The Supreme Court Ramifications of Justice Scalia's Death.

  Justice Antonin Scalia was found Dead at a ranch in West,Texas at the ripe old age of 79. Justice Scalia was a right wing leaning conservative appointed to the Supreme Court By Ronald Reagan in 1986. He was instrumental in many decisions as well as politicizing the court to match his political ideology.

  This ramifications of his death are of great magnitude. If and when President Obama decides to name his next nominee, could tip the scale of the court to the left when it comes to issues. We might see citizen united case over turned. We can see a less corporate pro-active court, abortion restrictions that are appearing around the country might also be overturned.

  Many conservatives in the senate have rushed to say that they will fight with tooth and nail to negate President Obama's selection of a nominee. Senate Staffer Con Carroll has already said that the Obama's chance of appointing a new justice is zero.

  The current republican nominees want to stop the nomination process till the next president is chosen. Ted Cruz has said we owe it to Scalia that the next president chose the next justice. Clearly the Republican nominees as well as conservative members of the senate are willing to take their chances with the possibility of a Republican President winning on November eighth general election.

  Depending how this situation rolls out, we might see a conservative leaning court with the appointment of two conservative judges, or quite the opposite with a liberal court. With the the Democratic nominees beating the republican nominees in current polls, it is most likely that the new Justices will be apppointed by a democratic president. The loss of Antonin Scalia deserves the mounring of our nation, but no one could deny that it will determine the course that this country will take in the decades to come.

Sources:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/02/13/3749467/moments-after-scalias-death-is-confirmed-gop-senate-staffer-pledges-to-block-any-obama-replacement/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/antonin-scalia-dead_us_56bfa5f7e4b0b40245c6f0d9?utm_hp_ref=antonin-scalia

https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/698634625246195712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/2016_presidential_race.html

Indiana Govenor Facing Pressure From Anti-Gay Bill

Indian Governor Mike Pence is facing much pressure from approving The Freedom Restoration Act. The bill was authored by Senator Dennis Kruse, Scott Schneider, Brent Steele. The act " Prohibits an applicant, employee, or former employee from pursuing certain causes of action against a private employer." It prohibits the government from burdening a person's exercise of religion. 

So if an employer found out that you did not share the same religious views as them, they are within their rights to fire an individual without any worry of repercussions from a lawsuit. There are large implications for the LGBTQ and MOGII community. If an employer does not want to hire someone who identifies as LGBTQ, according to this law they are withing their rights to do so. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects applicants and employees against discrimination on the "basis of race, color, religion, national origin, and sex," but it does not mention anything about sexual orientation. 

It is wonderful to see the retaliation that the State of Indiana is facing from the American public. Many companies have started to protest the governor's actions. Among the companies GenCon, Apple, Yelp, and NCAA have all taken a stand against the current act. Apple's Tim Cooke took to twitter stating " Apple is for Everyone... we are deeply disappointed with Indiana's new law."

 NCAA has said it is going to work hard to make sure that competitors and fans are "not negatively impacted by this bill" 

Gen Con, one of the most popular gaming conventions, is discussing boycotting their convention by not continuing their conventions in Indiana. 

This backlash to the Religious Freedom Act is the kind of support that is needed to thwart such bigotry. A society that cannot accept a pluralistic environment stands to create hate. We are a country of many origins, faces, and beliefs. To pass such a bill turns all the sacrifices, endeavors and victories from the civil rights era into an empty cause. Laws like these are indirect ways to discriminate against our friends, families, neighbors. 

We as the people must inform our leaders that we do not want such acts to exist. It is great to see entities such as the ones mentioned above come together to fight such hate. It is now up to us the people to join them as well. If history has taught us anything, it is that rights are not taken away all at once, they are chipped away little by little till they are all gone. 

References 
https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/101#digest-heading 

http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/statutes/index.cfm

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/03/27/3639895/8-entities-may-boycott-indiana-new-lgbt-discrimination-bill/

http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/27/news/companies/businesses-fight-indiana-gay-discrimination/

http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/25/politics/mike-pence-religious-freedom-bill-gay-rights/

http://www.gencon.com/

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