Drag Queens: 1, Ron DeSantis: 0

Frequent decency dictates that one ought to by no means kick an individual once they’re down—however it’s completely acceptable to take action when the particular person in query is a wannabe tyrant who’s made it his skilled aim to make life hell for anybody who disagrees with him about something. That is what we assume the Supreme Court docket was pondering when it instructed Florida governor Ron DeSantis that he may f–k off along with his ridiculous drag present regulation.

On Thursday, SCOTUS declined to permit the enforcement of the DeSantis-championed Florida regulation that bans youngsters from attending drag reveals, which stored in place a decrease courtroom ruling and rejected state officers’ request to slender a June injunction to use to only a single Orlando restaurant which had challenged the regulation. Did SCOTUS really take DeSantis being an authorized jerk in thoughts when it made its ruling? No. Did it use the phrases “Expensive Ron, Get f–ked?” on official courtroom letterhead? Additionally no, although we assume that’s the way it should have felt when the Florida governor obtained the information.

Per CBS Information:

At challenge within the case is the Safety of Kids Act, which Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into regulation in Might. DeSantis is looking for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination and has billed himself as a champion of “parental rights,” a difficulty that has grown in prominence among the many GOP presidential subject…. Institutions that don’t adjust to the regulation are topic to fines and might lose their liquor licenses. Violators will also be charged with a misdemeanor.

Hamburger Mary’s, which hosted “family-friendly” drag present performances, sued the state over the regulation, arguing it violates the First Modification. The restaurant requested a federal district courtroom to dam enforcement of the measure whereas it considers its constitutionality. A trial courtroom agreed to cease the state from imposing the regulation, discovering Hamburger Mary’s is more likely to succeed on its claims that the measure doesn’t comport with the First Modification.

The “Safety of Kids Act” is only one of many anti-LGBTQ+ legal guidelines DeSantis has signed during the last a number of years, essentially the most well-known one being the bigoted “Don’t Say Homosexual” regulation, which bans dialogue of gender identification and sexual orientation in grades Ok–12. (Sure, twelfth.) Others have included bans on gender-affirming take care of minors (and contains legal penalties for well being care suppliers) and bans on requiring academics to make use of a scholar or coworker’s most well-liked pronouns.

The Supreme Court docket information comes amidst horrifically unhealthy, you-should-just-pack-it-in ballot numbers for DeSantis, who doesn’t seem to have a snowball’s likelihood in hell of profitable the GOP nomination after being seen because the occasion front-runner much less a yr in the past.