In #SCOTUS opinions this morning, first up is a personal jurisdiction case, Ford Motors Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court. Kagan has the opinion of the Court, affirming the Montana Supreme Court and finding jurisdiction. There are no dissents. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
The final #SCOTUS opinion today is in Torres v. Madrid. The 5-3 opinion is by Roberts, finding that a seizure under the 4th Amendment happens when police apply physical force to a person — even if it doesn’t stop them. Gorsuch, w Thomas & Alito, dissents. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Barrett participated in neither case, as they were argued in the October sitting, before she joined the Court.
While the seizure ruling in Torres is important, note that it doesn’t resolve a lot about the case itself. As Roberts writes, the case does not resolve “the reasonableness of the seizure, the damages caused by the seizure, and the officers’ entitlement to qualified immunity.”
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This gaslighting. O’Farrell said last night that he wanted the cops there. They created this crisis. Hundreds of cops there, provoking just enough reaction (allegedly) from a few people for LAPD to then declare an unlawful assembly, leading to the “show of force.”
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This is exciting! A lot of what's in @benyt's story tonight is why I'm at @theappeal. While I just joined The Appeal in January, they've been doing incredible work — and we've expanded it significantly this year.
One of the things I've worked on that I'm most proud of since joining The Appeal is our totally new vertical this year: The Point. @NTBaszynski is the managing editor, and has done an incredible job getting it going. I've been thrilled to be able to help: theappeal.org/the-point/
Honest question: Are there any national reporters covering the wave of anti-trans legislation making its way forward in state legislatures across the country in anywhere near the depth that Chase is doing as a lawyer and advocate?
Cc: @benyt@brianstelter
I asked this b/c almost a decade ago @benyt poached me from @metroweekly to do basically the same job I had been doing — full-time national LGBT politics beat reporting — at a national non-LGBT-exclusive publication. It got some attention when he did so in 2012! He was right!
We’re far past time for a national publication to hire a trans writer to do the same here. (There are great trans writers doing great work, but no one has a full-time beat at a national non-queer publication, to my knowledge.)
Why does DC still have no 24-hour vaccine site? (Even w the new pre-reg system, it doesn’t seem much will be changing initially.) We have plenty of large open spaces! Is it true we’re still not getting enough of a supply to do so — as this report claims? wusa9.com/article/news/v…
Only Georgia, Puerto Rico, and the Federated States of Micronesia (WW reference, ty, @Richard_Schiff) have a lower percentage of their population fully vaccinated. Why are we falling behind, @MayorBowser?
The NPR numbers also show that DC is tied with Kansas for lowest percent of our vaccine supply actually being used (at 68%), which suggests pretty strongly that it’s not *just* a supply issue! npr.org/sections/healt…