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In an outcome that shocked court watchers everywhere, the Supreme Court today dismissed a pair of consolidated cases challenging the Biden administration over whether the government could require all federally funded hospital emergency rooms to perform abortions, regardless of any state law to the contrary. But by punting on the case with a “dismissed as improvidently granted” order, the court left that question—at least for now—unanswered.   In Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States, the justices were asked if the Biden administration’s interpretation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, requiring abortions in emergency rooms was legal. Congress passed EMTALA in 1986 to address the problem of hospitals refusing to treat indigent patients in emergency rooms. The law requires hospital emergency departments that accept Medicaid funds either to provide available treatment required to “stabilize” a patient’s emergency medical condition or to transfer that patient to another medical facility. Notably, it also requires hospitals to provide stabilizing care to pregnant patients with emergency medical conditions that could harm the health of the mother or her unborn child.  Idaho’s Defense of Life Act, which was passed in 2022, prohibits abortions except when a physician determines “in his good faith medical judgment … that the abortion was necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman.” The justices were tasked with determining whether Idaho’s law conflicted with EMTALA. The Constitution’s supremacy clause requires that in the event of a clear conflict between federal law and a state law, the state law is preempted by the federal law. The Biden administration had argued EMTALA conflicted with the Idaho law because EMTALA allowed doctors to perform emergency abortions to address risks to a woman’s health (versus addressing something that could kill her), something the Idaho law doesn’t allow. Hence, the government argued that EMTALA preempted Idaho’s pro-life law. Idaho argued that its law and the federal law are in sync because EMTALA doesn’t mandate a particular treatment for particular medical conditions. The federal law leaves that to doctors, who must exercise their best medical judgment in the context of laws and regulations of the states in which they practice—something already accounted for in the Idaho law. But after extensive briefing and oral argument—and over the objections of four of the justices— the court issued a per curiam (that is, unsigned) one-sentence order dismissing the case. The order was “inadvertently and briefly uploaded … to the Court’s website” a day before its formal issuance, according to Patricia McCabe, the Supreme Court’s public information officer. The breach of protocol occurred on Wednesday, and the formal opinion was issued the next day. The Supreme Court occasionally issues a “dismissed as improvidently granted” order for a variety of reasons, whether procedural (such as when a litigant waives one or more of the key issues for which review was granted) or substantive (such as when the court identifies a policy better left to the political branches, rather than the courts, to decide). And while the order in Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States was issued without explanation, the justices’ separate concurring and dissenting opinions provide some insight into their thinking in issuing it. Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote a concurring opinion that was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh, stating that the “shape of these cases has substantially shifted” since the court first decided to hear them. She noted that in their briefings and during oral argument, the two sides appeared to have made significant concessions. The government, she stated, appeared to concede that an abortion would not be an appropriate stabilizing treatment for mental health conditions and that EMTALA would not override conscience protections for hospitals and health care providers who refuse to provide abortions based on their sincerely held religious beliefs. That concession, she wrote, indicated that Idaho’s Defense of Life Act “remains almost entirely intact” and EMTALA would rarely override the state’s law. And, she noted, the state seemed to concede that physicians could administer emergency abortions to stabilize expectant mothers experiencing certain serious medical conditions even if there was no imminent threat to the woman’s life.  Barrett also stated that issuing the order was appropriate here because of an argument the state had raised for the first time at the Supreme Court: that EMTALA, a statute enacted pursuant to Congress’ spending power that operates solely against private parties, could not preempt state law since the state had never consented to the government’s conditional payment scheme. So, could Congress, in reliance on its authority under the spending clause, obligate recipients of federal funds to violate state criminal law? That was a “difficult and consequential argument.” “The District Court did not address this issue below—nor did the Ninth Circuit, which we bypassed. We should not jump ahead of the lower courts, particularly on an issue of such importance,” Barrett wrote. It is unclear how the chief justice and Barrett and Kavanaugh would rule if the issue makes its way back to the high court.  Justice Elena Kagan wrote a separate concurring opinion that was joined in full by Justice Sonia Sotomayor and in part by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. In the portion of the opinion that Jackson did not join, Kagan argued that the dismissal was appropriate, that the court’s order “follows” from the “premise” that EMTALA preempts Idaho’s law when they conflict, and that Idaho’s arguments about EMTALA did not justify its request for emergency relief. Jackson did, however, join the portion of Kagan’s opinion in which she took direct aim at Justice Samuel Alito’s dissent, writing that regardless of EMTALA’s language concerning the protection of a woman’s “unborn child,” nothing “alters EMTALA’s command when a pregnancy threatens the woman’s life or health.” Jackson wrote a separate opinion largely to disagree with dismissal of the case. She would have granted relief in favor of the United States because “Idaho law prohibits what federal law requires … under the Supremacy Clause, Idaho’s law is pre-empted.” It is quite clear that Kagan, Sotomayor, and Jackson would rule in favor of the Biden administration if the case returns to the Supreme Court. In a scorching dissent, Alito, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch, disagreed with the order and said he would rule in Idaho’s favor now. He argued that the preemption theory advanced by the United States was “plainly unsound,” and that “far from requiring hospitals to perform abortions, EMTALA’s text unambiguously demands that Medicare-funded hospitals protect the health of both a pregnant woman and her ‘unborn child.’” Even if EMTALA’s text was ambiguous, Alito wrote, Idaho would still prevail as “EMTALA was enacted under the [Constitution’s] Spending Clause, and … conditions attached to the receipt of federal funds must be unambiguous.” He called the court’s “about-face” in the case “baffling” and accused his colleagues of having “simply lost the will to decide the easy but emotional and highly politicized question that the case presents.” In reaching the Supreme Court, the state of Idaho had leapfrogged over the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to seek immediate relief. After the Supreme Court’s dismissal, the case now returns to that appellate court for continued litigation. In the end, the consolidated cases of Moyle v. United States and Idaho v. United States may live to see another day at the high court. After today, two things remain certain: States will always continue to protect the unborn, and the Biden administration will always work to protect its pet agenda items—like abortion—no matter how ridiculous its underlying arguments and application of the law appear to be. The post Supreme Court Dismisses Abortion Case Without Answering Key Question appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Constitution separates power, the administrative state fuses it. The Constitution gives Congress the power to make law, the president the power to enforce law, and the courts the power to apply law to specific cases. The administrative state takes all three for itself. Today, however, the Supreme Court delivered an important blow against that administrative fusion of powers by standing up for the right to have your case heard by a jury. It held that if the Securities and Exchange Commission prosecutes you for fraud, you’re entitled to have your case heard by a jury of your peers.  An administrative agency like the SEC can make a law, charge you for violating it, and prosecute you before its own in-house tribunals—where the judges whose salaries it pays rule in its favor 90% of the time. That’s what happened to George Jarkesy, who was prosecuted by the SEC in one of its in-house tribunals for allegedly committing securities fraud. Jarkesy filed suit in federal court to defend his Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial, and 10 years later, the Supreme Court heard his case. The Seventh Amendment guarantees a jury trial right in all “suits at common law.” One such suit is fraud, and Jarkesy argued that because securities fraud is a type of fraud, he should get a jury. The government responded that the Seventh Amendment does not apply when the government enforces a “public right,” that is, a right created by Congress through law and entrusted to the administrative state for protection. Jarkesy replied that the text of the Seventh Amendment makes no such distinctions, and what’s more, the results of the government’s argument would be absurd. Under the government’s theory, victims of reckless drivers could be forced into administrative law courts if Congress decided that the injured motorist’s recovery of damages mattered less than the public’s interest in highway safety. Same thing for medical malpractice suits—the government has an interest in safe medicine, so it can drag defendants to a Washington back office where a bureaucrat will inevitably side with the agency that pays his wages.   Fortunately, the Supreme Court put the kibosh on those scenarios. In an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the court agreed with Jarkesy. The jury is an indispensable bulwark of liberty. As is making sure that your prosecutor isn’t the one paying the judge. The question before the court was what, exactly, is included in “suits at common law.” We know some traditional common-law suits, like fraud, nuisance, and monopolization, for example. But we now live under millions of bureaucratic rules and regulations. Do they count, or does the government get to try you without a jury every time it invents a new one? The court held that whether the government’s case counts as a “suit at common law” depends on whether it resembles any of the traditional suits we know and, more importantly, whether the remedy the government wants is the sort of remedy that courts of law typically give. In Jarkesy’s case, for example, securities fraud is a subspecies of fraud, so the first factor is satisfied. And the government wanted money damages, which is a classic legal remedy, so the second factor is satisfied, too. That’s not quite the end of the analysis, however, because over the years, the court has invented an exception to the Seventh Amendment for “public rights.” Under that exception, if the government’s suit is trying to vindicate a right that the government invented, then no jury is required. The public rights exception has “no textual basis in the Constitution,” to quote the court, but it is long established in the court’s cases. The question is whether securities fraud involves a public right. The government, and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson said in a dissenting opinion that a case involves a public right any time the “Government has acted in its sovereign capacity to enforce a new statutory obligation.” Roberts and the five remaining justices balked at that expansive rule. Not only is it unsupported by the court’s old public-rights cases, worse, it could “swallow” the Seventh Amendment whole. The majority concluded that public rights include only specific issues identified in those old cases, like collecting revenue, immigration law, and granting public benefits. But fraud, of any sort, is plainly far afield of those, and therefore, you get a jury in fraud cases. Justice Neil Gorsuch, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote a concurring opinion to recount the historical origins of American juries and how important they are to protecting liberty. They also reminded Americans that we should not undermine important safeguards any time someone unpopular—and Jarkesy may very well have committed securities fraud—finds himself under the government’s thumb. After all, “while incursions on old rights may begin in cases against the unpopular, they rarely end there,” they wrote. The dissenters took a broad interpretation of the court’s prior public-rights cases and then attacked the majority for disagreeing with their interpretation, saying that it “significantly undermines” the rule of law and “prescribes artificial constraints on what modern-day adaptable governance must look like.” But, as Gorsuch points out, that charge is hypocritical. First, the dissenters’ view almost erases the Seventh Amendment in federal cases, which is one of the most important rule-of-law safeguards we have. Second, the dissenters’ broad interpretation is, itself, out-of-step with the old cases. And third, the public-rights exception has no constitutional foundation. How bold to accuse someone of undermining the rule of law while ignoring the law yourself. Although the ruling forces the SEC to respect a core constitutional right, the decision hardly prevents the SEC from fulfilling its mission. Until the passage of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act in 2010, the SEC always brought its cases in courts rather than in-house tribunals, and it can still do so now. All that has changed is that the people it targets once again benefit from the assurance that the judge isn’t being paid by the prosecutor. It’s only a basic bulwark of liberty, but it’s often good to go back to the basics. The post Supreme Court Deals Major Blow to the Administrative State appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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In the past few days, CNN has demonstrated just how blatant their prejudice has become. From Kasie Hunt’s outrage over the network’s bias being called out to Thursday morning's display of censorship, President of Students for Life of America Kristan Hawkins being silenced on CNN Newsroom by host Jim Acosta. Following the breaking news of the Supreme Court case Moyle v. United States, which kicked the case back down to the lower court, but allowed for “emergency” abortions to take place during the litigation process, Acosta welcomed Director of the NAACP Center for Health Equity, Dr. Chris Pernell, and asked her, “Your reaction to this abortion decision in Idaho, is this a kick the can kind of moment for the Court?” Pernell mourned that the Court did not go further:  So what that means is that women's health continues to be imperiled. It means that the federal law is in peril. And as long as that is true, the stats that we know that one in four Native American babies are born under these types of conditions where there is a lack of appropriate care. One in six black babies are born under these conditions where there is a lack of appropriate care. The Supreme Court missed an opportunity. I agree with Justice Jackson. This was a moment for the Supreme Court to decide clearly and compellingly in the favor of the universal rights of all people, especially women. And that didn't happen.     Acosta let Pernell speak uninterrupted, a noted contrast to how he treated Hawkins as the decorum surrounding CNN’s normally boasted beliefs of free press and expression was thrown to the wayside.  Hawkins claimed, “We also see a silver lining in this decision today. If Idaho, while this is tragic, saying Idaho must allow for abortions to prevent infertility, future infertility, the FDA must now change its policy too, to do the same, given their no test online distribution scheme of chemical abortion pills, which we know harm women's future fertility as 15 percent of women of our population are Rh negative and there is no testing now because of the Biden Administration and their FDA, on these dangerous chemical abortion pills, she's having these pill abortions—“ Acosta then cut her off, leading to the following exchange: ACOSTA: Is it mifepristone? HAWKINS: She’s not being tested for Rh negativity— ACOSTA: Haven’t the experts said that mifepristone is safe for women to use— HAWKINS: — and she’ll no longer be able to carry to term. ACOSTA: But, haven’t the experts said— HAWKINS: Ask any woman who's Rh negative, ask any woman, excuse me, as someone who's been pregnant, sir, when you're pregnant, one of the first things they do is, they test for Rh negative status because if you have a miscarriage, if you give birth, if you get an accident, if you get an abortion— ACOSTA: No, Miss Hawkins— HAWKINS: — You have to be treated immediately. ACOSTA: I have to, I’m sorry, mifepristone has been proven to be safe. It's been that way for years, but thank you for coming on. We appreciate it. HAWKINS: It actually hasn’t. We know [microphone cut] Hawkins was speaking about an earlier SCOTUS case, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, one which the left claimed as another victory. It was this criticism that prompted Acosta to literally silence this opposing opinion as Hawkins had her mic cut as Acosta ended the segment. The transcript is below, click “expand” to read: CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta 6/26/2024 10:41 AM ET JIM ACOSTA: I do want to take a quick moment to go out to Dr. Chris Pernell, director of the NAACP Center for Health Equity. Dr. Pernell, your reaction to this abortion decision in Idaho, is this a kick the can kind of moment for the Court? CHRIS PERNELL: It most certainly is a kick the can, kind of, moment while a technical win. This is not a victory for reproductive justice. And it's not a victory for health equity. Why? Because it does not change, it doesn't change the fact that there are maternity care deserts in Idaho and 36 percent of counties across the United States. So what that means is that women's health continues to be imperiled. It means that the federal law is in peril. And as long as that is true, the stats that we know that one in four Native American babies are born under these types of conditions where there is a lack of appropriate care. One in six black babies are born under these conditions where there is a lack of appropriate care. The Supreme Court missed an opportunity. I agree with Justice Jackson. This was a moment for the Supreme Court to decide clearly and compellingly in the favor of the universal rights of all people, especially women. And that didn't happen. ACOSTA: All right, Dr. Pernell, I also want to bring in Kristan Hawkins. She is the president of Students for Life of America. What's your reaction to this decision? KRISTAN HAWKINS: Sure well, I think President Trump and the GOP needs to take notes, the Biden Administration continues to make the case to weaponize federal agencies, to make abortion a federal issue. But we also see a silver lining in this decision today. If Idaho, while this is tragic, saying Idaho must allow for abortions to prevent infertility, future infertility, the FDA must now change its policy too, to do the same, given their no test online distribution scheme of chemical abortion pills, which we know harm women's future fertility as 15 percent of women of our population are Rh negative and there is no testing now because of the Biden Administration and their FDA, on these dangerous chemical abortion pills, she's having these pill abortions— ACOSTA: Is it mifepristone? HAWKINS: She’s not being tested for Rh negativity— ACOSTA: Haven’t the experts said that mifepristone is safe for women to use— HAWKINS: — and she’ll no longer be able to carry to term. ACOSTA: But, haven’t the experts said— HAWKINS: Ask any woman who's Rh negative, ask any woman, excuse me, as someone who's been pregnant, sir, when you're pregnant, one of the first things they do is, they test for Rh negative status because if you have a miscarriage, if you give birth, if you get an accident, if you get an abortion— ACOSTA: No, Miss Hawkins— HAWKINS: — You have to be treated immediately. ACOSTA: I have to, I’m sorry, mifepristone has been proven to be safe. It's been that way for years, but thank you for coming on. We appreciate it. HAWKINS: It actually hasn’t. We know [microphone cut]

New-ish CNN medical correspondent Meg Tirrell showed Thursday morning she’s so far to the left she doesn’t even believe basic biology as, in reacting to the released Supreme Court opinion on Idaho’s abortion law, Tirrell implicitly proclaimed men can get pregnant as she repeatedly told viewers the Court’s punt on the merits of the deal dealt with federal law protects “a pregnant person’s health” and “person who’s pregnant”. Tirrell first told Fake News Jim Acosta that the Court’s decision allows “medically necessary care” in the Potato State (i.e. kill your unborn child) “in the situations of abortion where that is the medically necessary care to stabilize a pregnant person’s health.”     Without a blink, CNN’s new top medical reporter made herself wholly qualified in the liberal media and advocacy scene, but unqualified in the real world. Tirrell immediately doubled down and went further with the “strict” qualifier: “So, Idaho has a very strict abortion ban that bans all abortions except to save the life of the pregnant person and in rare, other circumstances.” Moments later, she reiterated her stance that men can grow babies in their wombs: “I’ve talked with law professors who looked at the decision — the sort of decision that came out yesterday and said this allows confusion to rein in other states with abortion bans, even in states that have exceptions for the health of the pregnant person.” She returned in the next hour with even more quackery. First, she told host Wolf Blitzer that “reactions” to the Court’s decision were pouring in “from people who are pro-abortion access and anti-abortion access and neither one is particularly satisfied by this Supreme Court decision in the Idaho abortion case.” Then proceeded to label the Guttmacher Institute as “a pro-reproductive rights group” while slapping the Charlotte Lozier Institute with the description as one of the “groups that are against abortion access, including the Charlotte Lozier Institute”.  Tirrell twice made sure Blitzer was told women aren’t the only ones who have give birth: “ So, essentially what the court did here is say that actually we shouldn’t have taken this case and we’re going to send it back down to the lower courts in Idaho, but while we do that, we are going to keep in place federal protections for providing abortions in emergency room settings or emergencies settings at hospitals to preserve the health of the person who’s pregnant. Idaho’s abortion law right now contains an exception just to save the life of the person who’s pregnant and rare other exceptions. After fretting the lack of an answer on the validity of Idaho’s (pro-life) law will create “a lot of confusion in other states,” Tirrell slipped up and said “women”: “So, right now, nobody seems to be particularly happy with the Supreme Court’s holding here that essentially they sort of kick the can down the road, but in Idaho at least, there we’ll be those protections for women who need abortions and these emergency settings, Wolf.” Blitzer closed by asking Tirrell to “elaborate a little bit more Meg, if you don’t mind, on the practical effect of this decision on women in Idaho”, which allowed her a shot at redemption for her transgender overlords [W]e’ve been to Idaho. We’ve talked with doctors there who are practicing family medicine. We’ve talked with patients who are pregnant and Idaho and what they told us is that they’re afraid to be pregnant in the state because they’re worried about not having these protections and they’ve had to travel out of state themselves in some cases to access this kind of care. To see the relevant transcript from June 27, click “expand.” CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta June 27, 2024 10:28 a.m. Eastern JIM ACOSTA: I want to go out to Meg Tirrell and Meg, a little weird in terms of how this ruling came out yesterday. But it sounds like it’s pretty much in line with what we saw yesterday. What do you think? What does this — gonna mean for women’s health? MEG TIRRELL: Yeah, Jim, reading through this, it does look the same as what we saw in an advertently posted yesterday and what it means for women’s health is that, in Idaho, this does put back into effect the protections of this federal law EMTALA, on hospitals providing emergency care in the situations of abortion where that is the medically necessary care to stabilize a pregnant person’s health. So, Idaho has a very strict abortion ban that bans all abortions except to save the life of the pregnant person and in rare, other circumstances. So, the Biden administration had argued that that federal law called EMTALA conflicted with Idaho’s strict abortion ban. And right now, what the Supreme Court is essentially saying is we shouldn’t have taken up this case. This should go back down to the lower courts in Idaho, but while that happens hospitals can provide this emergency care. But as we were hearing from Elie, you know, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson points out, this is essentially a delay in deciding the issues of this case. And I’ve talked with law professors who looked at the decision — the sort of decision that came out yesterday and said this allows confusion to rein in other states with abortion bans, even in states that have exceptions for the health of the pregnant person. Because in many instances I was talking with Elizabeth Sepper at the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, and she was saying a lot of those states that have health exceptions, those exceptions are narrower than what the EMTALA federal law would state. And so, there’s still going to be a lot of confusion in other states, particularly in Texas where the Biden administration has asked the Supreme Court to look at their abortion ban. And so, we are potentially going to see this come back. But what a lot of folks have been pointing out today is that on both of the abortion cases before the court, this term, mifepristone, the abortion pill, they dismissed that based on standing. They didn’t consider the merits of that case. Now, with this emergency abortion case, sending it back down to the lower courts. So, there is a thought that this pushes this off until after the election, potentially when depending on who wins, this could come back in myriad ways, either through the courts or through other — other methods. And so, this doesn’t really settle any of these cases about abortion through the courts. This just sort of says that the courts aren’t going to really issue decisions on the merits, right now, guys. ACOSTA: Very interesting, Meg. All right. Thank you very much. (.....) CNN Newsroom with Wolf Blitzer June 27, 2024 11:09 a.m. Eastern WOLF BLITZER: Joining us now for more on this, CNN medical correspondent Meg Tirrell. Meg, is this huge victory for those who support abortion rights for women? TIRRELL: Well, Wolf, it does — not sounding that way. We’re getting the reactions really pouring in this morning after we saw this inadvertent posting yesterday, there were sort of reactions to that, but now that we know it’s official, we are seeing both reactions from people who are pro-abortion access and anti-abortion access and neither one is particularly satisfied by this Supreme Court decision in the Idaho abortion case. We’re hearing from the Guttmacher Institute, which is a pro-reproductive rights group, that says, “the Supreme Court is preserving the federal protections for emergency abortion care in Idaho for the time being”. They say, “the decision is the bare minimum and the court should have been clear and affirming that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) protects abortion in emergency situations in all states.” Now, we also have been hearing from groups that are against abortion access, including the Charlotte Lozier institute, who’s saying that they’re disappointed that the Supreme Court has not rejected the Biden administration’s what they call blatant attempt to hijack a law that protects mothers and babies. So, essentially what the court did here is say that actually we shouldn’t have taken this case and we’re going to send it back down to the lower courts in Idaho, but while we do that, we are going to keep in place federal protections for providing abortions in emergency room settings or emergencies settings at hospitals to preserve the health of the person who’s pregnant. Idaho’s abortion law right now contains an exception just to save the life of the person who’s pregnant and rare other exceptions. And so there’s this argument that these two things are in conflict that has not been resolved by the Supreme Court. Legal experts also point out that this leaves a lot of confusion in other states. Legal experts also point out that this leaves a lot of confusion in other states with abortion bans. There are an additional seven states that have gestational limit bans between six and 18 weeks. And I was talking with legal scholar Elizabeth Sepper the University of Texas at Austin — she says, even in states that have health exceptions in their abortion bans, they are — still might be a lot of confusion here and we’re thinking about Texas in particular because the Biden administration has already asked the court to look at their abortion law as it pertains to these federal protections for emergency abortions. So, right now, nobody seems to be particularly happy with the Supreme Court’s holding here that essentially they sort of kick the can down the road, but in Idaho at least, there we’ll be those protections for women who need abortions and these emergency settings, Wolf. BLITZER: So, elaborate a little bit more Meg, if you don’t mind, on the practical effect of this decision on women in Idaho? TIRRELL: Yeah. Well, what we heard is that while this protection wasn’t in place, St. Luke’s Health Care system — which is one of the largest healthcare systems in Idaho — said that they had to airlift six patients out of Idaho to receive this kind of care. That compared with just one in the previous year when this kind of protection had been in place. And so, we’ve been to Idaho. We’ve talked with doctors there who are practicing family medicine. We’ve talked with patients who are pregnant and Idaho and what they told us is that they’re afraid to be pregnant in the state because they’re worried about not having these protections and they’ve had to travel out of state themselves in some cases to access this kind of care. BLITZER: Meg Tirrell reporting for us. Meg, thank you very much.

The Supreme Court has ruled that the Biden administration may coordinate with social media companies to censor viewpoints it deems dangerous. “We all know the Biden regime is not going to censor leftists,” Sara Gonzales says, frustrated by the ruling. This decision from Murthy v. Missouri saw state attorneys general who accused government officials of working with social media companies under the guise of combating misinformation and disinformation. The AGs argued that officials suppressed discussions on Hunter Biden’s laptop, COVID-19 origins, and vaccine efficacy. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had sided with the plaintiffs on the grounds of the First Amendment. The Justice Department then argued that the temporary ban of this “public private partnership” would cause irreparable harm because it may prevent the federal government from working with social media companies to prevent “grave harm” to the American people and the democratic process. SCOTUS indirectly agreed with the Justice Department by reversing the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision. Only Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch dissented. They claimed that a “review of extensive government social media communications is outside of the Court’s scope,” that “allegations of past censorship are not enough to prove future censorship,” and that “injuries claimed by plaintiffs are indirect and anticipatory.” The timing couldn’t be worse for conservatives. “This is not really the decision that you want, walking into an election as a conservative, where like all but one of the social media platforms very much want to censor your opinion,” Gonzales says. “The reasons that they argue that these plaintiffs lack standing just seem to be the most convoluted bogus reasons in my opinion. How can you say that past actions are not proof of future actions? Like the Biden regime has a very clear record of pressuring social media companies, Big Tech platforms to censor conservatives,” she adds. Want more from Sara Gonzales?To enjoy more of Sara's no-holds-barred take to news and culture, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

Here's what the American people want to hear from their leaders during the presidential debate on Thursday night. Let me start with what they don't want to hear. They don't want to hear about "Russia-gate." They don't want to hear about stolen elections, January 6, or frankly abortion in either direction. They don't need to go over the corrupt court cases of Donald Trump or the corruption of the Justice Department regarding Hunter Biden. They don't want to hear about “drag queen story hour” or about equity. They don't want to hear about global warming — that in particular is at the bottom of the list of American's concerns. People want answers. They want an actual plan that they can participate in, that they can understand. They want a leader. They don't want to hear about COVID-19, especially if it’s used as an excuse to explain away inflation and lack of jobs burdening the American people. Anyone who tries to argue that the border is secure or that our country is in good shape, that jobs are plentiful, the economy is growing like crazy, that fuel is cheap, and food is affordable will lose! Maybe not tonight, but in the fall. That message will lose. People no longer believe in the system. They don't believe any more that it’s geared for them. They don't believe in the politicians on either side of the aisle. And they certainly don't believe CNN’s Jake Tapper or the press generally. Full faith and trust in the American government is a thing of the distant past.People also don't believe in the fake fearmongering any more. Why? Because there's enough stuff out there to actually be afraid of. And Americans are afraid. A fair deal Here’s what Americans want to know: Who is going to keep my job secure? Who is going to make sure this insane inflation doesn't continue and actually goes down? They don't care about the Federal Reserve or what Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen thinks. They care about having to choose between food and fuel! Americans don’t want to choose between making rent or having a car. They can't afford a new home. They can't afford a loan or the 30% interest rate on their credit cards, which are already maxed out. They care about the elites who are getting rich and the banks that are always bailed out without consequence. People want answers. They want an actual plan that they can participate in, that they can understand. They want a leader. It seems like the average American can’t get a fair deal. Average Americans are the people who create 70% of all jobs in recessions and tough times. They're the small business owners who have always been the backbone of job creation. Yet they see their leaders bail out big corporations while hanging them out to dry. Home Depot made money and was allowed to stay open during the pandemic, but the local hardware store was considered a danger to everyone's health. What's the game we're playing? Because the American people feel like we're on the losing end. The American people have seen what reimagining the police looks like. What they want to know in Thursday’s debate is who will restore safety to our streets. Crime is unlike anything I have seen in my lifetime. People want safe and clean streets. Is that too much to ask of our leaders? For the first time in my lifetime, Americans are deeply concerned about their immediate future. The American people have seen what the reimagining of our schools has done to our children. They want schools that will help them, as parents, teach their children reading, math, science, writing, usable skills — not "March and Protest 101." Our children need a quality education, not an indoctrination camp that labels them as gay, not gay, nonbinary, or any of the numerous other gender identities. American parents primarily worry about their children's futures. If we continue down this path, I fear for my children's prospects. This situation is dire, and people know it. They are asking, "Who will stop the insanity?" For the love of country Remember that Biden won the 2020 election because he said, "Isn't this crazy?” People voted for him because he campaigned as an "old, safe guy." What was he going to do? Well, we've seen what he's done. Are our kids going to be able to afford an education? Is it worth even having an education? Will my children be able to own a house? Will my children be able to inherit my house? Will they be able to have food or even grow food? People worry that this is the end of a country that almost all of us love and want to save. We may disagree on the problems or the solutions. But I believe most of us love America! Americans want a solution on the border. They worry about war. Is my kid going to be sent off to fight some politician or global elite's war for something that I don't even believe in? The federal government is already spending all our children's money and can't seem to track any of it. Are we seriously talking tough when nuclear war is an option on the table for not just one country but several? When it comes to elections, Americans have historically cared about the distant future, their children and grandchildren's futures. For the first time in my lifetime, Americans are deeply concerned about their immediate future. Are my kids going to survive school? Is my wife going to make it after going to the gas station? Am I going to have any money left? Will I be able to keep my house or my apartment? No slogan is going to work this time to fix the ills that the American people are facing. Only leadership will do that. For the first time in my life, we are beginning to look at our Bill of Rights differently. Take the the right to keep and bear arms. That's always been a theoretical debate in many ways. But it's not theoretical any more. Here's how: We see on TV all the time people trapped in their cars surrounded by Antifa or Hamas lovers, and if you call 911, there's no help coming. But God forbid you should defend yourself. Our wives, our daughters, and our sons need to get gas at night occasionally. When did it become normal to check over your shoulder to make sure you're not being cased? The bad guys have guns, and the way they get them is not through any legitimate gun store that the government is trying to suffocate. The police are now no longer allowed to police any more, and if they do, the DA lets the criminals go! Have we already lost? If our government won't stop gangs and terrorists from different countries that are known to be coming over our southern border, if the government doesn't stop dismissing rioters, firebombings, and calling a "bigot" the hardworking taxpaying American who is struggling to buy a loaf of bread, then maybe we've already lost our country. People want to know why our veterans are on the streets and illegal aliens are in hotels. People want to know why our law enforcement officials and district attorneys won’t arrest and prosecute criminals or go after gangs and illegal guns. People want to know why they can't afford food, gas, rent, insurance, electricity, health care. No slogan is going to work this time to fix the ills that the American people are facing. Only leadership will do that. People need to see a leader on the dais Thursday who actually sees them. Americans don't care about their president’s personal life. They don't care about his past. They need a leader who sees what their lives are like for them. They don't need anyone to tell them how bad it is. They want to hear, "I get it. I see you. I know the problem, and I will fix it.” Whoever steps up to the plate and becomes a leader — a true leader — of the American people will win the debate Thursday night.Want more from Glenn Beck? Get Glenn's FREE email newsletter with his latest insights, top stories, show prep, and more delivered to your inbox.