{"id":60048,"date":"2025-07-05T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=60048"},"modified":"2025-07-05T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T16:15:09","slug":"a-significant-year-for-the-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=60048","title":{"rendered":"A Significant Year For The Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 3rd, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/article\/9-key-supreme-court-decisions-from-this-term-5881523?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=TheLibertyDaily\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Epoch Times<\/a> posted an article listing the nine key Supreme Court decisions this term.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the list:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1. Nationwide Injunctions<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The Supreme Court\u00a0<a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-sides-with-trump-admin-rules-nationwide-injunctions-likely-exceed-courts-authority-5867094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued<\/a> a landmark opinion on June 27 in which it ruled against the practice of judges issuing nationwide injunctions.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">2. Gender Procedures for Minors<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In June, the Supreme Court released its hotly anticipated decision in United States v. Skrmetti, which involved the Biden administration\u2019s challenge to Tennessee\u2019s law banning \u201cgender-affirming care\u201d for minors.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8230;The court\u2019s 6\u20133 majority <a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-upholds-tennessees-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for-minors-5867052\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> Tennessee\u2019s law.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">3. Deportations<\/h2>\n<div class=\"my-5\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Trump scored an initial win when the Supreme Court\u00a0<a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-grants-trumps-request-to-halt-order-in-deportations-case-5835290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">removed<\/a> two blocks that a federal judge in Washington had imposed on the deportations.<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">However, part of the ruling also stated that Trump must provide an opportunity for deportees to seek habeas relief, which is a legal mechanism for challenging one\u2019s detention.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">4. TikTok Divestiture or Ban<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In 2024, Congress passed the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It required TikTok\u2019s Chinese parent company to either divest its U.S. business or cease operations within the United States because of data privacy and national security concerns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">&#8230;The Supreme Court ultimately <a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-upholds-tiktok-forced-divestment-law-5790945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> the law on Jan. 17.<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In a unanimous decision, the court said that the law satisfied a standard known as \u201cintermediate scrutiny,\u201d noting that it served the important government interest of preventing TikTok\u2019s Chinese parent company from capturing the personal data of American users.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n<h2><strong>5. Mexico Gun Lawsuit<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>U.S. gun makers successfully avoided liability in a lawsuit that the Mexican government brought over the flow of U.S. firearms to cartels.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Under the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, gun companies can usually avoid liability for how people use their firearms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8230;Writing for the majority, Justice Elena Kagan said that Mexico\u2019s lawsuit did not plausibly allege that the gun companies \u201caided and abetted unlawful sales routing guns to Mexican drug cartels.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">6. Straight Woman Wins Discrimination Case<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A heterosexual woman\u2019s\u00a0<a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-sides-with-heterosexual-state-employee-who-claimed-job-discrimination-5868343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">win<\/a> at the Supreme Court established that non-minorities may sue on an equal footing with minorities in employment discrimination lawsuits.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">7. Opting Out of LGBT Storybooks<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Parents won the right to sue to opt their young children out of school storybooks that promote LGBT lifestyles in a Supreme Court\u00a0<a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-rules-for-parents-seeking-opt-out-from-pro-lgbt-books-in-lessons-5867764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> on June 27.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">8. Porn Age-Verification Laws<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">State laws requiring pornography websites to verify the age of users will remain in place following a Supreme Court\u00a0<a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-upholds-texas-law-aimed-at-blocking-minors-from-porn-sites-5867938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a> on June 27.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">9. South Carolina Defunds Planned Parenthood<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">States have greater leeway to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation\u2019s largest abortion provider, following a Supreme Court\u00a0<a class=\"article-hover-class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/supreme-court-allows-south-carolinas-medicaid-funding-block-on-planned-parenthood-5867952\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision<\/a> on June 26.<\/p>\n<p>I think it has been a good year for common sense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 3rd, The Epoch Times posted an article listing the nine key Supreme Court decisions this term. Here is the list: 1. 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