The high court giveth, and the high court taketh away.
Days after Supreme Court rulings that thrilled conservatives, knocking down district judges’ national injunctions and upholding parental rights and state funding bans on abortion providers, the justices turned down First Amendment petitions by a conservative educator fired for social media posts preceding her hiring and by censored critics of COVID-19 dogma.
The high court also rejected a racial harassment and retaliation case by a white high school student against the Austin Independent School District in Texas, which the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed on the grounds that only one of the incidents was “truly severe,” when another student admitted assaulting the plaintiff because he’s white.
Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch dissented from the court denying review of a COVID eviction moratorium challenge against Los Angeles, saying they would have reviewed “whether a policy barring landlords from evicting tenants for the nonpayment of rent affects a physical taking under the Takings Clause.” (Four justices must agree to grant review.)
The rejections came in a sprawling Monday order list that also vacated lower-court rulings at odds with recent SCOTUS rulings, including its affirmation of South Carolina’s Medicaid ban on Planned Parenthood and Tennessee’s ban on medicalized gender transitions for youth, and remanded them for proceedings consistent with the new precedents.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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