THE SHOW NOTES: Pride Month Ends. 303 Creative Wins

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SCOTUS: 303 Creative

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of religious liberty stating that states cannot force businesses or individuals to provide a product or service that goes against their religious belief.

What happened: A Christian website designer in Colorado was approached by a same-sex couple to make a website for their upcoming wedding. The web designer refused the project on religious grounds and the couple filed a lawsuit.

Why this matters: The case is significant because the web designer was willing to work with members of the LGBTQ community, but refused to provide services for events that violated her religious beliefs. A lower court ruled that Colorado’s nondiscrimination laws made it illegal for her to refuse the business.

Gorsuch in the majority opinion: "Tolerance, not coercion, is our Nation’s answer. The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands."

In her dissent, Justice Sotomayor falsely claimed that the decision allows a “constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class." As the web designer stated, her issue was not serving LGBTQ people, but providing services for an event that violated her religious beliefs. Despite the clarification, CBS and other outlets claim the case allows for mass discrimination against gay and lesbian couples.

Sotomayor went on to falsely claim that the Pulse Night Club shooting was a result of anti-gay discrimination when the perpetrator was a radical member of the Islamic State and explicitly said the act was to avenge US air strikes in the Middle East.

Response: Justice Gorsuch went on a tirade against Sotomayor claiming "It is difficult to read the dissent and conclude we are looking at the same case." More:

"The dissent abandons what this court's cases have recognized time and time again: A commitment to speech for only some persons and some messages is no commitment at all.”

Remarkable: Yesterday, Sotomayor said discrimination was okay against Asian Americans. Today, she says discrimination is wrong. The only way to reconcile this is that the progressive Court minority believes some minorities can be discriminated against and some have a privileged status.

SCOTUS: Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 against President Biden’s executive order to wipe out $430 billion in federal student loans. The plan would have allowed the cancelation of $20K per federal borrower.

Context: Biden attempted to use The Heroes Act of 2003 as a vehicle for the executive order which Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion claimed doesn’t permit Biden “to rewrite that statute from the ground up.”

In an ultimate act of savagery, the court cited a quote from Nancy Pelosi who said in 2021, “People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.”

No surprise: When asked about debt forgiveness during a CNN town hall in 2021, Biden notably said, “I don’t think I have the authority to do it by signing with a pen.”

Flashback: In 2020 when presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made a similar proposal, a dad of a college student said: "I've saved all my money. [My daughter] doesn't have any student loans. Am I going to get my money back?" Here’s the full clip.

New: Biden To Unveil New Measures To Protect Student Loan Borrowers Following SCOTUS Ruling - The Messenger

France is Burning

The French government deployed 40,000 police officers to quell violent protests in response to a police-involved shooting of a 17-year-old boy. Violence surged for a third night as protesters burned government buildings and ransacked retail stores while vehicles were set ablaze across the country. At least 200 police have been injured.

Why this matters: French President Macron’s sagging popularity over his decision to raise the country’s retirement age mixed with growing tension between Muslim minorities and police resulted in a perfect storm with no immediate end in sight.

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