FACT: Neil Gorsuch, Mike’s former boss, advocated for freeing 500,000 convicted sex offenders—including many child predators—from the federal sex offender registry’s requirements in Gundy v. US.
Gorsuch’s fight to free 500,000 sex offenders from the federal registry does not mean he’s soft on child predators. It means he applies his interpretation of the Constitution equally to the most hated and despised among us. That is a commendable trait, and one that KBJ shares.
By the way, Josh Hawley’s former boss John Roberts joined Gorsuch’s opinion.
SCOTUS clerks like Davis and Hawley understand that lawyers and judges who defend sex offenders are doing their job as the Constitution requires. They know these KBJ smears are baseless and disgusting.
For those who can’t see the original tweet. (I’ve edited it because Mike then launched a harassment campaign against OP which I don’t want to inadvertently aid.)
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Confirmed by multiple sources who saw the email fyi.
I know we had a big conversation on here about the propriety of complaining to someone’s prospective employer about their free expression of unpopular views, so I’m sure Silberman’s email will be condemned across the aisle.
Judge John Walker, a Reagan/GHWB nominee on the 2nd Circuit, responded to Silberman: "Thank you for your email. I couldn't agree more."
Here is the Pennsylvania order denying an injunction. No noted dissents. The court notes that the case has been referred to a three-judge court and the parties can appeal from its decision to grant or deny an injunction. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2139…
The Supreme Court’s first and only opinion of the day is in Wooden v. US, an ACCA case. In an opinion by Kagan, the court (somewhat surprisingly) rejects a sentence enhancement for the defendant! supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…
Gorsuch and Sotomayor team up again, this time to (1) encourage application of the rule of lenity in ACCA cases and (2) note the substantial jury trial issue that “simmers beneath the surface of today’s case.” supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…
The court unanimously holds that multiple crimes committed in the course of a single spree count just once under ACCA, but splinter in a few different directions on specific aspects of the decision. It’s a good outcome IMO and I like Gorsuch’s concurrence. supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…
Florida prohibited gay people from adopting children—and was the last state to do so—until 2010, when a court struck down the ban.
Now Ron DeSantis’ press secretary is accusing gay teachers of “grooming” students simply by being openly gay. You see where this is going, right?
If DeSantis’ press secretary thinks gay teachers are “grooming” students, imagine what she says about same-sex parents in private.
Florida is going down a dark road, reviving bigoted myths about the need to protect children from gay predators. This won’t stop with schools.
Also for the thousand time, the Florida gag law is NOT limited to 4-8 year-olds, it applies to all grades, and the fact that its proponents keep lying about this fact illustrates how indefensible it is. slate.com/news-and-polit…
Judge Richard Myers, a Trump nominee, has GRANTED Madison Cawthorn's request for a preliminary injunction barring the North Carolina State Board of Elections from determining whether to disqualify Cawthorn from the 2022 ballot. I will have more info and hopefully an order soon.
Right now there is only a minute entry on the docket: "The court finds Plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of the case. The court grants Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction ... A written order to follow." courtlistener.com/docket/6264187…
It appears this Trump judge accepted Cawthorn's theory that NO ONE can be disqualified from the ballot for engaging in insurrection because the 1872 Amnesty Act applies prospectively.
The Supreme Court's first (but not last) opinion of the day is FBI v. Fazaga, which I've uploaded here because the website is buggy. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2134…
The court unanimously holds that a provision of FISA does not displace state secrets privilege in an opinion by Alito.
Your REAL friends upload opinions to DocumentCloud when the SCOTUS website is bugging out. Just saying.
The Supreme Court upholds Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence in a 6–3 vote with all three liberals dissenting. This is the final opinion of the day. supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…