The Georgia Republican Party (GAGOP) has applauded four recent rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court surrounding the topics of affirmative action, religious discrimination, and debt forgiveness.
GAGOP applauded the Court’s ruling in four specific cases: Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard; Groff v. DeJoy; 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis; and Biden v. Nebraska.
In the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, the Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions by determining that affirmative action violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.
GAGOP responded to the ruling in a statement, saying, “This decision represents a tremendous victory towards a colorblind society and dramatically demonstrates how critical election victories for conservative Presidential candidates are for the preservation of our values and nation as intended by our founding fathers.”
In the case Groff v. DeJoy, the Court reversed a lower court decision that an employee of the U.S. Postal Service could be terminated due to his religious objection to working on Sunday.
GAGOP commented on the Court’s decision, saying, “The Court provided much stronger protections for the accommodation of an employee’s religion in the workplace, consistent with both the Constitutional and federal law. Once again, without the election of conservative Presidents to appoint Justices committed to our Constitution these victories would not have been possible.”
In the case 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the Court ruled that the First Amendment prohibits the State of Colorado from forcing a website designer to create designs for same-sex weddings.
The Court’s ruling, GAGOP commented, “clearly and unambiguously held that the State cannot compel speech, in protecting the conscience of a business owner.”
The last ruling applauded by GAGOP was the Court’s decision to strike down the Biden administration’s proposal to cancel hundreds of billions in student loan debt in Biden v. Nebraska.
Noting that the case “establishes important limitations on executive authority,” GAGOP added, “The Biden administration attempted, by executive fiat, to erase hundreds of billions in student loan debt, with no constitutional authority to do so – a victory for personal responsibility!”
“In case after case, constitutionalist Supreme Court Justices are delivering for ALL by steering a judicial course set by the Constitution while guided by deference to the clear and unambiguous meaning of constitutional and statutory law. A solemn reminder that elections truly impact every aspect of our daily lives, whether we realize it or not,” GAGOP stated in regards to the four rulings.
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Georgia Star News and The Star News Network.
Photo “Supreme Court” by Claire Anderson.
