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The voices in these debates raise sincere concerns; the implications for all are profound. The Equal Protection Clause does not resolve these disagreements.

We leave questions regarding its policy to the people, their elected representatives, and the democratic process.

Our role is not ‘to judge the wisdom, fairness, or logic’ of the law before us, but only to ensure that it does not violate the equal protection guarantee of the Fourteenth Amendment.

This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical treatments in an evolving field.

A vigorous and energetic Executive… for a feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government.

Congress must use clearer language under the Constitution’s spending clause if it wishes to outlaw such unintentional discrimination.

You sowed the wind, and now the country will reap the whirlwind.

If every member of the executive branch operates according to the president’s will and at the president’s pleasure, then voters know who to blame when something goes wrong.

In imposing a higher bar for discrimination claims based on educational services as compared to other sorts of disability discrimination claims, the chief justice declared, the lower courts bungled the unambiguous directive of the law.

We have a duty to ‘correct the error’ established in those precedents.

[W]e hold that the Board's introduction of the 'LGBTQ+-inclusive' storybooks — combined with its decision to withhold notice to parents and to forbid opt outs — substantially interferes with the religious development of their children and…

We reject this chilling vision of the power of the state to strip away the critical right of parents to guide the religious development of their children

I am not suggesting that the decision in that case should be overruled.

Every other industry has to internalize the costs of misconduct. Why is it that the tech industry gets a pass? A little bit unclear.

The videos just don't appear out of thin air. They appear pursuant to the algorithms.

Every other industry has to internalize the costs of misconduct. Why is it that the tech industry gets a pass? A little bit unclear.

The videos just don't appear out of thin air. They appear pursuant to the algorithms.