{"id":50082,"date":"2022-12-08T06:42:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T14:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=50082"},"modified":"2022-12-07T13:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T21:44:53","slug":"open-thread-december-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/12\/08\/open-thread-december-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread December 8, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, after Senator Warnock’s victory, I was at least able to breathe again. Sadly, that was a real nail biter. But it ended well. So I decided it was time to move on to the Supreme Court. Both of today’s short takes are – not eacttly hopeful. But we need to know about them. If you need some comic relief, you can check out this BuzzFeed article<\/a> on misconceptions (no pun intended) that men have about women’s anatomy and bodily functions. They reach never-before-published levels of absurdity.<\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Mother Jones – Con Law: How a Fake Document Could Help the Supreme Court Diminish Our Democracy<\/a>
\nQuote – So this August, historians of the Constitution were alarmed to see Pinckney\u2019s fraud credulously cited in a brief submitted to the Supreme Court in Moore v. Harper, a high-stakes case that will be heard on Wednesday and whose outcome could usher in new state-level voter suppression and gerrymandering schemes. If the decision rests on Pickney\u2019s alleged plan or similar shaky foundations, it may also prove to be the most dramatic example of a troubling new trend at the court: the flaunting [sic] of inconvenient facts and the adoption of alternative ones in their place.
\nClick through for article.<\/a> Of course the author means “flouting” – flaunting is something quite different – almost the opposite actually. But that doesn’t change the fact that this is a horrible danger. It is impossible to trust Thmas, Alito, and the MAGA three not to fall for it. I would love to be proved wrong.<\/p>\n

Colorado Public Radio News – Supreme Court seems poised to side with Colorado web designer in 303 Creative case<\/a>
\nQuote – The case, 303 Creative v. Elenis, pits a Colorado website designer named Lorie Smith against state officials trying to enforce Colorado\u2019s Anti Discrimination Act. Smith wants to start creating custom wedding websites. Specifically, she wants to post a message on her company\u2019s site that she would not create websites for same-sex marriage \u201cor any other marriage that is not between one man and one woman,\u201d according to a brief in the case. But state officials would consider that discriminatory behavior based on the state\u2019s laws, so Smith sued the state.
\nClick through for details.<\/a> If I tried to express my deepest opinion on this, I would become incoherent, so I’ll fall back on my favorite bumper sticker: “Jesus called. He wants his church back.”<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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