SCOTUS Wants to Counsel the Counselors and Bondi Wants to Counsel the Criminals.
The Supreme Court opened its fall term this week with enough constitutional chaos to keep every civil rights lawyer awake until November.
First up: Chiles v. Salazar — Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is under attack. SCOTUS will decide whether a therapist’s “right to free speech” includes the right to psychologically torture queer kids. The state argues it’s regulating conduct, not speech. The far-right calls it “parental choice.” Translation: they want to legalize child abuse again. AP News, 10/7/25 Reuters, 10/7/25
Then comes Barrett v. United States, a double jeopardy case asking whether someone can be punished twice for the same gun-related act under overlapping federal statutes. The government wants to stack sentences like fascists stack lies; defense lawyers argue that the Constitution still means what it says: “no person shall be twice put in jeopardy.” SCOTUSblog, 2025
Add to that Wolford v. Lopez, where Hawaii’s limits on carrying guns in public are being challenged, and the Court’s upcoming review of Executive Order 14160, Trump’s unconstitutional assault on birthright citizenship. The docket looks like a wish list for the Federalist Society. Politico, 10/3/25 AP News, 9/30/25
Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi is testifying in her first oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Senators grilled her on politicizing the DOJ, hiding the Epstein files, and letting Trump use federal prosecutors as his personal goon squad. Over 275 former DOJ employees have called for an ethics investigation, while Bondi insists she’s “restoring order.” Sure, Jan. Axios, 10/6/25 CBS, 10/7/25
😾 Why We Need to Worry
Because every one of these fights is about who gets to define truth, law, and freedom.
If SCOTUS strikes down the conversion therapy ban, it will set a national precedent allowing hate under the banner of “religious liberty.”
If they expand double jeopardy punishments, it will strengthen a carceral system already rigged for political use.
If Bondi’s DOJ goes unchecked, Trump’s revenge tour becomes policy.
They’re normalizing cruelty through process — weaponizing the courts to rewrite what justice means.
🧷 Today’s To-Do List
- Call the Senate Judiciary Committee (202-224-7703) and demand full transparency from Bondi on the Epstein files and DOJ politicization.
- Share clips from the hearing — expose her evasions, and tag journalists demanding follow-up.
- Watch the SCOTUS arguments on conversion therapy and double jeopardy — then talk about them everywhere.
- Support groups filing briefs: ACLU, Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Brennan Center.
- Boycott companies funding the Federalist Society network — start with Uline and Hobby Lobby.
- Join local protests and teach-ins on judicial accountability this weekend. Knowledge is armor, and solidarity is a weapon.
🐾 Kitty’s Rallying Claw
They call it “freedom.” We call it what it is — the state cosigning cruelty.
They want us to despair. But we are louder, sharper, and everywhere.
Keep your claws clean and your facts loaded.
📚 Sources
- AP News – Conversion Therapy Ban Case
- Reuters – Colorado Conversion Therapy Ban
- SCOTUSblog – Double Jeopardy Docket
- Politico – Gun Rights Case
- AP – Birthright Citizenship Case
- Axios – DOJ Bias Investigation
- CBS – Bondi Hearing Live Coverage
