BREAKING: The Supreme Court throws out the challenge to Obamacare, holding the plaintiffs all lack standing: supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Breyer writes for the court, holding that the states and the individual plaintiffs lack standing. Only Alito and Gorsuch dissent. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf… 
Alito, joined by Gorsuch, would hold that (1) the individual mandate is now unconstitutional, and (2) large portions of the ACA must essentially fall with it, becoming "unenforceable" against the state plaintiffs here. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Alito is displeased. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
In its second opinion of the day, the Supreme Court throws out an Alien Tort Statute lawsuit against Nestle for alleged child slavery, but does NOT immunize corporations from ATS lawsuits in the future. Quite a breakdown. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Remarkably, both Gorsuch and Alito write separately to declare that corporations are NOT immune from suit under the Alien Tort Statute. That is unexpected.
The case in Nestle v. Doe: supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
The case in Nestle v. Doe: supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Gorsuch and Alito, dissenters in the Obamacare case, come through in Nestle v. Doe with strong textualist and originalist arguments explaining why corporations CAN be sued under the Alien Tort Statute. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
There will be at least one more opinion from the Supreme Court today!
The third and FINAL decision of the day is in Fulton v. Philadelphia. SCOTUS holds that Philadelphia's refusal to contract with the anti-gay foster care agency violates the Free Exercise Clause. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
The Supreme Court does NOT overturn Employment Division v. Smith, but instead holds that this case falls outside Smith because Philadelphia's nondiscrimination law is not neutral and generally applicable because it allows discretionary exceptions. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Incredibly, the judgment against Philadelphia in Fulton is unanimous—in a major coup, Chief Justice Roberts somehow persuaded the liberal justices to sign onto his opinion forcing the city to renew the agency's contract. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Alito, Thomas, Gorsuch would all overturn Employment Division v. Smith.
Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Breyer are interested in overturning Employment Division v. Smith, but are unsure what to replace it with. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Barrett, Kavanaugh, and Breyer are interested in overturning Employment Division v. Smith, but are unsure what to replace it with. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Why did all three liberal justices side against Philadelphia in Fulton? Presumably because they viewed Chief Justice Roberts' approach as the least bad option. Roberts' opinion provides the narrowest grounds to rule against Philadelphia, which six justices were sure to do anyway.
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