BREAKING: Trump administration files emergency application to halt census count at the Supreme Court
Federal government wanted to stop count by end of September but was blocked by a district court and the 9th circuit declined to lift the stay. Now Trump administration is asking the justices to intervene.
BREAKING: by an apparent 7-2 margin, the Supreme Court stops the Trump administration from deporting a class of Venezuelans under the Alien Enemies Act
The only noted dissenting votes are Justice Alito and Justice Thomas. Alito files a dissent joined by Thomas
The Court blocks the removal of purported members of Tren de Aragua for the time being while the 5th circuit reviews the case with these instructions
BREAKING: Supreme Court DENIES President Trump‘s emergency bid to cancel nearly $2 billion in USAID spending. The vote is 5-4.
Justice Alito dissents, along with Thomas, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh. Here is the final paragraph from the dissent.
Here is the full opinion. The order sends the matter back to the district court for specific guidance on release of funds. supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf…
At 10 am, the Supreme Court hears its second abortion case in as many months. Have a look at my quick @TheEconomist preview and follow me here. I’ll be analyzing the oral argument as it happens espresso.economist.com/face3ee8cd23d4…
Here are the lawyers arguing today. The hearing is scheduled for one hour but, with additional questions in the justice-by-justice rounds, will probably take about two hours.
And we're off. Joshua Turner begins his defense of the Idaho Defense of Life Act that does not permit abortion in emergency settings unless the pregnant woman faces an imminent risk of death.
SCOTUS just now in 8th am homelessness case: Justice Sotomayor, pressing lawyer for Grants Pass, OR, on why "stargazers" or people lying on the beach who fall asleep ("as I tend to do") are not arrested, but homeless people are.
Kagan: could you criminalize the status of homelessness?
lawyer: that's not a status
Kagan: yes it is
Kagan: you could criminalize just homelessness. I mean that's quite striking!