Lots doing on today's orders list. The Supreme Court will decide whether Philadelphia can exclude Catholic Social Services from its foster-care system because CSS refuses to place children with gay couples. #SCOTUS
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No action this morning on Obamacare appeals or in the case involving a Christian florist who declined to make arrangements for a same-sex wedding. #SCOTUS
#SCOUTS grants, vacates, and remands (on jurisdictional grounds) in Feliciano, in which the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico consolidated numerous Catholic institutions in PR into a single entity in a pension suit.
In a separate opinion, Justices Alito and Thomas warn that the Court may need to take up Feliciano depending on what happens in the PR courts on remand.
Court denies review in Patterson v. Walgreen Co, which involves a dispute between the pharmacy chain and a Seventh Day Adventist over Title VII and religious accommodations. Justices Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch have an opinion concurring in denial.
Justice Thomas dissents from denial in Baldwin v. U.S., a challenge to Brand X deference. Brand X requires courts to defer to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes even after a court interprets said statute.
Court asks for the Trump administrations views in Americans for Prosperity v. Becerra, which involves California donor disclosure requirements.
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