Supreme Court REVERSES the 5th Circuit's decision holding @deray liable for violence at a protest that he did not commit. Advises the 5th Circuit to certify a question of state law to the Louisiana Supreme Court that might insulate Deray from the lawsuit. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
The Supreme Court also REVERSES the 5th Circuit's grant of qualified immunity to prison guards in Texas who tortured an inmate. (This is a good decision!) Here are the gruesome facts. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor… 
It's extremely rare for the Supreme Court to reverse a grant of qualified immunity to law enforcement or correctional officers. Pretty telling that even SCOTUS thought the 5th Circuit took qualified immunity way too far. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
Clarence Thomas dissents from the decision denying qualified immunity to prison guards who tortured an inmate for six days. Alito wouldn't have taken the case in the first place. supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
Amy Coney Barrett did not participate in today's orders and decisions from the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court's smackdown of the 5th Circuit today is fascinating. I wrote about that court's utter cruelty—and dramatic deviation from precedent—after Trump stacked it with ultraconservatives. Looks like it went too far, too fast for SCOTUS. slate.com/news-and-polit…
Today, Clarence Thomas dissented from a decision denying qualified immunity to prison guards who tortured an inmate. He also dissented from a decision reversing liability against a protester (@deray) who was held responsible for violence *committed by somebody else.*
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