#Equal Protection

[loveerran]

Dear Tumblr,

The recent Affirmative Action ban by the Supreme Court, drawing on the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment, is Problematic.

But I’m curious, from experts who want to info dump, what other steps college admissions or other folks could take in light of this ruling. Examples:

Points for poverty

Points for economically disadvantaged zip codes

Points for people whose parents did not graduate from college

Etc.

It seems there may be various strategies for prioritizing disadvantaged applicants in the face of this ruling without resorting to race as a factor?

(and I’m not saying race shouldn’t be a factor)

[thewordenreport]

Transsexual kids blocking puberty: A judicial question?

Chief Justice Roberts for the Court: Tennessee can ban medical treatments for transsexual kids. Implications for American federalism and voters in the U.S.: https://thewordenreport-governmentandmarkets.blogspot.com/2025/06/american-federalism-and-equal.html

[skynetart]

Why are Republicans all of a sudden so scared of people being armed? I thought they liked the 2nd Amendment. Apparently they think the 2nd Amendment doesn't apply to OTHER people. Ever heard of the right to equal protection?

Ever notice the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms is trying to regulate things that aren't illegal? Most of the founding fathers were alcoholics who got rich off growing tobacco and smuggled arms to revolutionaries who killed cops.

What country do these ATF come from? Deport them.

[masterofd1saster]

good equal opportunity case

SCt decided  Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Servs., 605 U. S. __ (2025) on 5jun25. Decision was unanimous.

The Ohio Department of Youth Services operates the State’s juvenile correctional system. In 2004, the agency hired petitioner Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, to serve as an executive secretary. Ames was eventually promoted to program administrator and, in 2019, applied for a newly created management position in the agency’s Office of Quality and Improvement. Although the agency interviewed her for the position, it ultimately hired a different candidate—a lesbian woman—to fill the role. A few days after Ames interviewed for the management position, her supervisors removed her from her role as program administrator. She accepted a demotion to the secretarial role she had held when she first joined the agency— a move that resulted in a significant pay cut. The agency then hired a gay man to fill the vacant program-administrator position. Ames subsequently filed this lawsuit against the agency under Title VII, alleging that she was denied the management promotion and demoted because of her sexual orientation.***

When she sued under 42 U. S. C. §2000e–2(a)(1), the 6th Circuit applied a weird, home grown rule to deny her justice. It

held that Ames had failed to meet her prima facie burden because she had not shown “‘background circumstances to support the suspicion that the defendant is that unusual employer who discriminates against the majority.’”

SCt reversed this erroneous rule.

As a textual matter, Title VII’s disparate-treatment provision draws no distinctions between majority-group plaintiffs and minority-group plaintiffs. Rather, the provision makes it unlawful “to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.” 42 U. S. C. §2000e–2(a)(1) (emphasis added). The “law’s focus on individuals rather than groups [is] anything but academic.”*** By establishing the same protections for every “individual”—without regard to that individual’s membership in a minority or majority group—Congress left no room for courts to impose special requirements on majority-group plaintiffs alone.

JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE GORSUCH joins, concurring. I join the Court’s opinion in full. I write separately to highlight the problems that arise when judges create atextual legal rules and frameworks. Judge-made doctrines have a tendency to distort the underlying statutory text, impose unnecessary burdens on litigants, and cause confusion for courts. The “background circumstances” rule—correctly rejected by the Court today—is one example of this phenomenon. ***

[rebuiltzine]

A Voice for Justice: How Jeff Reichert Turned to an ADA Advocate to Defend His Rights and Protect His Son

In a family court system increasingly criticized for opacity, jurisdictional gamesmanship, and disregard for the rights of both parents and children, Jeff Reichert has made a bold move: he retained an independent ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) advocate to help him challenge what he believes to be a deeply flawed and discriminatory legal process that has tried to ruin he and his son’s…

[theresilientphilosopher]

Discover why the U.S. Constitution protects noncitizens and what would happen if we stripped rights from those not born here. A deep reflection from The Resilient Philosopher.

[dleondantes]

Discover why the U.S. Constitution protects noncitizens and what would happen if we stripped rights from those not born here. A deep reflection from The Resilient Philosopher.

[monkeyfishgirl]

Excited to report asexuality's finally made it big enough to draw the ire of rat king JK Rowling 🖤🩶🤍💜

[ashotasfireandasdeepastheocean1]

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[dreamweave01]

@cupkatwarrior9

One of the drawbacks of being a brilliant inventor is that not every experiment goes as planned. Donnie was working on a project when something backfired and it blew up, knocking him unconscious.

Of course, Leonardo heard the sound, and immediately assumed the worst. Why wouldn't he? Last time, he found his brother dead.

It took maybe a minute or two to get Dee to wake up, and when he did, Leo was a mess. It was maybe the first time Donnie had ever heard his twin raise his voice at anything.

And Don just didn't know how to react.

It was the first time Nardo had ever let himself break around Donnie, the first time he had ever let him see the extent of how much his timeline had shattered him.

And it made something painfully clear.

Leo couldn't lose his family. He would never be able to survive that a second time.

In that moment, Donatello made a silent vow that Leo would never have to suffer through that pain again.

As for the last question, there are definitely times when the age gap between them is apparent. And it's definitely something the two are going to have to get used to.

But even though their dynamic is a bit different now, they will forever and always be the Disaster Twins :)

[rebuiltzine]

⚖️ Justice for Sale: How Socioeconomic Bias Is Wrecking Families in Family Court

And What Pro Se Litigants Can Do About It Family court is supposed to be about the best interests of the child, fairness, equity, and justice. But if you’ve ever walked into a courtroom without a lawyer, without $10,000 for a custody evaluator, or without a freshly ironed suit and polished shoes—then you know the brutal truth: In family court, money talks. And if you don’t have it, you’re…

[itsonlypolitics]

Such rubbish coming out of social media on this.

It is not an act of violence

Biological women have rights too

Sex IS a binary and you believing otherwise won’t change that

It is not “baseless” it is based in science, common sense, and what even a three year old child is capable of identifying.

It is not anti-scientific.

It is not erasing people it is clarifying a section of law

A woman is a woman. We are just as much deserving of protection and to have the Equality Act work for us too.

Trans rights are not actually touched by this change. They are still protected by the act. Just not that particular subsection

[cheesenchalk]

i never know how to phrase it but something about the way beatles biographers and people in general view paul's reflexive placating persona and determination to smooth things over as manipulative or duplicitous and john's reflexive barbed persona and habit of lashing out as brave and subversive despite both being equally defensive mechanisms to shield themselves from the world that resulted in them saying things that weren't true says more about how we culturally view kindness or friendliness as inherently untrustworthy or flimsy and anger and carelessness as more believable as someone's true nature than it says about either of them in actuality

[feral-bird-enjoyer]

you'll always be their golden child, but you'll never be one of them.

[amarantheia]

Today's a personal Black Sails Anniversary for me, so posting this drawing of my faves from my fave show as a tiny celebration