Who Really Won in Supreme Court Battle Over College LGBTQ Club?| Opinion
Supreme Court to hold off a New York trial judge's order telling Yeshiva to give immediate official student-club status to YU Pride Alliance, an LGBTQ group, even while that order is being appealed.On Friday, Sept.
9, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor granted Yeshiva a temporary stay that was hailed by the media as a victory for Yeshiva.
On the following Wednesday, an order of the full Court vacated Sotomayor's stay. Media reports called it a loss for Yeshiva.
The practical effect of the Court's order, however, is that the order will be stayed as Yeshiva has asked. Unusual language in the Supreme Court's published decision unmistakably signaled that if New York's courts continue to deny Yeshiva's request to delay enforcement of the trial court's order, a majority of the Supreme Court will grant it.Four justices—Alito, joined by his colleagues Thomas, Gorsuch, and Barrett—would have given Yeshiva the immediate stay the university requested.
