Some quotes from the dissent (courtesy of Sotomayor): "Even if the juvenile’s crime reflects “ ‘unfortunate yet transient immaturity,’ he can be sentenced to die in prison." (reference deleted)
And then, there's this: "Instead, the Court attempts to circumvent stare decisis principles by claiming that “[t]he Court’s decision today carefully follows both Miller and Montgomery.” The Court is fooling no one. Because I cannot countenance the Court’s abandonment of Miller
In short, WOW this is a strongly worded dissent by Sotomayor, joined by Breyer and Kagan.

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Very quick overview over the Karlsruhe ruling on the EU Recovery Fund: The court refused to grant a preliminary injunction - and this was solely on the preliminary injunction, the main proceeding is still to come (thread)
1) The Court considered that the request for a preliminary injunction is neither obviously inadmissible nor obviously without merits
There is, so the Court, at least a possibility that the decision infringes the budget rights of the Bundestag, the constitutional identity of the GG and the democratic self-determination of the ptitioners.
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Some short comments on vaccines and patents based on a story in the FT today (thread) google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j…
The story courtesy of points out that one specific technology related to mRNA vaccines has been patented by the US government (NIH). The government policy is to then engage in non-exclusive licensing.
This illustrates two rather common issues that people must bear in mind when discussing pharma patents: 1) the public perception “1 drug 1 patent” is more often than not untrue. Several patents can attach to one drug. A manufacturer must own/license all of them.
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Yesterday’s news: German agency connects AZ to risk of blood-clotting. Unscientific! They put everyone at risk! Today’s news: How brilliant UK doctor linked blood-clotting to AZ, rightly wanting to raise awareness of a risk. /1
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A Brexit and regulator thread - but it’ll take a bit. Stay with me (thread)
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