When the Chief Justice posits that people would refer to your proposed outcome as "that crazy Supreme Court decision" IN THE MIDST OF arguments in your case, things probably aren't going well for you.
From today's very interesting First Amendment/censure/public bodies arguments in Houston Community College Sys. v. Wilson: supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments…
Here's Kagan, following up in agreement with Roberts and questioning whether the respondent's position — arguing that the First Amendment limits his censure by a board on which he sits — works:
It got a bit more complicated than this, but also, maybe not. Here's Alito to the SG's office, which participated in the case on the Houston Community College System's side.
Also, lots of talk about Joseph McCarthy today!
And, although unnamed, it would appear that the SG's Office referenced the mask-mandate fines against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at today's Supreme Court arguments.
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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…
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Judge James Dennis, a Clinton appointee, wrote for the six dissenters.
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Here's my thread on the preliminary injunction ruling from Feb. 29:
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