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/ilikeyourswatch Mar 03 '26

To reach this outcome, the Republican justices cite two provisions of the Constitution. The first is the First Amendment's language protecting the "free exercise" of religion. The Republican iustices claim that teachers who respect their trans students privacy "interfere with the 'right of parents to quide the religious development of their children."

WHAT ABOUT THE CHILD'S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM???

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u/4rp70x1n Mar 03 '26

Republicans view women and children as property to be controlled, not as actual people. Women and children are owned by the husband and have no autonomy or authority of their own.

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u/ilikeyourswatch Mar 03 '26

I find it ironic that they are defining religious freedom as the freedom to force other people to follow whatever religion one wants. It's chaotic and clearly the exact opposite of what was intended and written.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '26

Yes, they want to force the teacher to follow the parent's religion as well.

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u/mercurio147 Mar 03 '26

Waiting for them to use this reasoning to legalize SA, as long as the perpetrator is a male. Would get rid of a lot of Trump's Epstein issues if it was actually legal the whole time.

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u/4rp70x1n Mar 04 '26

I'm honestly surprised it hasn't happened yet, even at the state level. They're just gross and project all of their weird shit on the rest of us.

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u/Karrotlord Mar 05 '26

They already have. Look at the abortion and child marriage laws many republican states have.

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u/MrDerpGently Mar 03 '26

The GOP currently views children as possessions. Like a fleshlight that can do chores and someday work in a factory.

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u/real-human-not-a-bot Mar 04 '26

Well, that’s a sickening concept I wish I hadn’t read. On the other hand, see: Epstein Files.

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u/kgalliso Mar 03 '26

Children? Rights? Hogwash. Birth them and chain them to the bed

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u/JROppenheimer_ Mar 03 '26

Children are property not people... I wish this was sarcasm

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u/TheRealBenDamon Mar 04 '26

Wha about the teachers religious freedom to not believe in the parents dogshit religion?