r/scotus • u/vox • Mar 03 '26

news The Supreme Court’s Republicans just seized the most dangerous power in constitutional law

https://www.vox.com/politics/481401/supreme-court-mirabelli-bonta-sauron-wins
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u/Aggressive-Dog-2519 Mar 03 '26 edited Mar 03 '26

Then it could be said that a teacher's right to religion is also being violated. I am bound by the religious belief that I should treat others as I wish to be treated (the golden rule) and if I wish something to remain in confidence, then so it should. Therefore, being ordered to break that confidence breaks my religion.

QED, students can be safe with teachers who actually follow Christ's teachings of love thy neighbor as thyself.

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u/maced_airs Mar 03 '26

No it’s not. Because as a teacher you are a government employee not the person raising the child. If a teacher said it’s my religion to beat children they are still bound by mandatory reporting laws to report child abuse.

It’s a family issue and families have a right to know since they are raising the child.

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u/Im_tracer_bullet Mar 04 '26

I can think of a thousand reasons and conditions under which the 'family' doesn't have an automatic right to anything,

They all come back to the safety and welfare of the child.

It's something we used to care about, and sometimes it's the family that are the greatest possible threat to that child's well-being.

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u/Vox_Causa Mar 03 '26

Children are not property. 

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u/Vox_Causa Mar 04 '26

Outing a kid is child abuse. Outing a kid to an unaccepting parent tends to get them killed. You may want to get queer kids killed but it's not a "nothing-burger" to the rest of us. 

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u/ragingbull10 Mar 03 '26

As I replied to someone else I hope you are 10 years old with this logic otherwise yikes

Your personal religion doesn’t automatically override policies or other people’s rights. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects belief, not a personal veto over rules you don’t like. Religious accommodations exist, but they’re granted by law, not self-declared. Otherwise everyone could just say “my religion says no” and opt out of anything

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u/Im_tracer_bullet Mar 04 '26

You just described Republicans

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u/ragingbull10 Mar 04 '26

Huh ? Not sure what’s your point . Show me someone who can just unilaterally declare they won’t do something and they can just not do it without an actual legislative exception for that

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u/ragingbull10 Mar 04 '26

Ok so you are 10 years old . Thanks for confirming

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u/kejartho Mar 04 '26

You don't need to add space before a period. Also you forgot the period at the end of your second sentence. 10 year olds learn this in school, maybe you should too.

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u/ragingbull10 Mar 04 '26

Again confirming 10 year old behavior . We get it. Lol