 sided with South Carolina in its effort to deprive Planned Parenthood of public funding, a decision that is likely to prompt other GOP-led states to take similar action against a health care organization under attack for providing abortion services.


The court’s 6-3 ruling − over the dissent of the three liberal justices − that Medicaid patients can’t sue over their right to choose their doctor could also limit care options beyond the controversial realm of reproductive care.

Writing for the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch said Medicaid law doesn't include a "clear and unambiguous notice of an individually enforceable right."



Instead, he said, the federal govenrment can withhold funding from a state that is not following the rules. And Planned Parenthood can challenge its rejection from South Carolina's Medicaid program through the state's administrative process.

"Indeed, Planned Parenthood itself pursued just such an administrative claim at one point," Gorsuch wrote.

This also plays into the government being able to do the funding thing for States that still let boys play in women's sports.

 

[SweetSue92]

For the opinions released today, I'm most interested in the birthright citizenship and the LGBTQ content in schools.

You might think, being a conservative Christian, that I would be in favor of parents being able to "opt out" of content that violates their religion--but I'm torn. I know plenty of music teachers who teach strict Muslims, and the religious rules are frankly all over the place. Sometimes they can play instruments but not sing, or vice versa. Or they can be present but not participate at all. Or not be present in music class, so they go to the office.

There has to be SOME sense of community when you send your children to public school. There will certainly be some things read, seen, shared and stated with which you disagree.

I worry about this becoming law and then there are virtually no stories teachers can share. I mean what's the next read alouds banned in, say, Muslim areas? Just any book with women in shorts and tee shirts?