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Sonia Sotomayor: LGBTQ+ book opt outs 'threaten the very essence of public education'

"Exposing students to the 'message' that LGBTQ people exist, the majority says, is enough to trigger the most demanding form of judicial scrutiny," Sotomayor wrote.

JD Vance becomes the most blocked account on Bluesky after anti-trans post

JD Vance has been blocked by 11 times more Bluesky accounts than those that follow him.

9 trans rights activists arrested in front of Supreme Court while protesting Skrmetti ruling

Nine activists were arrested outside the Supreme Court and detained for two hours, according to organizers.

Justice Sonia Sotomayor slams gender-affirming care ruling as 'state-sanctioned discrimination'

Sotomayor said the ruling will invite "untold harm to transgender children and the parents and families who love them."

Dissenting opinion

Throw HIV liars in the clink.

What LGBTs Are Saying About NFL Dissenter Colin Kaepernick

The San Francisco 49er refused to stand for the National Anthem and a firestorm ensued.

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13 Snarky Quotes From Justice Scalia's DOMA Dissent

Justice Scalia had problems with Wednesday's DOMA ruling on all sorts of levels.

Op-ed: WikiLeaks, the NSA, Ellen Sturtz, and the Case For Dissent

Activist movements weren't built on the shoulders of those who were best known for being polite.

Colorado Baker Discriminated Against Gay Couple, Ginsburg Writes in Dissent

"What matters is that [the baker] would not provide a good or service to a same-sex couple that he would provide to a heterosexual couple," Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote. 

Ketanji Brown Jackson Blasts Clarence Thomas in Affirmative Action Dissent

Thomas accused the court's newest justice of casting all Black people as victims and wanting to "reallocate society’s riches by racial means."

Supreme Court hands Trump huge immunity win, narrows ability to prosecute presidents

The 6-3 decision is seen as a win for Donald Trump. In her dissenting opinion, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent.”

When Trump Supporters Meet Women's Marchers (Video)

The women's march wasn't without its dissenters.

Fox News on SCOTUS Ruling: Scalia's a Sore Loser

The conservative news network seems surprised at the Justice's vitriol in his dissent.

WATCH: The Most Thought-Provoking Lines from Both Sides of Marriage Ruling

As inspiring as Kennedy's pro-equality ruling is, the dissents from the other side are surprisingly angry.

Trump, Noem, and Gabbard try to ‘86’ the real and harmless meaning of '86'

Opinion: The trio and other Trump henchpersons want to 86 dissent, 86 satire, and 86 the First Amendment, writes John Casey.

WATCH: No Hate Crime in Matthew Shepard's Death?

The characterization of Shepard's murder is part of a scheme promoting 'the homosexual agenda' of 'unfettered sexual liberty and the silencing of all dissent,' says lawyer Erik Stanley.

The huge banner of a glaring Trump in front of the USDA is a literal sign the U.S. has lost its democracy

Opinion: When public spaces glorify the ruler, dissent is silenced, and history is rewritten, it's the end of America as we knew it, writes John Casey.

Supreme Court declines to hear case involving Massachusetts school's ban on 'only two genders' t-shirt

The move leaves in place lower court rulings approving a school's ban on the shirt. Justices Thomas and Alito dissented from the decision to decline the case.

Neil Gorsuch Is Already Going After LGBT Rights

Trump's first Supreme Court pick dissents from a pro-LGBT ruling and takes further right-wing stances on the travel ban and gun rights.

New Figures Show Majority of Americans Support Marriage Equality

A new Gallup poll shows that 55 percent of American voters support marriage equality, but another poll by Politico suggests lingering dissent.