Monday, June 25, 2018

USSC sends Florist case back to Washington state court...

Shortly after issuing their decision in the Colorado case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the justices considered the case of Barronelle Stutzman, a Washington state florist who, like the Colorado baker, declined to provide her services – this time, original flower arrangements – to a same-sex couple for their wedding. After the state courts rejected her argument that requiring her to design floral arrangements for same-sex weddings would violate her First Amendment rights to free speech and the free exercise of her religion, Stutzman went to the Supreme Court, asking them to review that ruling. The justices put Stutzman’s appeal on hold until they ruled on the Masterpiece decision, and today they sent her case back to the lower courts so that (as in Masterpiece) they can consider Stutzman’s assertion that she too was the victim of religious hostility. 
Once again the USSC is putting the pressure on another State Court to consider both the religious rights and gay rights claims as equal under the eyes of the constitution. As pointed out, the Judges (without going into the same amount of detail the did in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case) determined that the Washington Courts were similarly hostile to the religious freedom arguments made by Stutzman.

I guess those who thought these cases were settled (because your liberal media sort of brushed aside these appeals to the USSC as irrelevant) have some rethinking to do on this subject. It would appear (and rightfully so) that it's not up to the courts to determine who's rights are important and who's rights are not.

Recent court rulings that allowed retail and hospitality businesses to discriminate against people based on political affiliation, may also eventually come into play here. It's sort of hard to continue to demand that everyone must serve everyone else, unless the person wanting service works for a Republican or is wearing a MAGA cap.

Hypocrisy may be the bedrock of liberalism, but it's not the bedrock of our judicial system.

58 comments:

Commonsense said...

That was perdictable. In essience SCOTUS is telling them they got it wrong an go and redo it.

commie said...

And once again the SCOTUS took the easy way out and punted. Maybe one day they will actually make a ruling that settles the dilemma instead making a non decision like the baker........

Coldheartedtruth Teller said...

The Red Hen passed its most recent health inspection with flying colors, finding no violations.

"By contrast, the conditions of restaurants at Trump’s hotels and resorts have ranged from moderately unsanitary to outright revolting." https://t.co/oatjO4maJY

Loretta said...

As usual, Roger is too stupid to stay on topic...debate CH so he spams every thread.

caliphate4vr said...

You do understand he was tweeting about the exterior not inside, simpleton

No post this same shit on 8 more threads

Anonymous said...

Roger has posted that on two threads here, on his FB page, his twitter and other political sites.

Anonymous said...

"It's sort of hard to continue to demand that everyone must serve everyone else, unless the person wanting service works for a Republican or is wearing a MAGA cap.

Hypocrisy may be the bedrock of liberalism, but it's not the bedrock of our judicial system."

Exactly.

James said...

Democrats Have Turned Out in the Primaries

New York Times: “Democratic turnout has risen more sharply than Republican turnout in at least 123 congressional districts, including districts where Republican incumbents are most vulnerable, in states like California and New Jersey.

“That turnout pattern is highly encouraging to Democrats who hope to flood the polls in November and unseat Republicans, even in districts that typically lean to the right. Midterm campaigns often hinge on voter enthusiasm: Without a presidential race to draw casual voters to the polls, the party out of power tends to benefit from disproportionate turnout among Americans who feel angry or aggrieved about politics in Washington.”

caliphate4vr said...



Bitter old hag

James said...

CH TRUTH SAID
"Americans want to see all Americans (even those we politically disagree with) treated with at least some dignity and respect."


I guess in Ch's mind Trump's calling Maxine Waters "an extraordinarily low IQ person" fits that description.

(And did anyone mention she's black?)

James said...

Trump Approval Begins to Slide

It’s just one poll, but Gallup shows President Trump’s approval rate down 4 points in a week to 41%. His disapproval jumped 5 points to 55%.

It’s the first poll since the crisis over separating families at the Mexican border began.

James said...

Yield Curve Points Towards Possible Recession

“You can try and play down a trade war with China. You can brush off the impact of rising oil prices on corporate earnings,” the New York Times reports.

“But if you’re in the business of making economic predictions, it has become very difficult to disregard an important signal from the bond market.

“The so-called yield curve is perilously close to predicting a recession — something it has done before with surprising accuracy — and it’s become a big topic on Wall Street.”

Anonymous said...

New USA Today poll rated Obama the WORST PRESIDENT since WW2.

Worse than Nixon, Carter or Bush.

History is not going to be kind to Obama.

Anonymous said...

Cali, ty.

I love Kankles . The gift that keeps on giving, IF only she would have known the rules of the game.
"Populists can stay in power by mobilizing a fervent base. Now, there are many other lessons like this, she said, adding that she had 'my personal experience with winning three million more votes but still losing.'

Anonymous said...

History is not going to be kind to Obama."

T he Lost Years. Did so very, very little in 8 years.

Anonymous said...

When Bill Maher said the USA needs a Recession. I wondered IF this was the great new Hope. Now that James has posted another piece of someone cheering for a Recession I know it is a new front . Damage American workers and Retirees for the sake of political power.

Anonymous said...

James I see your hoping for a Recession. I see too your concern for US Corp. Earnings. Let me educate you.
"The best earnings season in 7 years has just begun
Fred Imbert | @foimbert
Published 11:10 AM ET Thu, 12 April 2018 Updated 6:50 PM ET Thu, 12 April 2018
CNBC.com
The first quarter "marks the best growth recorded since 2011 when the [S&P 500] was climbing out of the depths of the latest recession," notes Lindsey Bell of CFRA.
Corporate earnings rose 19.5 percent in the first quarter of 2011, according to FactSet.
This is one of the most widely anticipated earnings seasons in recent memory as investors expect a lower corporate tax rate to have boosted the bottom line for companies."


Loretta said...

"Bitter old hag"

Which also describes the drunkard and the pedophile.

Anonymous said...



Blogger Roger Amick said...
The Red Hen passed its most recent health inspection with flying colors, finding no violations.



so alky...

what you're saying is that you're not intelligent enough to know that trump tweeted criticisms regarding the exterior appearance of the restaurant.

i mean, you've only spammed 3 or 4 threads with this strawman.

do you have tourette's or something?

man, CH cleaned your clock like a boss on the previous thread. you're really losing it.

oh, and max scene with the james brown wig is not the second coming of rosa parks. she's a blithering idiot, much like you've become in the grip of stage IV TDS.

Anonymous said...


Blogger Loretta said...
As usual, Roger is too stupid to stay on topic...debate CH so he spams every thread.



if one has a morbid fascination with a blog-level glimpse into the abyss of mental illness, this blog is the place to be when rog has arisen from his opioid coma.

he's so fucked up he'll probably beat mail order to death with his walker.

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Anonymous said...

Caitlin Marriott Democrat Staff intern yelled at the President.
Mr. President, Fuck you!!”

Anonymous said...



apparently these assholes are pining for a new civil war.

perhaps we should just get on with it...



What Democratic Rage Would Look Like

“I think we’re at the beginning of a soft civil war.”



the money quote:

I don't know exactly what that would look like. But liberals have a great deal of cultural, academic and economic heft, stretching from Hollywood to Harvard. Just this week, some Hollywood powerhouses flirted with leveraging their clout against the Trumpist Fox News. There are endless variations on such a power play. If Democrats opt to use their power more aggressively — breaking rules —Schaller's soft civil war hardly seems unlikely.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-21/democratic-rage-would-look-something-like-this



so it's the "hollywood to harvard" queefs that will be the tip of their spear. my gosh, how will we ever defend ourselves against all those hipster douchebag man buns?



commie said...

Rat the hole suggested...


what you're saying is that you're not intelligent enough to know that trump tweeted criticisms regarding the exterior appearance of

Doesn't the idiot in chief have anything better to do than tweet about the appearance of a 18 seat restaurant???? What a worthless pile of shit you and he are!!! Maybe you both should grow up, but I don't hold out any hope of intellect breaking out in your life....

commie said...

Funny how the right is no longer talking about those massive tax cuts for the rich and corporate stock buy backs. I cannot understand why CH and company are now obsessed with immigration instead???? Could it be working people, the voters, got screwed like everyone predicted?? Heard there was a report that said wage increase were primality given as a one time bonus instead of a raise....I'm sure our fat head salesman will agree since he thinks winning a vacation is salary;......LOL

Commonsense said...

Funny how the right is no longer talking about those massive tax cuts for the rich and corporate stock buy backs. I cannot understand why CH and company are now obsessed with immigration instead???? Could it be working people, the voters, got screwed like everyone predicted??

Yeah, you go with that Dennis, that’s a real winner there.

commie said...

Yeah, you go with that Dennis, that’s a real winner there.

Your stupid comment is noted and will be ignored....LOL I'm sure you are pleased with your paltry saving, if you have one.

Anonymous said...



Doesn't the idiot in chief have anything better to do than tweet about the appearance of a 18 seat restaurant????


well fuckstick, he's the leader of the free world, so i suppose he can do whatever the fuck he wants.

you're just an angry asshole with a daughter whose snatch is an open sewer.

Anonymous said...

Could it be working people, the voters, got screwed like everyone predicted?

Answer, Nope.

Do tell how did your tax cuts screw you?

Anonymous said...

Pres. Trump to roll out higher IRA and associated Retirement savings limits.

$6,500 a year is way too low.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous commie said...
Funny how the right is no longer talking about those massive tax cuts for the rich and corporate stock buy backs.



sure we are. we're just talking about it in the context of a roaring economy, 4.0+% GDP and record low unemployment.

something 0linsky could only dream of.



Anonymous said...

Hispanics and Blacks are benefitting the most by lowest unemployment in decades. Only IF the lost years could have done it.

Anonymous said...

Trump was Right.
"African-American citizens and Latino citizens will have the time of their life” under a Trump presidency, according to none other than Donald Trump. Speaking Thursday afternoon in Manchester, N.H., the Republican nominee continued his supposed “outreach” to minority communities by claiming black and Latino Americans will have cause for celebration as he’ll “create jobs like you’ve never seen.” Additionally, as part of his outreach, he said, “[Hillary Clinton] supports open borders that violate the civil rights of African-Americans by giving their jobs to people here unlawfully.” He also said he alone will fix the problem in inner cities of “parents walking with their beautiful child, and they get shot.” He asked of minority populations: “What the hell do you have to lose? It can’t get any worse than what it is right now.”

commie said...

Trump was Right.

LOL....He is extremely right....Especially when increasing the deficit and spending money like a drunken hooke and sending jobs overseas!!!!.....LOLOLOL!!

commie said...

, 4.0+% GDP and record low unemployment.


Another lie....asshole....And the kansan loser still can't find work....just excuses, like you....

Anonymous said...

Alky anointed Maxine Water the new Rosa Parks.

commie said...

Maxine Waters is to assholes as you are to losers....

Anonymous said...

Dennis do I have to explain it to you all over again or are you going to continue to be a stupid troll.

Anonymous said...

Alky anointed Maxine Water the new Rosa Parks."

Dennis calls Alky a loser.

commie said...

No asshole I called you and maxine assholes....nice try....go find a job

KD the asshole....next fraud arrested for vagrancy.....

commie said...

The asshole in chief trying to bankrupt company's like a south american dictator....whatta jerk!!!

Trump threatens Harley-Davidson with severe taxes after company plans to move some operations overseas
The president tweeted that the iconic motorcycle company will be “taxed like never before” and threatened a public revolt that would eventually put the 115-year-old firm out of business.

No free trade issues here...just close them down!!!! KD cums on his cow....LOL

Anonymous said...

Dennis I can not fix what is wrong with you.
I have tried.

Anonymous said...

rrbJune 26, 2018 at 7:39 AM
TIME mag cover part II: The little girl’s mom in the @Maddow video lives in Virginia and is not in ICE custody


ralph maddow has a history of lying like it's her fucking job. it takes a complete imbecile like the alky to fall for it over and over.

good job alky.

caliphate4vr said...

What a novel concept, more winning BIGLY

Army training will now focus on actual battlefield skills, not social issues

Fighting will now take precedence over dealing with transitioning transgender troops, drug abuse and other issues as the Army seeks to overhaul its training regimen to hone its soldiers’ battlefield skills.

In a series of servicewide memorandums approved by Army Secretary Mark Esper and Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley and obtained by The Washington Times, service leaders are making optional previously mandatory training on issues such as transgender transition and drug abuse. The move, Army leaders argue, is designed to relieve stress on the overburdened troop training regimen and refocus on soldiers’ ability to fight in combat.

commie said...


Army training will now focus on actual battlefield skills, not social issues

And the trump base cums all over themselves with this news....the army learns to fight, whatta concept!!!!!

commie said...

KD. god won't grant you a miracle with the ability to work or think....he's too disgusted with your behavior!!! He Can't fix stupid that is as deep as yours...The sorry thing, is you don't care...just like malodorous and her jacket...

caliphate4vr said...

So far fatty has only commented about men cumming and bestiality. There's some deep psychological suppression there.

Bizarre

commie said...

I have the best teacher in what's left of the free world....

Feud over civility in politics escalates amid Trump insults
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) called for aggressive protests of administration officials, prompting President Trump to warn the veteran lawmaker to “Be careful what you wish for Max!” even as leaders in both parties cautioned against increasingly caustic political rhetoric.

Maybe he will pay for my legal fees if I beat the shit out of you KD....which I do on a daily basis....lOLOLOL

commie said...

So far fatty has only commented about men summing and bestiality

So fucking what, douche nozzle....go win a trip, it makes you feel big...>LOLOLOL!!! Maybe you should go out and beat up a liberal and trump will pay for your lawyer, like promise.....idiot.. Here ya go...pivot man of this circle jerk.....

commie said...

Trump wins the muslim ban....I feel safer already!!! I guess the 4th time is the charm.....LOL

Anonymous said...

Trump won again, over Leftist. So much winning.

caliphate4vr said...

Hehehehehe

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in favor of President Donald Trump in Trump v. Hawaii, the controversial case regarding Trump's September order to restrict travel to the U.S. for citizens of several majority Muslim countries.

In the 5-4 opinion penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court found that Trump's immigration restriction fell "squarely" within the president's authority. The court rejected claims that the ban was motivated by religious hostility.

"The [order] is expressly premised on legitimate purposes: preventing entry of nationals who cannot be adequately vetted and inducing other nations to improve their practices," Roberts wrote. "The text says nothing about religion

Anonymous said...

Defeated are all Democrats that raised a voice against the Travel restriction into the US. And of course the USSR 9th circus over tuned , again.

commie said...

You all better enjoy this great trump victory Me thinks it may be his last.....Like repeal and replace....all it proves is our POTUS thinks he is king, now coronated by a 5 -4 decision....I like the way the covered his campaign bluster and said it had no bearing on anything.....!!!!

caliphate4vr said...

Fatty let us know when Trump approaches the record smack downs that “the constitutional scholar” had.

13, 9-0 decisions

Anonymous said...



In the 5-4 opinion penned by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court found that Trump's immigration restriction fell "squarely" within the president's authority. The court rejected claims that the ban was motivated by religious hostility.


how the hell is this not 9-0?



caliphate4vr said...

Hell I’m just wondering when the 9th circus or Hawaii’s Supreme Court over rules SCOTUS

Anonymous said...

how the hell is this not 9-0?"

Well ya know. There is the wise latino