Many outlets have been reporting that the Supreme Court has left intact an anti-LGBTQ Mississippi ‘license to discriminate’ law that allows businesses and government workers to discriminate based on their religious beliefs. That's not exactly accurate. The court declined to hear two challenges to the law—Barber v. Bryant and Campaign for Southern Equality v. Bryant—based on standing, not the merits of the law. What the court found is that the people mounting the legal challenges didn't have standing to do so because they had not been harmed by the law.
That does not mean the legal battle over Mississippi’s odious HB 1523 is over. Far from it—plenty of plaintiffs who have been harmed by the law will be forthcoming since it finally took effect last October. NBC News writes:
The law was immediately challenged. But lower courts, without ruling on the merits of the law, said those suing could not show that they would be harmed by it.
A new round of challenges is expected from residents who have been denied service, and the issue could come back to the Supreme Court's doorstep.
Stay tuned.