Thread by @chrisgeidner

#SCOTUS grants one new case today, a copyright case: Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz (20-915).

Here is the full #SCOTUS orders list: supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…

One or more opinions in argued cases coming at 10a ET.

In today's orders, we have one concurrence to an order, with Kavanaugh noting that the case that was a rare win for opponents of warrantless searches (addressing the "community caretaking" exception) itself can be gotten around in the future if police come up with another excuse.

Note that this double-recusal meant this was the rare case where, if the cert vote went on ideological grounds, the Chief would have been able to deny the conservatives a cert grant:

https://twitter.com/lawrencehurley/status/1399721218421493781

The first #SCOTUS opinion is in Garland v. Ming Dai, with Gorsuch delivering the unanimous opinion reversing the 9th Circuit in an immigration case. The decision makes removal easier for the government in the 9th Circuit. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…

Final #SCOTUS opinion today, another unanimous opinion, is in US v. Cooley. Breyer writes, with Alito writing a concurrence, in a case holding that tribal law enforcement can detain and search non-Natives on tribal lands. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…

With that, 24 more merits cases remain. We expect to get them all by the end of June, though that's not a hard and fast rule. And while #SCOTUS only has Mondays on the schedule for opinions as of now, they'll likely add other days — maybe even later this week. We will see.

As discussed as a possibility earlier, we will, in fact, have another #SCOTUS opinion-waiting day this week: Thursday.

https://twitter.com/GregStohr/status/1399803003704647681