Breaking: #SCOTUS grants three new cases, including Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, a challenge to Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. (Second image is from the petition, from which the court will be considering Question 1: the constitutionality of the ban.)
Shinn v. Ramirez is a state-side petition in a capital case — as in, the state lost below — and it’s an AEDPA case out of the 9th Circuit, so, not knowing much more, that grant is going to be of concern to the criminal defense bar. Docket: supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?fi…
The first #SCOTUS decision is in Edwards v. Vannoy, and the court holds that Ramos, which struck down nonunanimous criminal juries, is not retroactive on federal review. Kavanaugh writes for the 6-3 court; Kagan writes for the dissenters: supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
The second #SCOTUS decision is in BP v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore. BP wins in a case about federal court removal from state court in a case relating to environmental impacts. Gorsuch writes the 7-1 decision. Only Sotomayor dissents. Alito recused. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
The third #SCOTUS decision is CIC Services v. IRS. The IRS loses (on Tax Day, ironically enough). Kagan has the opinion for a unanimous court. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Still at least one more opinion coming.
The final #SCOTUS opinion today is in Caniglia v. Strom, protecting against the warrantless taking of firearms from the home under a “community caretaking” exception. Thomas has the opinion for the unanimous court. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
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BREAKING: SCOTUS, on a 5-4 vote, allows Arizona to enforce AZ law requiring "documentary proof of citizenship" to register to vote on state forms, but, over 3 noted dissents, keeps other parts of the law blocked applying that requirement to those registering w/ the federal form.
BREAKING: The Eighth Circuit blocks the Biden administration from implementing the SAVE student loan forgiveness program. The court previously issued an administrative stay blocking the program. media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/24/08/2…
This three-judge panel was all Republican appointees (but that's not really a surprise, given the fact that there's only one Democrat on the Eighth Circuit).
I will have more on this, a complicated set of cases in which one is already pending on the SCOTUS shadow docket and that has very real, day-by-day effects on people while this remains in litigation.
BREAKING: The full Fifth Circuit, on a 13-6 vote, upholds Mississippi’s lifetime ban on voting by those convicted of any of a number of felonies. A prior three-judge panel had held that the ban violates the 8th Amendment. The full court rejected that. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judge Edith Jones, a Reagan appointee, writes the court’s opinion upholding Section 241 of the Mississippi Constitution. Here is that provision, which lists the convictions subject to lifetime disenfranchisement.
Judge James Dennis, a Clinton appointee, wrote for the six dissenters.
Breaking: Booksellers' challenge to Texas's book-ban regime succeeds at the Fifth Circuit.
Today, the full Fifth Circuit announced that the far-right judges of the court LOST a vote for rehearing en banc 8-9 after a 3-judge panel had previously upheld the dist ct's injunction.