The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Some really positive things are happening. And some positively evil things are happening that need our full attention. This is a long post, but it's in bite-size pieces.
The Good: The Supreme Court is currently (mostly) awake, not woke.
EPA
The Supreme Court restricted the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. The 6-3 decision overruled a lower court decision that gave the federal agency virtually unlimited regulatory powers through the Clean Air Act.
First Amendment Free Exercise Clause
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Washington state football coach who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games. “The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.
The Court also sided 6-3 against Maine’s education program, which excludes tuition assistance for students attending religious schools. “Maine’s ‘nonsectarian’ requirement for its otherwise generally available tuition assistance payments violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment,” Justice Roberts wrote.
Second/Fourteenth Amendments
The Supreme Court struck down New York’s law restricting the carrying of concealed firearms. Writing for the 6-3 majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday that the law’s requirement of New Yorkers who want a permit to carry a handgun in public to show “proper cause” that the weapon is specifically needed for self-defense “violates the Fourteenth Amendment by preventing law-abiding citizens with ordinary self-defense needs from exercising their right to keep and bear arms in public.”
Regulation of Abortion
The Supreme Court ruled that abortion is not covered in the U.S. Constitution. Justice Alito wrote in its 5-4 decision: Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return the authority to the people and their elected representatives.
PS: The Court threw out lower court rulings that tried to invalidate restrictive abortion laws at the state level.
Note: Roe was handed down in 1973 in a 7-2 decision, holding that the U.S. Constitution includes a constitutional right to abortion, despite the fact that abortion is not found in the text, structure, or history of the Constitution, and the nation went more than 180 years without ever noticing it existed.
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Deuteronomy 31:6
The Bad: The Supreme Court Says “Come on in”
The Supreme Court ruled that Biden’s administration can end the Migration Protection Protocols (MPP), commonly known as the “Remain in Mexico” program. Anyway, it really SEEMS bad. However, the ruling ensures that the case is not over and will go back to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. The lower courts could help restore Remain in Mexico - or not - and it could end up before the Supreme Court again.
The Ugly: Predatory Government Off the Rails
South Dakota parents: This concerns you.
The White House is promoting a website, AbortionFinder.org, “that provides information to expecting mothers - including those 15 years old and younger - on where to get an abortion and how to circumvent parental notification laws where such laws exist.”
California is on its way to becoming a sanctuary state for transgender children who want to circumvent laws banning medical procedures in their home states. A bill creating a safe haven against parents, insurance companies, and other state courts passed a California State Assembly committee. If it passes the full legislature, it would enable minor-age children FROM OTHER STATES, like South Dakota, to get mutilating surgeries and puberty blocking drugs in California, without parental knowledge or consent.
It has been said that “knowledge is power.” However, if you KNOW, and do not act on that knowledge, what power is there in that? "Acta non verba" — take action.