Scotus Had Other Cases They Wont Take.

[Plasmaball]

Supreme Court won t hear challenge to EPA ozone standard TheHill

Basically a bunch of power companies didnt like the lowering Standard that was set and upheld in a lower court.



U.S. Supreme Court affirms firing of teacher Freshwater The Columbus Dispatch

Scotus also denied to hear this case about an Ohio teacher who had religious things in his classroom and refused to remove them. While it was ruled he could keep a bible in the class room because the students didnt know what it was nor was he teaching from it. Other things like the ten commandments were deemed not cool to have in the classroom.

And then we also have the gay marriage refusal which basically ends the gay marriage debate as a done deal.

 

[Derideo_Te]

SCOTUS can afford to pick their battles. If neither side sees anything worthy of deciding they can pass for a better opportunity later. It isn't as though they have to worry about being keeping their jobs.

 

[Disir]

They have several that are rather interesting and that have the capacity to blow up into a bunch of hideous crap via the media.
http://www.americanbar.org/content/...preview/BriefsV4/13-6827_pet.authcheckdam.pdf

 

[g5000]

And then we also have the gay marriage refusal which basically ends the gay marriage debate as a done deal.

It basically leaves the gay marriage question up to the states.

 

[NLT]

Supreme Court won t hear challenge to EPA ozone standard TheHill

Basically a bunch of power companies didnt like the lowering Standard that was set and upheld in a lower court.



U.S. Supreme Court affirms firing of teacher Freshwater The Columbus Dispatch

Scotus also denied to hear this case about an Ohio teacher who had religious things in his classroom and refused to remove them. While it was ruled he could keep a bible in the class room because the students didnt know what it was nor was he teaching from it. Other things like the ten commandments were deemed not cool to have in the classroom.

And then we also have the gay marriage refusal which basically ends the gay marriage debate as a done deal.

Dammit PB get back on that mop. Ya lazy union janitor, break times up.

 

[Plasmaball]

And then we also have the gay marriage refusal which basically ends the gay marriage debate as a done deal.

It basically leaves the gay marriage question up to the states.

and we know how that is going.

 

[MaryL]

Interesting stuff. Homosexuality is a tiny minority of Americans, why is that topic occupying so much of our awareness? it's not disproven to be a mental illness. And given the fact only heterosexuals can have children, is it worth the time debating gay unions?

 

[Derideo_Te]

Interesting stuff. Homosexuality is a tiny minority of Americans, why is that topic occupying so much of our awareness? it's not disproven to be a mental illness. And given the fact only heterosexuals can have children, is it worth the time debating gay unions?

The rights of minorities are no different to the rights of majorities.

If we fail to support the rights of minorities we are failing to defend our own rights.

So this isn't about how many people there are whose rights are infringed.

This is about upholding the rights of everyone to marry the consenting adult of their choice.

That you cannot understand how rights work says volumes.

 

[Katzndogz]

SCOTUS gets thousands of cases. They can't possibly hear them all. Many times lower court decisions are overruled by other lower court decisions.

 

[Plasmaball]

Interesting stuff. Homosexuality is a tiny minority of Americans, why is that topic occupying so much of our awareness? it's not disproven to be a mental illness. And given the fact only heterosexuals can have children, is it worth the time debating gay unions?

besides it not being a mental illness.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

And then we also have the gay marriage refusal which basically ends the gay marriage debate as a done deal.

It basically leaves the gay marriage question up to the states.

Provided the states allow same-sex couples access to their marriage laws.

Otherwise, states that don't allow same-sex couples access to marriage law in jurisdictions where their respective Federal courts of appeal have already invalidated such measures, will find their laws likewise invalidated if challenged.

States in jurisdictions where no appellate ruling has been made are also subject to having their measures invalidated if the Federal courts follow precedent. If a Federal appeals court upholds a state's measure denying same-sex couples access to its marriage law, then the Supreme Court will be compelled at that point to decide the matter, whether the justices like it or not.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

SCOTUS can afford to pick their battles. If neither side sees anything worthy of deciding they can pass for a better opportunity later. It isn't as though they have to worry about being keeping their jobs.

It's also likely that a majority of the justices are satisfied with current jurisprudence concerning the EPA and environmental regulation, particularly in the wake of last term's decision upholding the Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gases (Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA (2014)); there's sufficient case law for lower courts to reference when deciding such matters.

And the same is likely true with regard to First Amendment jurisprudence, where there's ample case law available to determine whether a teacher with the ten commandments in his classroom manifest an Establishment Clause violation, especially in the context of public schools.