Opening words of Justice Kagan’s dissent in Brnovich, the SCOTUS voting rights case. It’s now far more difficult to challenge state laws that discriminate on the basis of race. In his concurrence, Justice Gorsuch questions whether private parties can even bring §2 cases.
Kagan writes: “Today the Court undermines §2 & the right it provides…Wherever it can the majority gives a cramped reading to broad language.” The majority permits states to “pour old poison into new bottles.”
Kagan, in her Brnovich dissent, has picked up RBG’s pen from Shelby County. #VotingRights #brnovich

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25 Jun
DOJ will sue Georgia over it's new restrictive voting laws. Cases like this are rare & this action signifies resolve on the part of DOJ's new leadership to aggressively exercise its authority in this critical area. washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
AG Garland says this is the “first of many steps” DOJ will take to guarantee voting rights.
Deputy AG @LisaMonaco says the criminal task force they have created sends a message to every agent & prosecutor in the field to focus on identification, investigation & prosecution of criminal conduct that threatens election officials and workers.
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Last but not least, it’s the cursing cheerleader case where the 1st amendment has won the day. We discussed this case on #SistersInLaw when it was argued. I confess, she’s my kind of cheerleader. supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf…
Not last, I failed to check for the R number, assuming we’d just get 3. Sorry about that.
Justice Thomas, in his lone dissent, ponders why we can’t just do things the way we’ve always done them. (The majority obviously disagrees with this assessment of the law)
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25 May
DOJ is appealing a judge's order that required it to release a memo that appears to shed light on Bill Barr's handling of the release of the Mueller Report. You may recall he was not exactly candid.
This is only a notice of appeal, not a brief that conveys DOJ's reasoning. The appeal may be limited to certain redactions in the memo that DOJ believes are legitimately privileged or it could be something else. We won't know the basis for the appeal until briefs are filed.
An accompanying memo clarifies this is a partial appeal. assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2078…
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1/ We have a broody hen named Pepper (that means she wants to sit on eggs & hatch them, even if they aren’t her own) so I ordered her some fertile eggs since we don’t have a rooster & I feel bad taking eggs from her every day.
2/ This is what she did with the first egg I put in with her
3/ So I put all of the eggs in the nesting box with her
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1/ Today in chickens, a play in three acts. First, preparing to lay an egg.
2/ An egg 🥚
3/ The Egg Thief - every day, we find all of the eggs under Pepper. Today, we managed to catch her in the act.
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In opening, prosecutors say that when an EMT who was a bystander approached to try & check George Floyd’s pulse & render aid, Chauvin refused her & pointed his mace at her.
Prosecution: “Chauvin does not let up & he does not get up.” Watching 9:29 of excruciating video, Chauvin keeps grinding his knee on George Floyd’s neck, ignoring all efforts to get him to care for Floyd & ultimately even an EMT bystander demanding he check for a pulse.
Defense starts by defining reasonable doubt. Their whole strategy is to convince at least one juror there is reasonable doubt about guilt. It takes a unanimous jury to convict.
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