Personal accountability! That’s what we need to be pushing. That’s the only way we can effectively go after big tech, corps, etc. It’s how they scare the public into compliance- the threat that YOU could be banned, sued, investigated, arrested, etc. WHY NOT THEM? Now, we make justice equal again.
The judge was also baffled why WSU wouldn't consider InterVarsity for the vague "minorities" exception to its nondiscrimination policy. Villarosa said the university doesn't define what this means, but according to Cleland, "a devout Christian group with around 20 to 35 members" on a campus of 20,000 students would seem to fit.
This judge is a hero. He is clearly a man of our time, and a man for all seasons! Great ruling! This ruling is 83 pages of brilliant interpretation, which shows just how lazy and inept many of the rubber-stamp judges are.
It strains credulity to think that the First Amendment was enacted solely to protect religious organization's internal management from the judiciary and private lawsuits," Cleland wrote in rebuttal to WSU. "The First Amendment and [Section] 1983 were not designed to lay dormant until targeted individuals and groups face a criminal or civil judgment.
Even among religious groups, InterVarsity was singled out. Muslim, Catholic and other Christian clubs were allowed to set leadership tests that violate WSU's interpretation of the nondiscrimination policy, the judge said. And the university left alone the Student Secular Alliance, which bars members from "preaching."
It's a long article that's a little difficult to read before the coffee kicks in, but it's worth it. I've posted a few paragraphs that I found worth noting.
"Now, two years later, the judge has awarded $1 in nominal damages, as well as the opportunity for InterVarsity to continue the lawsuit in pursuit of compensatory damages, despite having been restored to their previous status in March of 2018," he said. "We recently received the court's 83-page opinion and are reviewing it."
Judge Cleland affirmed that continuing the litigation was necessary because WSU refused to change the nondiscrimination policy and "still contend[s] that Plaintiffs are in violation." He forbade the university from again revoking InterVarsity's recognition based on its "religious criteria for student leadership selection."
Wow. A Judge actually doing his job? When is he gonna die on a hunting trip with a pillow over his head?
Personal accountability! That’s what we need to be pushing. That’s the only way we can effectively go after big tech, corps, etc. It’s how they scare the public into compliance- the threat that YOU could be banned, sued, investigated, arrested, etc. WHY NOT THEM? Now, we make justice equal again.
This judge is a hero. He is clearly a man of our time, and a man for all seasons! Great ruling! This ruling is 83 pages of brilliant interpretation, which shows just how lazy and inept many of the rubber-stamp judges are.
Please read the ruling: https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mied.336032/gov.uscourts.mied.336032.69.0.pdf
There's a hidden dig at standing in this suit.
It's a long article that's a little difficult to read before the coffee kicks in, but it's worth it. I've posted a few paragraphs that I found worth noting.
Yasssss!