The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether a Tennessee law restricting puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender children is unconstitutional, in a closely watched case that is almost certain to affect similar laws in Florida and more than a dozen other states. Justices will hear the case in the fall, with a decision likely coming in June or July 2025.
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The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Monday, June 24, 2024
The Bunnell City Commission meets, the Flagler County Beekeepers Association holds its monthly meeting, on Margaret Sanger, the eugenics movement, and some of liberal America’s darker moments.
Blue Whales Beyond the Mysteries
Blue whales are fascinating animals. At 24-30 metres in length (longer than a basketball court) they are the largest creatures on Earth. They are also among the rarest. Estimates suggest that there are only around 5,000 to 15,000 blue whales left in the world.
DeSantis Protects Left-Lane Laggards and Residents Who Shoot Bears in ‘Stand Your Ground’ Encounters
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a controversial measure that will bolster self-defense arguments for people who kill bears on their property, while vetoing a bill that would have prevented motorists from cruising in the left lanes of highways.
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, June 23, 2024
The St. Augustine Music Festival, all free concerts, Farmer’s Market at European Village, what Donald Trump, Pope Boniface and King Philip IV have in common, and how the Federalist Society corrupts justice.
America’s Duplicitous Hostility Toward the International Criminal Court
President Joe Biden condemned the ICC prosecutor’s application for arrest warrants for Israel’s and Hamas leaders as “outrageous” and accused the ICC of drawing false moral equivalence between Hamas and Israel. just a year ago, when the ICC issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and another Russian official for alleged international crimes in the Ukraine war, US officials were full of praise for the court. Biden welcomed the action, calling it “justified.”
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Saturday, June 22, 2024
“Crows and Ravens: Birds of Myth and Magic,” a workshop by author and FlaglerLive culture writer Rick de Yampert, Local Ham Radio Clubs Test Emergency Capabilities, Coffee With Commissioner Scott Spradley.
Descartes, the Deep State, Trump and QAnon
Radical doubt or scepticism was famously articulated by the 17th-century French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes in his Meditations on First Philosophy. Realising that many of his previous beliefs were mistaken, Descartes suggested that an all-powerful “evil genius” could be systematically deceiving him about his most basic beliefs – much like how the supposed deep state is apparently deceiving those who believe in QAnon.
With Thomas in Dissent, Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Domestic Abusers Owning Guns
The U.S. Supreme Court Friday upheld a federal law that bars people subject to domestic violence restraining orders from owning a firearm. In an 8-1 decision on United States v. Rahimi, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the opinion that “our Nation’s firearm laws have included provisions preventing individuals who threaten physical harm to others from misusing firearms.”
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Friday, June 21, 2024
Flagler and Florida unemployment numbers are released, the Blue 24 Forum, the facts, inch by inch, about sea levels rising, a few words from Rachel Carson.