Supreme Court upholds web designer who refused to work for gays

The Supreme Court granted free speech over Colorado’s requirement that businesses not discriminate against anyone. The woman mentioned her Christian beliefs in court. The justices voted three to six. They overturned a lower court’s ruling that denied a Denver business owner’s claim of an exception to the anti-discrimination law.

Basically, the Court was concerned with protecting freedom of speech under the First Amendment of the US Constitution. It saw America as a complex place where all people were free to think and speak as they wanted – not as the government wanted them to.

Controversy over student loans

The Supreme Court also blocked President Biden’s college loan cancellation plan today. The justices upheld six conservative states that opposed the Democratic campaign promise. The program should benefit up to 43 million Americans.
Borrowers must now resume repayments.

Biden said the court’s ruling was wrong. A partial waiver would have changed the lives of millions of Americans and been good for the country’s economic growth, he wrote in a statement. He will leave no stone unturned to find other ways to liberate the hard working middle class. In a speech, he announced that he would now implement a partial write-off of student loans on a different legal basis.

This news was broadcast on Deutschlandfunk on June 30, 2023.