Posted on Nov 16, 2023
Supreme Court declines Florida's request to enforce law targeting drag shows
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SCOTUS decided 6-3 against DeSantis administration. Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett (Trump appointees) were part of the majority.
Supreme Court declines Florida's request to enforce law targeting drag shows
Posted from nbcnews.com
Supreme Court
State of Florida
Law
LGBTQ+
Posted 1 y ago
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Based on this write up - which leaves a lot of gaps (and that may not be NBc-s fault if the court didn't offer explanations) - the courts got this right.
A vaguely worded law is a bad law and should not be upheld.
A vaguely worded law is a bad law and should not be upheld.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
SFC John Davis to be fair, (and this is just an example), conservatives were griping for DECADES about activist judges ruling according to ideology in Roe v. Wade.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
There is a legal concept called "void for vagueness." If a law is widely open for interpretation (e.g. banning "lewd" displays without defining what constitutes lewdness) such that an average citizen cannot reasonably predict whether or not a given action is legal, the law is unenforceable and should be stricken.
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SFC Casey O'Mally Its so unfortunate that average Americans do not realize what constitutes “lewdness” these days or what is highly inappropriate to the mental health of young people. [[But then, mental health and morals are being redefined by today’s pundits and cultural engineers ].
When do the boundaries defining societal laws become unsustainable ?
When do the boundaries defining societal laws become unsustainable ?
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