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Wm.son<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WomensRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensRights</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Plaintiffs face a violation of their constitutional rights, which constitutes irreparable harm. Indeed, the cruel irony is that thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> servicemembers have sacrificed — some risking their lives — to ensure for others the very <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> rights the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Military</span></a> Ban seeks to deny them,” Reyes wrote, adding that “avoiding constitutional violations is always in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicInterest</span></a>.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOD</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge blocks <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s order banning <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a> troops from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>military</span></a> service, ruling that the plan violated the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> clause.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LGBTQIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQIA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/discrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discrimination</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bigotry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigotry</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/transgender-troops-military-injunction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=7D65BF46-0567-4212-A6FC-8EEBBE6BA217" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/tran</span><span class="invisible">sgender-troops-military-injunction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=7D65BF46-0567-4212-A6FC-8EEBBE6BA217</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Why <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a>’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TwoSpirit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoSpirit</span></a> people are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary </p><p>“It’s scary, in our reservations we have a lot of suicide already because of just being who they are,” Steven Barrios.</p><p>By Nicole Chavez, CNN<br>December 4, 2023</p><p>"As they fight to reclaim their history, some in Montana’s Two-Spirit community are challenging a state law that defines sex as binary because it 'infringes' on their spiritual and cultural beliefs.</p><p>"The law, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SenateBill458" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SenateBill458</span></a>, defines 'male' and 'female' based on the presence of XY or XX chromosomes as well as reproductive systems. The legislation, which took effect in October, inserts those definitions of male and female in several parts of the state’s legal code, impacting driver’s licenses, demographic records and the state’s anti-discrimination law.</p><p>"In October, attorneys representing the Two-Spirit nonprofit <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MontanaTwoSpiritSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontanaTwoSpiritSociety</span></a> along with a group of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transgender</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/intersex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intersex</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonbinary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Montana</span></a> residents, filed a lawsuit in Missoula County District Court challenging the law.</p><p>"They argue the state’s definitions of sex 'improperly categorizes many Montanans, excludes others from legal recognition entirely, and deprives them of the benefits and protections of myriad state laws.' The complaint also argues the law violates Montana’s individual dignity, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a>, privacy and freedom of speech laws.</p><p>"David Herrera, co-founder and executive director of the Montana Two Spirit Society, said it was important for the group to join the lawsuit because limiting gender goes against <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousTraditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousTraditions</span></a> and cultures. </p><p>"'We don’t ascribe to just simply biologic definitions. We acknowledge that there are different genders, and our cultures have always known that there are more than two genders. In some of the Indigenous cultures, there may be as many as four to six different genders,' said Herrera, a 61-year-old who is Two-Spirit and adopted Blackfeet.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"Two-Spirit is an umbrella term that emerged in the 1990s, referring to people in many Indigenous and Native American who historically had both a masculine and feminine spirit, and who filled specialized social and spiritual roles. Some Native American people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex or gender non-conforming also use the term to self-identify.</p><p>"Prior to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/colonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>colonization</span></a>, Two-Spirit people had roles of honor in healing and ceremonies, but as Indigenous people were forced into assimilation that part of their tradition was lost.</p><p>“For folks that were seen as being Two-Spirit, men dressing as women, or women dressing as men and warriors, that went against the teachings of the church and so they were seen as an abomination or deviance. In some of the histories, our Two-Spirit people were actually murdered and killed, while in others, they were forced to subscribe to specific gender roles,” Herrera said.</p><p>"Steven Barrios, a 71-year-old enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation and co-founder of the Montana Two Spirit Society, said the organization supports efforts to fight back against the state’s new gender definitions.</p><p>"'We’ve already been traumatized through so many things that the government has done to us and so we just figured it’s time – we have to step up and reclaim what’s rightfully ours and not let the government take that away from us,' Barrios said.</p><p>"Barrios added SB 458 and similar legislation could add more challenges for Two-Spirit youth."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/12/04/us/montana-two-spirit-lawsuit-sex-binary-reaj/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">edition.cnn.com/2023/12/04/us/</span><span class="invisible">montana-two-spirit-lawsuit-sex-binary-reaj/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Decolonize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decolonize</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonBinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonBinary</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GBLTQI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GBLTQI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Reclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reclamation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigiqueer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigiqueer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MontanaLegislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MontanaLegislation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a></p>
Matt Willemsen<p>The Pennsylvania Supreme Court just issued a crushing rebuttal of Justice Alito<br><a href="https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/pennsylvania-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-alito-roe-rcna136756" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinio</span><span class="invisible">n/pennsylvania-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-alito-roe-rcna136756</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SupremeCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equalprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equalprotection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/abortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equalrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equalrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alito" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alito</span></a></p>
Paranoid Factoid<p>Murfreesboro, Tennessee has just banned public displays of homosexuality, in a clear attack on the 2003 SCOTUS decision Lawrence v Texas preventing such laws on equal protection grounds. Good guess this is for a test case to effect a reversal.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gayrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gayrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gay</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scotus</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civilrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civilrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/equalprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>equalprotection</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/176915/tennessee-town-ban-public-homosexuality" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/176915/te</span><span class="invisible">nnessee-town-ban-public-homosexuality</span></a></p>
U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>Supreme Court is increasingly putting Christians' First Amendment rights ahead of others' dignity and rights to equal protection</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-is-increasingly-putting-christians-first-amendment-rights-ahead-of-others-dignity-and-rights-to-equal-protection-210220" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/supreme-co</span><span class="invisible">urt-is-increasingly-putting-christians-first-amendment-rights-ahead-of-others-dignity-and-rights-to-equal-protection-210220</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SupremeCourtRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SupremeCourtRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChristiansRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristiansRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Dignity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dignity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ReligiousFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousFreedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
JB Emmons<p><a href="https://esq.social/tags/ICWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICWA</span></a> lives to see another day, thankfully. But the possibility of <a href="https://esq.social/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> challenges remains.</p><p>Hell, <a href="https://esq.social/tags/Kavanaugh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kavanaugh</span></a> all but draws a roadmap for would-be petitioners to bring an EP challenge.</p><p>And the close of <a href="https://esq.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thomas</span></a>'s dissent -- drawing a fine distinction between refusing to disturb a finding that ICWA is constitutional and "deciding that ICWA is[] in fact" constitutional -- implicitly embraces a case brought on those grounds.</p><p>Keep an eye open.</p><p><a href="https://esq.social/tags/LawFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawFedi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-376_7l48.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pd</span><span class="invisible">f/21-376_7l48.pdf</span></a></p>
Bethany Berger<p>Justice Barrett writes 7-2 (!!!) opinion in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brackeen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brackeen</span></a>--I thought she would be the swing vote, but Roberts &amp; Kavanaugh join. They correctly find no standing on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> claims <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ICWA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICWA</span></a></p>
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://newsie.social/@Tbsa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tbsa</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Ulrich_the_Elder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ulrich_the_Elder</span></a></span> All this disgusting organized trans hunt &amp; discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community is essentially today's "GOP's" pathetic &amp; telling confession, that they don't have a single plan &amp; platform, which would in any way serve the American people — it's distraction from their incompetence, negligence, total carelessness &amp; obsession to oppress, fundamentally betraying the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, the co-founder of the Republican Party.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DefendAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DefendDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefendDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DefensiveDemocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DefensiveDemocracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/StandWithHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StandWithHumanity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/HumanityMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanityMatters</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/14thAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>14thAmendment</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BanTheGOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BanTheGOP</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Confedereds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Confedereds</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Insurrection</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Rebellion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rebellion</span></a></p>
Scott, present & accounted for<p>“The lawsuit also alleges that the book bans in Escambia County violate the Fourteenth Amendment because "because the books being singled out for possible removal are disproportionately books by non-white and/or LGBTQ authors, or which address topics related to race or LGBTQ identity." This violates the Equal Protection Clause”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Florida</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/EqualProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EqualProtection</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/update-new-federal-lawsuit-says-florida?r=1gwmpw&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_campaign=post" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/populari</span><span class="invisible">nformation/p/update-new-federal-lawsuit-says-florida?r=1gwmpw&amp;utm_medium=ios&amp;utm_campaign=post</span></a></p>
Arena Cops 🇺🇦✌

@Tilopa Well, then ring a huge bell to wake the majority up!

As much as majorities can condemn crimes as what they are, illegal, as much minorities can be allowed to make crimes legal.

Fourteenth Amendment, Section 1:
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.
***No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.***

What Florida's insurrectionary governor & his complicit "legislators" are intending to become state law, certainly does NOT comply with the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment, like most of their other anti-constitutional deliberately cruel & rebellious "legislative" proposals.

#RuleOfLaw#DefendDemocracy#DefensiveDemocracy
Caroline Mala Corbin

Black Students Sue Georgia School Dist For Banning BLM Attire But Allowing Confederate Flag buff.ly/3wctXmd

"[P]laintiffs complained to dist about the unequal treatment, but were told the flag represents 'heritage not hate,' whereas BLM is 'disruptive."

Yeah, this is blatantly unconstitutional

Advocate ChannelBlack Students Sue Georgia School District For Banning BLM Attire, But Allowing Confederate FlagBy Ryan Adamczeski
#FirstAmendment#Freespeech#censorship
Jim Oleske

#Introduction:

#LawProf in Portland teaching #ConstitutionalLaw, Law & Religion, and #Torts (have also taught #AdministrativeLaw). Have written on religious exemptions, particularly the intersection with #LGBTQ rights, as well as #FreeSpeech and #EqualProtection.

Previously: #appellate advocacy & #policy work.

Non #law interests include #politics & #running (though I do not anticipate discussing electoral politics much here).

Recently co-authored this amicus brief: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/21/

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