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Jul 22, 2020, 11 tweets

Not since 1996 has the Court's term extended past June -- @russfeingold #SCOTUSReview

This term has been jam-packed with monumental decisions -- @TomGoldsteinSB #SCOTUSReview

This is a Court that believes in a strong president, but also a very weak Congress -- @vicnourse discussing the cases involving access to the president's records #SCOTUSReview

Read more about this in @vicnourse's blog in the ACS Expert Forum: "The Dark Side of Mazars—Should a New York Prosecutor Have More Power to Check the President than the House of Representatives?" acslaw.org/expertforum/th… #SCOTUSReview

After #SCOTUS decision in June Medical case, we're in terrain that favors incremental laws by states that seek to impose abortion restrictions -- @jadler1969 #SCOTUSReview

After the Court's decision rejecting the Trump administration's rescission of DACA, the question -- which I’m surprised we’re even asking is -- whether the government is going to comply with the Court's decision -- @OmarJadwat #SCOTUSReview

On cases involving religious liberty, religious conservatives are winning and progressives and liberals are losing. We have a Court more solicitous of religious exemptions than any in our history -- @mjschwartzman #SCOTUSReview

Women and gender equality get lost in much of the analysis of the Little Sisters case -- @FGossGraves #SCOTUSReview

Looking ahead on the severability question and the future of the Affordable Care Act, there is another "frontal" challenge to the law on the docket. The plaintiffs have a hard case to make on the severability argument. -- @jadler1969 #SCOTUSreview

Thanks to all of our speakers today for a terrific panel! @jadler1969 @FGossGraves, @mjschwartzman, @OmarJadwat, @TomGoldsteinSB & @vicnourse. You can watch the video recording here! acslaw.org/video/the-2019… #SCOTUSReview

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