{"id":6967,"date":"2023-09-06T17:12:57","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/?p=6967"},"modified":"2023-09-06T17:12:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T21:12:57","slug":"coping-through-humor-with-october-term-2022-u-s-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/coping-through-humor-with-october-term-2022-u-s-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a <strong>doozy<\/strong>. Affirmative Action out the window, student loans assistance down the drain, important LGBTQIA+ protections up in smoke. Those who are enraged or deeply disappointed by the decisions turned to a tried-and-true way to express their sentiments: humor. One of the wonders of humor is that it comes in so many varieties and adapts to such a broad array of media. Here\u2019s just a few examples.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Starting first at the nerve center of the Court itself, the dissenting opinions from the term had quite a few zingers:<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>\u201cWith let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces \u2018colorblindness for all\u2019 by legal fiat, But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best that can be said of the majority\u2019s perspective is that it proceeds (ostrich-like) from the hope that preventing consideration of race will end racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, dissent in the affirmative action case, <em>Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. University of North Carolina.<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>The twitter-sphere (X-sphere?) also erupted. Here\u2019s a verbal-only example:<\/h1>\n<p>Orcas have done more for social justice than the Supreme Court has done this year<\/p>\n<p>Adam@adamgreattweet<\/p>\n<h1>And, of course, the satirical website, <em>The Onion<\/em>, had plenty to say:<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harvard-Onion.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6970\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harvard-Onion-300x263.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harvard-Onion-300x263.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harvard-Onion-768x674.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Harvard-Onion.jpeg 924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Onion, <em>Harvard Admits First White Student<\/em>, June 29th 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/harvard-admits-first-white-student-1850591962\">https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/harvard-admits-first-white-student-1850591962<\/a> (commenting on <em>Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard,<\/em> Affirmative Action Admissions case)<\/p>\n<p>The Onion, I Decided to Become a Slave so One Day My Descendants Could Steal College Admissions Spots, June 29th, 2023,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/i-decided-to-become-a-slave-so-one-day-my-descendants-c-1850592638\"> https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/i-decided-to-become-a-slave-so-one-day-my-descendants-c-1850592638<\/a> (commenting on <em>Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. Harvard<\/em>, Affirmative Action Admissions case)<\/p>\n<p>The Onion, Supreme Court Questions Whether President Legally Allowed to Improve Americans\u2019 Lives, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonion.com\/supreme-court-questions-whether-president-legally-allow-1850168743\">www.theonion.com\/supreme-court-questions-whether-president-legally-allow-1850168743<\/a> (commenting on <em>Biden v. Nebraska\/Department of Education v. Brown<\/em>, Student Loan Relief cases)<\/p>\n<h1>A Most Revered Medium: Political Cartoons<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Political-Cartoons.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6971\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Political-Cartoons-241x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Political-Cartoons-241x300.png 241w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Political-Cartoons-824x1024.png 824w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Political-Cartoons-768x954.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Political-Cartoons.png 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Christopher Weyant, <em>Affirmative Action Reversely<\/em>, Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal June 30th, 2023,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.djournal.com\/opinion\/editorial-cartoons\/christopher-weyant-affirmative-action-reversely\/image_2c6ac50e-1775-11ee-88a6-e724a3063ec5.html\"> https:\/\/www.djournal.com\/opinion\/editorial-cartoons\/christopher-weyant-affirmative-action-reversely\/image_2c6ac50e-1775-11ee-88a6-e724a3063ec5.html<\/a> Reproduced on Twitter (commenting on <em>Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard<\/em>, Affirmative Action Admissions case)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rob-Rodgers.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6972\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rob-Rodgers-272x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rob-Rodgers-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rob-Rodgers-929x1024.png 929w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rob-Rodgers-768x847.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Rob-Rodgers.png 982w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rob Rogers, <em>Affirmative Action<\/em>, June 30th, 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/robrogers.com\/2023\/06\/30\/affirmative-action-2\/\">https:\/\/robrogers.com\/2023\/06\/30\/affirmative-action-2\/<\/a> (commenting on Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard, Affirmative Action Admissions case)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cagle-Post.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6973\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cagle-Post-260x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cagle-Post-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cagle-Post-889x1024.png 889w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cagle-Post-768x885.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Cagle-Post.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Margulies, <em>Student Loan Cancellation Struck Down<\/em>, June 30th, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/comicskingdom.com\/jimmy-margulies\">https:\/\/comicskingdom.com\/jimmy-margulies<\/a> (commenting on <em>Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard<\/em>, Affirmative Action Admissions case and <em>Biden v. Nebraska\/Department of Education v. Brown<\/em>, Student Loan Relief cases)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ed-Hall.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6974\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ed-Hall-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ed-Hall-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ed-Hall-880x1024.png 880w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ed-Hall-768x894.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Ed-Hall.png 987w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ed Hall, <em>Friday\u2019s lines.,<\/em> June 30th, 2023,<a href=\"http:\/\/halltoons.com\/wordpress1\/\"> http:\/\/halltoons.com\/wordpress1\/<\/a> (commenting on <em>Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. Harvard<\/em>, Affirmative Action Admissions case)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unequal-Justice-Before-The-Law.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6975\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unequal-Justice-Before-The-Law-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unequal-Justice-Before-The-Law-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unequal-Justice-Before-The-Law-880x1024.png 880w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unequal-Justice-Before-The-Law-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Unequal-Justice-Before-The-Law.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kevin Siers, <em>Unequal Justice Before the Law<\/em>, June 30th, 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagle.com\/kevin-siers\/2023\/06\/unequal-justice-before-the-law\">https:\/\/www.cagle.com\/kevin-siers\/2023\/06\/unequal-justice-before-the-law<\/a> (commenting on several cases from October Term 2022, particularly <em>303 Creative LLC v. Elenis,<\/em> LGBTQ+ Public Accommodations case)<\/p>\n<h1>Who Needs Social Media or Traditional Newspapers? Private signs in a Business Window Can Do the Job<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Social-Media.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6976\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Social-Media-258x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Social-Media-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Social-Media-881x1024.png 881w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Social-Media-768x893.png 768w, https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Social-Media.png 1196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>LA Blue Dot in GA @namwella1961, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/namwella1961\/status\/1675123561801957376\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/namwella1961\/status\/1675123561801957376<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Commenting on <em>303 Creative LLC v. Elenis<\/em>, LGBTQ+ Public Accommodations case)<\/p>\n<h1>The Most Telling of All? Chat GPT<\/h1>\n<p>Whether you find this awesome or downright scary, check out this chat, generated in response to a prompt asking for a satirical interpretation of the <em>Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard<\/em>, the Affirmative Action Admissions case:<\/p>\n<p><em>And let\u2019s not forget SFFA v. Harvard, the blockbuster case that had us all on the edge of our seats, biting our nails in anticipation. Who knew that a university\u2019s admissions process could be more suspenseful than a Hollywood thriller? The Supreme Court expertly danced around the question of affirmative action like they were competing on \u201cDancing with the Constitutional Stars.\u201d Quickstep, foxtrot, waltz \u2014 they had it all covered, leaving us to ponder the eternal mystery of whether diversity should be celebrated or shoved under the rug.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s truly remarkable how the Supreme Court manages to take complex societal issues and turn them into a farcical circus. They\u2019re like the clowns of justice, juggling principles and precedents with the finesse of a drunken acrobat. We can only imagine the intense debates that took place behind closed doors, with justices dressing up as caricatures of themselves and performing dramatic soliloquies about equal opportunity while doing cartwheels.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But hey, who needs clarity and consistency when we can have a Supreme Court that keeps us guessing? Their decisions are like a box of chocolates \u2014 you never know what you\u2019re going to get, but you can bet it\u2019ll be coated in layers of confusion and served with a side of disbelief.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So here\u2019s to you, Supreme Court, the masters of legal comedy. Your recent rulings have proven that justice truly is a laughing matter. We eagerly await your next act, where you\u2019ll transform the most critical issues of our time into a sidesplitting spectacle. Bravo!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Professor Laura Little is the author of Guilty Pleasures: Comedy and Law in America and the co-founder of ForHum, a blog for humor scholars from many disciplines around the world.&#8221; Original post is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forhum.org\/blog\/coping-through-humor-with-october-term-2022-u-s-supreme-court\/\">https:\/\/www.forhum.org\/blog\/coping-through-humor-with-october-term-2022-u-s-supreme-court\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a doozy. Affirmative Action out the window, student loans assistance down the drain, important LGBTQIA+ protections up in smoke. Those who are enraged or deeply disappointed by the decisions turned to a tried-and-true way to express their sentiments: humor. One of the wonders of humor is that it comes in so many varieties and adapts to such a broad array of media. Here\u2019s just a few examples. Starting first at the nerve center of the Court itself, the dissenting opinions from the term had quite a few zingers: \u201cWith let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces \u2018colorblindness for all\u2019 by legal fiat, But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.\u201d \u201cThe best that can be said of the majority\u2019s perspective is that it proceeds (ostrich-like) from the hope that preventing consideration of race will end racism.\u201d Justice Ketanji Brown &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"audience":[],"coauthors":[33,1052],"class_list":["post-6967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-commentary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court - Voices at Temple<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/coping-through-humor-with-october-term-2022-u-s-supreme-court\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coping (through Humor) with October Term 2022, U.S. Supreme Court - Voices at Temple\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Whether you agree or disagree with the decisions handed down during the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s term ending just this June, you must agree that the term was quite a doozy. 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Starting first at the nerve center of the Court itself, the dissenting opinions from the term had quite a few zingers: \u201cWith let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces \u2018colorblindness for all\u2019 by legal fiat, But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life.\u201d \u201cThe best that can be said of the majority\u2019s perspective is that it proceeds (ostrich-like) from the hope that preventing consideration of race will end racism.\u201d Justice Ketanji Brown &hellip;\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/coping-through-humor-with-october-term-2022-u-s-supreme-court\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Voices at Temple\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-06T21:12:57+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/LL-Onion-1.jpeg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1055\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura E. 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