I'm definitely not surprise at Kavanaugh's dissent. He's Dump's puppet.

I don't see it as a christian thing or imposing christian law but more of a challenge to government over reach into private society.

Still a 5-4 decision.

Yay.

Good to hear! Sometimes, they can come up with the right decision. Here in TN, the hypocrites are always pushing to make the bible the official state book. It gets shot down by committee because they know it won't fly unconstitutionally, but the bill is submitted every year.

I am still troubled that the vote was that close.

I remember having guarded hopes for the chief justice.. With life appointments, and being on the side of religion that’s intelligent enough to know it’s not really true, and, viewing the direction runaway republicanism is willing to take us …. wouldn’t it be something if they became our saviors?

Problem for the court is that many previous decisions are really hard to justifiably overthrow. Cases like this have been a slam dunk for reason in the past. It's just now wee have reason to worry.

Good.
For now.

To me, this is (roughly) analogous to the decision(s) that despite explicit Constitutional rights to travel, SCOTUS decided that the government has an overriding claim to mandate all airline passengers provide ID documentation.

I can see now that religious fanaticism is big in the USA. Unfortunately. In Europe, in general, the religious people don't behave like that. Of course there are stupid fanatics among them but I don't see priests or the believers not following the recommendations for this pandemic. In the least the ones I know.

4 of them thought otherwise. You don't think similar majorities in states exist the other way around? Lawsuits abound just like they attack Roe? Great way to foster unity in a pandemic, lord orange. I am not a doomsayer and I certainly agree with the majority of this court from a data driven public health perspective, but the fact that so many people don't is a grave concern of mine. Usually similar concerns on any other subject the religious and a shit ton of what the right brings as arguments. And 5-4 hasn't been enough in a while.

Considering that Robert's voted the way Merrick Garland likely would have voted, I find the fact that I would be concerned at all a result of at best the most vile political stunt ever carried out by one of the biggest scumbags ever birthed. At worst unconstitutional and not challenged hard enough. In my view it is part cause of this current administration as I'd bet some conservatives and religious people voted for the SCOTUS seat, in spite of their better judgement about trump's fitness. Regardless if that little nugget is true, doesn't matter. Celebrate how Gorsuch voted? Celebrate this decision? I'll rather stew in this mess, thanks.

I don't think they have seen anything yet.

>>Great decisions that fly in the face of all the doom-sayers who thought this supreme court was just one decision away from imposing Christian Law across the land!!!<<

Well awesome, so . . . we're in the clear now?

One decision away? Nah, pehaps one or two justices away...regardless, I am happy to see these outcomes.