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The Supreme Court betrayed LGBTQ+ folks, but Michigan’s progressive victories reveal a path forward
Michiganders have moved to address rising anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment by exercising their civic rights. And it’s working.
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The Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action decision perpetuates the myth of a “post-racial” society
We the people, with collective action through progressive coalitions, can still lead the way toward real justice.
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Five key takeaways from the Supreme Court’s anti-LGBTQ decision
The ruling was inevitable, the product of years of effort by the right to favor conservative Christians at the expense of LGBTQ+ rights.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination in Christian web designer case
Split along party lines, the Supreme Courts conservative majority sided with a Christian web designer who doesn’t want to make sites for LGBTQ+ people.
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The Supreme Court ruling in a prayer case is a very bad sign for nondiscrimination protections
The right-wing justices say expressions of faith are “indispensable,” suggesting that nondiscrimination laws aren’t.
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch defies Chief Justice Roberts’ request to wear a mask
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has an increased risk of dying from COVID, hasn’t been able to attend arguments since she sits next to Gorsuch on the bench.
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Supreme Court Justice shoots down lawyer’s wild claim about LGBTQ rights
The lawyer said the right won’t use attacks on abortion to take away LGBTQ rights. Sonia Sotomayor called bullshit.
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The Supreme Court’s eagerness to overturn Roe v. Wade is a bad sign for LGBTQ rights
The oral arguments in the case involving a restrictive Mississippi abortion law made it clear that overturning LGBTQ rights wouldn’t bother some conservative Justices.
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Supreme Court upholds male-only military draft by refusing men’s rights group’s suit
The ACLU called it “one of the last sex-based classifications in federal law” and it doesn’t take trans people’s identities into account. But the Supreme Court isn’t going to touch it.
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Even if Joe Biden wins, the Supreme Court will still wreak havoc on our rights
As a queer Catholic woman, this is an alarming moment in American history, dominated by the presence of Catholics on the Supreme Court.