Conservative Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch said they would have allowed the law to take effect.
Of course they did.
And, of course, this silly law was struck down.
By a concerningly narrow margin.
They will rewrite it and address the few procedural things the court went after.
Just to be clear, this law wasn't passed with any expectation of it ever being implemented. Everyone, including the Florida legislature, knew it was unconstitutional and would be overturned. The people it was passed for will never even know it was overturned though. It was passed for DeSantis who wanted red meat for his base. You should be happy that DeSantis is a terrible politican because he is a terrible person and belongs nowhere near the Presidency.
Shit politician and terrible person. But he’s pretty good at rocking some killer high heels, which I’m interpreting as his way to show LGBT and drag community support.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/31/desantis-boots-shoemakers-00121044
What a waste of taxpayer dollars by so-called "conservatives".
Conservative governments enacting laws that they know will fail court challenges, but that pander to their SoCon base has been happening increasingly over the last couple of decades.
And not only in the US.
It's not a waste to them. They got what they wanted.
When even Amy Coney Barrett thinks you're too much of a fascist...
She's a religious nut, but she seems to be a relatively intelligent religious nut with enough of an understanding of the constitution to know this shit doesn't pass muster.
Doesn't mean she won't uphold future bullshit laws that are less vague.
We live in the dumbest time-line.
When a judge is willing to substitute their own opinions for the law, it doesn't matter how well they understand the law.
This has, however, been the case since the first time someone was a judge.
America can go dumber.
Three of nine justices wanted to.
This is as clear of a free speech issue as there is. Anyone bringing these cases should be laughed out of any court.
It's really not. The majority specifically addressed this, too. The largest fault in the law was its unenforceable vagueness. While the Court did say there are First Amendment issues, the law itself and the instant case were not well-poised for direct analysis as 1A issues.
Glad the law cannot limit drag shows.
What scares me is there's no repercussions for ignoring the court anymore.
That's the secret. There never were any repercussions. All of civilization runs on the trust that people respect others.
I like to say that "justice" is a fairy tail people tell their children to help them sleep at night.
There wasn't when the SCOTUS told Andrew Jackson to respect treaties signed with indigenous populations, and the Trail of Tears and tens of thousands of dead people were the result. In fact they impeached him over this and he bribed a senator to change their vote which put them one vote below the number required to convict. The sort of corruption you mention has been around since the country was founded.
Andrew Jackson was not impeached.
Johnson was impeached for firing a member of his cabinet without senatorial approval.
Extreme Court is loosening up because most of the country has had just about enough of their shit.
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