"Alarm bells about Obergefell": Sotomayor pens blistering dissent on SCOTUS marriage attack
"Alarm bells about Obergefell": Sotomayor pens blistering dissent on SCOTUS marriage attack
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The 6-3 ruling penned by Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett in Department of State v. Muñoz held that a citizen has no “fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country,” denying a couple’s plea after a U.S. citizen’s husband was denied a visa.
Hold the fuck up, I thought visas were basically guaranteed to those married to US citizens. This seems like a pretty big deal, so why haven't I heard more about it?
As someone who emigrated to marry an American - this judgement is in line with my experience. The process was long, difficult, often in jeopardy (I almost couldn't get on the plane because in the week before I left for the US they were quibbling whether my use of antidepressants for a year which ended 6 years prior counted as disqualification criteria on public health grounds).
Then, the visa is strictly, only to fly to the US and get married, it doesn't cover staying in the US or working in the US, those are separate processes.
I emigrated in my early 30s as a white, professional male born and raised in England.
That's fucking dumb. How long ago was that? The antidepressants thing is particularly upsetting. We shouldn't be turning people away if they've ever been on antidepressants (or are currently on antidepressants); I mean, it's not like we get free government healthcare or anything. I'm sorry you had to deal with that. That sucks.
You haven't heard more about it because it was released just a few hours ago. They saved this one for Friday evening.
Isn't that the whole point of "green card marriages"?
Like trumps?
So Trumps wife should be kicked out, right?
No, don’t you remember, she came in on a “genius visa”.
/s
Why the /s, that's literally true. A clear boondoggle
Damn that shit is fucked up.
Jesus would NEVER want a White person and a MINORITY living together! Thank you for standing up for JESUS Amy Coney Barrett!
And when SCOTUS strikes down Obergefell and/or Loving we can see how bad Biden and Co fucked us with the Respect For Marriage Act.