
Sonia Sotomayor Pens Stunning Rebuke of Supreme Court's Discrimination Ruling: 'Today, the Court Shrinks'
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Policy Leaning Analysis
This article includes the following sentiments, providing an average bias score of 10% Conservative:
- 1 positive sentiment and 1 negative sentiment for Gun Control.
- 1 negative sentiment for Anti-Discrimination Laws
- 3 negative sentiments for LGBT Equality
"Smith sued Colorado in an attempt to block the enforcement of its anti-discrimination law."
"Despite the preemptive nature of her complaint, as she has not yet designed wedding websites or had to turn away same-sex couples, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case."
"Sotomayor also wrote of how, historically, some have discriminated against the LGBTQ+ community "under the backing of the law," noting how, "For most of American history, there were laws criminalizing same-sex intimacy."
"With the landmark decision -- which falls in line with many of the SCOTUS justices' conservative stances -- a precedent has now been set that in certain instances, U.S. businesses can legally deny their services to LGBTQ+ people under the First Amendment."To illustrate, imagine a funeral home in rural Mississippi agrees to transport and cremate the body of an elderly man who has passed away, and to host a memorial lunch," Sotomayor wrote in HER dissent."
"The court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Christian web designer from Colorado, who cited the First Amendment to argue that she should not be forced to design wedding websites for same-sex clients."
"The court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Christian web designer from Colorado, who cited the First Amendment to argue that she should not be forced to design wedding websites for same-sex clients."
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Gun ControlAnti-Discrimination Laws
LGBT Equality
Sentiments
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-2% "The court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Christian web designer from Colorado, who cited the First Amendment to argue that she should not ..."
-14% "Sotomayor also wrote of how, historically, some have discriminated against the LGBTQ+ community under the backing of the law, noting how, For most of ..."
-20% "Despite the preemptive nature of her complaint, as she has not yet designed wedding websites or had to turn away same-sex couples, the Supreme ..."
-24% "Smith sued Colorado in an attempt to block the enforcement of its anti-discrimination law.""
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
54% : With the landmark decision -- which falls in line with many of the SCOTUS justices' conservative stances -- a precedent has now been set that in certain instances, U.S. businesses can legally deny their services to LGBTQ+ people under the First Amendment."To illustrate, imagine a funeral home in rural Mississippi agrees to transport and cremate the body of an elderly man who has passed away, and to host a memorial lunch," Sotomayor wrote in HER dissent.49% : The court ruled 6-3 in favor of a Christian web designer from Colorado, who cited the First Amendment to argue that she should not be forced to design wedding websites for same-sex clients.
43% : Sotomayor also wrote of how, historically, some have discriminated against the LGBTQ+ community "under the backing of the law," noting how, "For most of American history, there were laws criminalizing same-sex intimacy.
40% : Despite the preemptive nature of her complaint, as she has not yet designed wedding websites or had to turn away same-sex couples, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.
38% : Smith sued Colorado in an attempt to block the enforcement of its anti-discrimination law.
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.