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EPISODE · Jul 18, 2023 · 34 MIN

343: SCOTUS issues 4 fantastic rulings!!

from Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill · host Pigweed and Crowhill

The boys drink and review Crispy Boy Vienna Lager from Black Flag brewing, then discuss some fantastic recent decisions from the Supreme Court. The cases involved affirmative action, freedom of religion, student debt, and freedom of speech. Affirmative action is blatantly unconstitutional. It was passed by a liberal court that knew it was bad law, but hoped it would be a temporary fix to race issues. The Court found that things have gotten worse, not better, so it's time to be done with it. In the freedom of religion case, the Court corrected a misinterpretation of previous precent. People thought that an employer could refuse an accommodation if it caused a "de minimis" hardship. In Groff vs. Dejoy, the Postal Service failed to accommodate a postal worker whose religion prevented him from working on Sunday. The Court ruled that employers have to make religious accommodations unless doing so would cause substantial harm. The Court also shot down Biden's over-reach on student debt, which even Nancy Pelosi said the president didn't have the authority to do. In the final case, the Court ruled that a person can't be forced to speak -- that is, to express a message they disagree with. You can't make the Jewish t-shirt vendor create a shirt that hates on Jews, and you can't require the atheist baker to make a person who is against the death penalty to design a flyer that celebrates executions. The important thing about this case is that it's not limited to religion or religious expression. It's about free speech in general.

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