Last night the Supreme Court rejected Republicans’ attempt to overturn the election results in 4 key states on the grounds that Texas had no standing

[Decision: buff.ly/3maa4EN]

What does standing mean?

Let me (a constitutional law prof) try to explain

#SCOTUS #Texas
Standing asks whether the party bringing the lawsuit even has the right to sue.

It basically requires that the plaintiffs have real injuries caused by defendants that can be addressed by the courts.

#Standing #SCOTUS #TexasLawSuit #Texas #TexasCase
Technically, standing has 3 requirements:

1.Injury in fact: A imminent or actual concrete injury that affects plaintiff in a way it doesn't affect everyone else

2.Causation: The injury has to be traceable to defendant

3.Redressability: The court must be able to fix the injury
Standing is required by the Constitution.

The Constitution gives fed courts the power to decide “cases & controversies.”

That is, fed courts cannot rule on just any legal question—there must be a live controversy bt adversarial parties w standing.

#SCOTUS #TexasLawSuit #Texas
A decision where the parties lacked standing would be an advisory opinion.

For federal courts to issue advisory opinions would exceed the power delegated to them & upset the balance of power among the three branches.

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Texas #TexasCase #Standing
Why didn’t Texas have standing, according to the Supreme Court?

“Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections.”

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #Texas #TexasCase #Standing

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29 Nov
Hi! I am a law and religion scholar.

Let me provide you w/ some background law on constitutional religious freedom challenges to help you make sense of the recent Supreme Court decision, as well as other decisions percolating in the courts.

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt #covid #covid19
The controlling rule is that neutral and generally applicable laws do not violate the Free Exercise Clause (that clause in the First Amendment that protects religious liberty).

Neutral and generally applicable laws are CONSTITUTIONAL

#religion #covid #SCOTUS #SupremeCourt
[Actually, I should have said normally that is the rule. Some suggest the rule should be relaxed due to the emergency nature of the pandemic as a Supreme Court decision made during a smallpox epidemic seemed to suggest. But let's stick with the normal rules]
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Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to NY Virus Shutdown Order buff.ly/3m8fRvt

Gorsuch: "there is no world in which the Constitution tolerates color-coded executive edicts that reopen liquor stores & bike shops but shutter churches, synagogues and mosques,”

#SCOTUS
Well, a world guided by science might.

Religious Liberty in a Pandemic buff.ly/3il4gro

"The constitutionality of the bans turns on the science of how the pathogen spreads & the best available scientific evidence supports the mass gathering bans."

#SCOTUS #COVID
The first thing to note is that NY's orders impose limits on ALL mass gatherings, not just those in houses of worship.

In fact, the Dist Ct found churches were treated more leniently than their secular counterparts

#SCOTUS #Covid #SupremeCourt
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A brief background on the abortion and the Supreme Court. (I’m a conlaw professor, and did a stint at the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project)

#SCOTUS #abortion
As most people realize, #SCOTUS declared that the right to abortion was a fundamental right in Roe v. Wade, and that any infringement was subject to strict scrutiny. Just about any restriction in the first trimester (when most abortions occur) would be unconstitutional.
What many do not realize is that the Supreme Court dialed back the level of protection in Casey. Abortion was still a constitutional right, but it became a lot easier to regulate. As long as a law did not impose an “undue burden” on women seeking an abortion, it was fine.
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The Supreme Court is set to hear Espinoza v. Montana Dept of Revenue today, about funding of religious schools.

But it is not an Establishment Clause challenge to govt funding of religion. Nope.
It is a Free Exercise one about the failure to fund religion.

#SCOTUS #Espinoza
In #Espinoza, Montana created a tax credit program where for every dollar you donated to a school scholarship org, you get a dollar off your tax bill.

The school scholarship org would then provide scholarships for students at private schools.

#SCOTUS #SupremeCourt
Here's the problem: 12 out of 13 participating private schools were religious schools, and the Montana Constitution bans the State of Montana from funding, either directly or indirectly, any religious schools.

#Espinoza #SupremeCourt #SCOTUS
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