Friday’s two decisions ruled some businesses can refuse service for same-sex weddings and blocked President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, with both judgments following the court’s partisan lines
and allowed some businesses to discriminate against LGBTQ people in rulings that cement the rightward turn of the country’s highest tribunal.
“The hypocrisy is stunning,” he said at the White House. “You can’t help a family making 75 grand a year but you can help a millionaire?” In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, meanwhile, the court found that a Colorado graphic designer does not have to build wedding websites for same-sex couples. The ruling determined that Lori Smith, an evangelical Christian, was exempted from a state anti-discrimination law because it would conflict with her constitutional right to free expression.
Karen Loewy of Lambda Legal, an LGBTQ rights litigation group, said the ruling runs counter to earlier court findings that characterize discrimination as a matter of conduct and not free expression. The new precedent could be used to create more exemptions to equity laws to allow discrimination based on race or other factors.
This week’s string of conservative rulings continues the court’s pushback on liberal judicial and legislative policies. In addition to the abortion decision, last year’s judicial term included rulings curbing federal attempts to fight climate change via regulating power plants, and making it easier to carry concealed handguns in public.
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