“Supreme Court Upholds Trump’s Travel Ban, Delivering Endorsement of Presidential Power”

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld President Trump’s ban on travel from mostly-Muslim nations, delivering a robust endorsement of Mr. Trump’s power to control the flow of immigration into America at a time of political upheaval about the treatment of migrants at the Mexican border.

In a 5-to-4 vote, the court’s conservatives said the president’s statutory power over immigration was not undermined by his history of incendiary statements about the dangers he said Muslims pose to Americans. [….] NYTimes

H/T: MSNBC

“Elections have consequences…” – President-elect Obama

Oct. 2015: California’s Reproductive FACT Act was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown. It mandated all licensed healthcare facilities in CA, including pro-life centers, must post signage and inform clients about the state’s taxpayer-funded abortions and birth control through its Medi-Cal program. – Sources: LaTimes and NPR

October 31, 2017: “Judge halts California law forcing pro-life centers to advertise abortions” – Life Site News

TODAY, June 26, 2018:

“Supreme Court Strikes Down CA Law Forcing Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers To Push Abortion”

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of faith-based crisis pregnancy centers by striking down a California law forcing them to present abortion — the exact thing they exist to try to prevent — as an option to expectant mothers seeking services. [….] – RedState, CNN, MSNBC

Excerpt:
President Donald Trump on Monday attacked a rural Virginia restaurant that refused to serve his press secretary over the weekend by criticizing its supposed lack of cleanliness. But perhaps those in glass restaurants shouldn’t throw stones. Compared to the Red Hen, some of Trump’s own restaurants seem like the bathroom of a dive bar the morning after a live show.

The Lexington, Virginia restaurant, which caused a Trumpworld uproar when it refused to serve White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Friday, passed its most recent health inspection with flying colors. State authorities found no violations when they visited the restaurant in February and gave the Red Hen their best possible health-risk rating.

By contrast, the conditions of restaurants at Trump’s hotels and resorts have ranged from moderately unsanitary to outright revolting. [….] Daily Beast

H/T: MSNBC

I have, from the beginning thought it, destructively arrogant, foolish and Unwise for ANY gay group to take a “refusal-to-bake-a-wedding-cake” case to the highest court in the land…even if that gay group is White.

One of the true marks of good leadership is having a leader, or leaders, who have the intelligence AND forethought to pick their battles WISELY- and then having the strength of character and WISDOM to go about fighting those battles…Wisely.

Given the current make-up of the U.S. Supreme Court -and what the LGBT community in general, risked if the case was lost (and it WAS lost) -WHY pray tell would you choose THAT particular case to fight for in the first place?!

Made no sense to me then. Makes no sense to me now.