{"id":2619425,"date":"2026-06-26T08:36:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roberts-courts-latest-term-replete-with-legal-cowardice-the-nation-cant-afford\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T08:41:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:41:35","slug":"roberts-courts-latest-term-replete-with-legal-cowardice-the-nation-cant-afford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roberts-courts-latest-term-replete-with-legal-cowardice-the-nation-cant-afford\/","title":{"rendered":"Roberts Court&#8217;s Latest Term Replete With Legal Cowardice"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Froberts-courts-latest-term-replete-with-legal-cowardice-the-nation-cant-afford%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2619425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the current state of the U.S.Supreme Court and it&#8217;s perceived decline in conservative activism. Despite having a 6-3 Republican-appointed majority, including three justices nominated by President Trump, the Court has issued relatively few conservative decisions, especially concerning social issues. Examples include the promotion of pro-LGBTQ+ education in schools, ongoing conflicts over transgender rights in education, and the Court\u2019s hesitance too fully protect religious liberties and parental rights. The Court&#8217;s recent terms have seen limited oral arguments, notably compared to past levels, and conservative justices frequently enough abstain from hearing significant cases on abortion, transgender issues, and othre contentious topics. Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/temu-ad-shares-dwindle-as-tariffs-against-china-kick-in\/\" title=\"Temu ad shares dwindle as tariffs against China kick in\">article notes concerns<\/a> that younger conservative justices tend to avoid decisive action, potentially due to fear of political repercussions or impeachment. There is also concern about the potential expansion of the Court if Democrats succeed in packing it with more justices, which could lead to a shift towards more liberal rulings. the Court is portrayed as retreating from bold conservative principles, which may invite increased influence from the left in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Supreme Court is 6-3 Republican-appointed, including three justices <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/unpacking-the-court-october-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">picked<\/a> by President Trump. Yet as we reach the annual end of the Supreme Court term, which customarily wraps up before July, there are remarkably few conservative decisions to halt the advance of the liberal agenda.<\/p>\n<p>For example, the Santa Clara County Office of Education in Silicon Valley has imposed a teaching guide requiring\u00a0teachers to be pro-LGBTQ+ \u2014 even in math problems. One of the recommended books for young children is\u00a0\u201cPride Puppy,\u201d\u00a0which invites three- and four-year-olds to look for certain images at a pride parade <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/23\/us-news\/christian-family-sues-sunnyvale-schools-over-sex-lessons\/?utm_campaign=capost&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=capost&#038;fbclid=IwY2xjawSnqaBleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFwcEk2cUpBdmNQSWpFMXdsc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHivVQ32ENyl7WYY9grULh4-LkZ8KLVGlzuXsLRoYih-tVBMcxiqYBq6m-qGl_aem_YWdncwPLkY-nGeAXr4RgWidDt7DO&#038;brid=YWdncwFhYoapWjCa8YV1iNE6fsIm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">including<\/a> an\u00a0\u201cintersex\u201d\u00a0flag, and a drag\u00a0\u201cking\u201d\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cqueen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year the Supreme Court decided in favor of religious rights for parents in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/featured-top\/skrmetti-and-more-transgender-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mahmoud v. Taylor<\/a><\/em>, but the opinion was so weak that school districts continue to impose transgender ideology on unsuspecting parents without giving them a meaningful opportunity to opt out. Parents have just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/education\/2026\/06\/24\/christian-family-sues-california-school-district\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sued<\/a> in California over this issue that the Supreme Court should have firmly resolved.<\/p>\n<p>Trial court judges have been overwhelmingly opposed to Trump\u2019s position on the transgender and other issues. Language in some of their decisions have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/interactive\/2026\/06\/politics\/trump-judges-criticism-vis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scathing<\/a> against Trump, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/abe-lincolns-views-on-judges-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court has failed<\/a> to rein them in.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court held only 58 oral arguments this term, which is merely a third of the number of oral arguments heard annually when liberals controlled the Warren Court in the late 1950s and 1960s. During this entire current decade, the Supreme Court has heard an average of only about 60 cases per year. This is the lowest average since the Civil War.<\/p>\n<p>A vote of only four justices is needed for the Supreme Court to accept a case and schedule it for oral argument, and then render a decision on its merits. In important petitions for court review, conservative Justices Thomas and Alito have often voted to\u00a0\u201cgrant cert\u201d\u00a0while the three Trump appointees failed to join them, thereby ducking important issues that should be addressed.<\/p>\n<p>There is a pattern in the issues that the newer Republican-appointed justices are avoiding. These justices often avoid abortion, <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/family\/lgbt\/transgender-movement-on-the-march\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transgender<\/a>, vaccine mandates, and <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/is-scotus-ducking-transgender-school-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">parental rights<\/a> cases.<\/p>\n<p>While the aging Justices Thomas and Alito, who are courageous, continue on the Supreme Court, now is the time to establish strong precedents that can last for decades. The younger Trump nominees need merely to vote silently with Thomas and Alito, yet too often are unwilling to do even that.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the Trump-appointed justices repeatedly voted against granting cert in a string of so-called \u201cconversion therapy\u201d cases, until they finally took a case from Colorado and <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/uncategorized\/conversion-therapy-wins-big-in-scotus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared the therapy<\/a> to be a First Amendment right. That decision should have been rendered years earlier to stop the widespread infringement on conservative counselors\u2019\u00a0freedom of speech, and by delaying the Trump-appointed justices allowed infringement.<\/p>\n<p>Far from being the bold MAGA court that Trump supporters campaigned so hard to attain, this court has retreated to near irrelevancy. It treads water rather than swimming, thereby inviting future Democrat appointees to take charge.<\/p>\n<p>Kamala Harris gave an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2026\/06\/watch-kamala-harris-says-she-wants-pack-scotus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> to Don Lemon last week calling for Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/democrats-move-to-pack-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">add four more justices<\/a> to the Supreme Court at the first opportunity. If that happens, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >newly empowered leftist justices<\/a> will not timidly avoid social issues as the Republican-appointed justices have.<\/p>\n<p>In the most recent abortion case, all of the conservative nominees except Thomas and Alito <a href=\"https:\/\/eagleaction.substack.com\/p\/eagle-brief-scotus-weighs-in-on-the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sided with abortion pill<\/a> manufacturers to allow them to continue to distribute their product widely <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/half-trans-half-free-blue-states-defy-trump-february-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/idaho-governor-signs-bill-banning-abortions-after-fetal-heartbeat-can-be-detected\/\" title=\"Idaho Governor Signs Bill Banning ...s After Fetal Heartbeat Can Be Detected\">pro-life states<\/a><\/a> without an in-person dispensing requirement. Neither the Trump nominees nor Chief Justice John Roberts explained their ruling, for now, in favor of the abortion pill that causes two-thirds of all abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Religious liberty is supposedly fashionable with this court, but it declined to take the appeal of Amish grade schools hit with massive fines by New York for not requiring their children to be vaccinated. New York has eliminated the religious exemption from vaccines, and the court punted this case back to an appellate court rather than uphold a religious right to decline vaccination.<\/p>\n<p>The court refused to\u00a0\u201cgrant cert\u201d\u00a0in at least three appeals concerning the unfair transgender invasion into girls\u2019\u00a0sports, until finally taking a pair of cases that it is deciding now. The court has repeatedly declined to grant cert in cases concerning parental, particularly <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/the-cost-to-taxpayers-of-missing-fathers-444\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fathers\u2019, rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The effect of the conservative justices declining to grant cert in significant controversies is that bad <a href=\"https:\/\/phyllisschlafly.com\/constitution\/lawfare-2-0-the-left-uses-activist-judges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">decisions by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-18-0-winning-streak-at-scotus-highlights-rogue-judges\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s 18-0 Winning Streak At SCOTUS Highlights Rogue Judges\">liberal lower courts<\/a><\/a> are left standing. The younger conservative justices may be worried about possible impeachment by a future Democrat majority in Congress, but that would reinforce the need to nominate older justices willing to stand up against D.C. leftists.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      John and Andy Schlafly are sons of Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) and lead the continuing Phyllis Schlafly Eagles organizations with writing and policy work.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court 6-3 GOP, few conservative wins this term<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3946,"featured_media":2619426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supreme-Court-2-e1782354517359.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81770,81769,36218,81768,32275],"class_list":["post-2619425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-court-critique","tag-judicial-decision-making","tag-legal-analysis","tag-roberts-court","tag-supreme-court"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Supreme-Court-2-e1782354517359.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3946"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2619425"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2619429,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2619425\/revisions\/2619429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2619425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2619425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2619425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}