{"id":137349,"date":"2018-10-17T18:09:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/and-so-it-begins-4.html"},"modified":"2018-10-17T18:09:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T00:09:44","slug":"and-so-it-begins-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/17\/and-so-it-begins-4.html","title":{"rendered":"And So It Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative courts set things up for a Kavanaugh-tipping SCOTUS to overturn every civil rights law that affects businesses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2018\/10\/clarence-thomas-neil-gorsuch-masterpiece-cakeshop-telescope-media-group.html'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/qiYenKHHKDm5i55gUApJB1THIuaosLQzHNjBmjb-ZlgsaVwZLrKM_2l6xzv1JpKJ-98aJP1epPKmYHadHqgt9X1zGSWbgf8bF33pvCNlxV6lEcd1kApmy_cTvVorE1phzHFd4QGSSxmfLE_n8EDLWE5L_SjJoqGRGefBYfekZHIpDVgtj3YtiKM=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2018\/10\/clarence-thomas-neil-gorsuch-masterpiece-cakeshop-telescope-media-group.html'>A Conservative Appeals Court Is Poised to Kneecap Civil Rights Law Because Thomas and Gorsuch Sent the Bat Signal<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nDo businesses have a First Amendment right to discriminate against same-sex couples?\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/KapBCqE89T4'>Original Post<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative courts set things up for a Kavanaugh-tipping SCOTUS to overturn every civil rights law that affects businesses. A Conservative Appeals Court Is Poised to Kneecap Civil Rights Law Because Thomas and Gorsuch Sent the Bat Signal Do businesses have a First Amendment right to discriminate against same-sex couples? 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