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‘Difficult To Read’: Neil Gorsuch Ruthlessly Mocks Sotomayor’s Dissent In Free Speech Case
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:00 pm
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch blasted his colleague Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent of his majority opinion that ruled in favor of a Christian web designer’s right to not design websites for same-sex weddings.
Sotomayor claimed in her dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, that the court’s Friday opinion had for the “first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class,” according to the text for the case 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. Gorsuch mocked Sotomayor for her long-winded dissent that “reimagines the facts” in his majority opinion.
“In some places, the dissent gets so turned around about the facts that it opens fire on its own position,” Gorsuch wrote. “For instance: While stressing that a Colorado company cannot refuse ‘the full and equal enjoyment of [its] services” based on a customer’s protected status,’ the dissent assures us that a company selling creative services “to the public” does have a right ‘to decide what messages to include or not to include.’ But if that is true, what are we even debating? Instead of addressing the parties’ stipulations about the case actually before us, the dissent spends much of its time adrift on a sea of hypotheticals about photographers, stationers, and others, asking if they too provide expressive services covered by the First Amendment.”
The case involved plaintiff Lorie Smith, who sued Colorado in 2016 for its laws that would require her to create a website for a same-sex wedding, arguing it violated her religious beliefs and right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment.
Gorsuch leveled Sotomayor’s claims that the majority’s opinion takes away immense strides made by the gay community, according to the text. He noted that “there is much to applaud” on that issue, but stressed that the dissent’s concerns do not answer “the question we face today: Can a State force someone who provides her own expressive services to abandon her conscience and speak its preferred message instead?”
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch blasted his colleague Sonia Sotomayor’s dissent of his majority opinion that ruled in favor of a Christian web designer’s right to not design websites for same-sex weddings.
Sotomayor claimed in her dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, that the court’s Friday opinion had for the “first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class,” according to the text for the case 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. Gorsuch mocked Sotomayor for her long-winded dissent that “reimagines the facts” in his majority opinion.
“In some places, the dissent gets so turned around about the facts that it opens fire on its own position,” Gorsuch wrote. “For instance: While stressing that a Colorado company cannot refuse ‘the full and equal enjoyment of [its] services” based on a customer’s protected status,’ the dissent assures us that a company selling creative services “to the public” does have a right ‘to decide what messages to include or not to include.’ But if that is true, what are we even debating? Instead of addressing the parties’ stipulations about the case actually before us, the dissent spends much of its time adrift on a sea of hypotheticals about photographers, stationers, and others, asking if they too provide expressive services covered by the First Amendment.”
The case involved plaintiff Lorie Smith, who sued Colorado in 2016 for its laws that would require her to create a website for a same-sex wedding, arguing it violated her religious beliefs and right to freedom of speech under the First Amendment.
Gorsuch leveled Sotomayor’s claims that the majority’s opinion takes away immense strides made by the gay community, according to the text. He noted that “there is much to applaud” on that issue, but stressed that the dissent’s concerns do not answer “the question we face today: Can a State force someone who provides her own expressive services to abandon her conscience and speak its preferred message instead?”
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:02 pm to cajunangelle
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colleague Sonia Sotomayor
I bet it burns the 6 that this retard is a “colleague”.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:03 pm to cajunangelle
You mean the wise latina has trouble making sense of her dissent?
I bet Obama is surprised by this...
I bet Obama is surprised by this...
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:06 pm to cajunangelle
Sotomayor is not qualified enough to sit on the bench at county justice court.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:06 pm to cajunangelle
One good thing for Sotomayor is that she is lucky there is someone even dumber on the court now.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:07 pm to BengalOnTheBay
This kind of puts a cherry on the end of Pride Month.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:08 pm to cajunangelle
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Sotomayor claimed in her dissent, joined by Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson,
Ban women from serving on the SC already
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:09 pm to Big Gorilla
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I bet it burns the 6 that this retard is a “colleague”.
What about the one that doesn't know how to define what a women is?
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:11 pm to ksayetiger
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One good thing for Sotomayor is that she is lucky there is someone even dumber on the court now.
Jackson is a raging Moron, but Sotomayor is still the dumbest person on the court.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:12 pm to cajunangelle
Sad part is this moron isn't even the dumbest one on the court now.
This country is done.
This country is done.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:14 pm to cajunangelle
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first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class
He should have blasted her dissent for being intellectually dishonest
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:15 pm to cajunangelle
I question the idea that we should even have a "protected class". That makes no sense.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:21 pm to POTUS2024
I think that is Neil's overall point. She injected politics into it.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:30 pm to ksayetiger
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One good thing for Sotomayor is that she is lucky there is someone even dumber on the court now.
I was really surprised that the one who doesn't know what a woman is, joined in the dissent. NOT!!
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:43 pm to Jack Carter
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Ban women from serving on the SC already
You sir, are a jackass
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:44 pm to cajunangelle
the 3 stooges vote in political lockstep 100% of the time, guaranteed, never faltering, doesn't matter how obviously unconstitutional the docket is.
all this means is that one day when the democrats win and get a majority or an expanded court, the constitution will never again be protected.
all this means is that one day when the democrats win and get a majority or an expanded court, the constitution will never again be protected.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:45 pm to Fll Tiga
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Ban women from serving on the SC already
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You sir, are a jackass
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:45 pm to cajunangelle
Its a shame women live longer than men sometimes.
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:46 pm to Big Gorilla
Kagan is not to happy with Soto either. Jackson shows her arse regularly as well
Posted on 6/30/23 at 12:49 pm to ksayetiger
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One good thing for Sotomayor is that she is lucky there is someone even dumber on the court now.
I've always thought she was closer the legal giant status than Kagan, not the either one is the sharpest spoon in the drawer.
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