SCOTUS Allows Refusal Of LGBTQ Couples, Reinstates Student Debt
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🗓️ 30 June 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote: "Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class."
The high court also struck down President Biden's plan for federal student loan forgiveness. Millions of federal borrowers will not see their debts decreased or erased by up to twenty thousand dollars.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, this is Precious and I'm in my grandma's kitchen in Atlanta, Georgia, preparing dinner |
| 0:05.6 | for her birthday celebration. |
| 0:08.0 | This podcast was recorded at 1149 AM on June 30th, 2023. |
| 0:13.8 | Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but Graham is turning 102 so we are about |
| 0:18.8 | to party. |
| 0:19.8 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:22.7 | Whoa, happy birthday. |
| 0:27.0 | Hey there, it's the MQR Politics Podcast. |
| 0:29.0 | I'm Tepa Shiverham. |
| 0:30.0 | I cover the White House. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm Domenico Montenar, Senior Political Editor and correspondent. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm Nina Tottenberg and I cover the Supreme Court. |
| 0:36.4 | And speaking of the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court's conservatives issued a decision this |
| 0:40.8 | morning in favor of a web designer in Colorado who wanted to refuse service to same-sex |
| 0:46.0 | couples looking for a wedding website. |
| 0:48.6 | Colorado law forbids discrimination against gay people. |
| 0:51.9 | The court ruled that making her serve a same-sex couple would be compelling her to voice a message |
| 0:56.7 | that she didn't support. |
| 0:58.8 | Nina, tell us more about this decision. |
| 1:01.3 | Well, this is a major carve-out to public accommodations laws in about 30 states that protect LGBTQ people. |
| 1:09.9 | But of course, in the majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch tried to portray it as a narrow decision |
| 1:16.5 | because he said that we are not allowing discrimination against gay and lesbian people. |
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