BREAKING: Oklahoma GOP AG to #SCOTUS about Richard Glossip’s case: “Absent this Court’s intervention, an execution will move forward under circumstances where the Attorney General has already confessed error—a result that would be unthinkable.” Background: lawdork.com/p/oklahoma-glo…
An important brief, with an essential task in front of #SCOTUS: “In those unprecedented circumstances, this Court should grant the application for a stay of execution.”
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Not showing the most aggressive stance going into this if Durbin isn’t even willing to say Clarence Thomas’s name when discussing the stories about him and Harlan Crow.
BREAKING: State judge in Missouri issues a temporary restraining order halting enforcement of AG Bailey's rule severely restricting gender-affirming care. aclu-mo.org/sites/default/…
Rep. Zooey Zephyr and her constituents are suing Montana, the House Speaker, and the Sergeant at Arms over her censure: wp.api.aclu.org/wp-content/upl…
The ACLU is representing Rep. Zephyr's constituents:
BREAKING: SCOTUS agrees to take up a case calling for an end to Chevron deference — a longstanding SCOTUS rule for reviewing, and often deferring to, agency actions. The case is Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Justice Jackson recused herself from consideration of the case.
The eight justices who considered the petition (not Jackson) even got rid of the more limited question presented by the petition, leaving little to no doubt about the conservatives’ aim here in granting cert in this case. Cert petition: supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/2…
MONTANA HOUSE: I wrote about Rep. Zooey Zephyr (@ZoAndBehold) and the way she is being treated by the Republican leaders this morning at Law Dork: lawdork.com/i/117302192/th…
Erin's work is referenced over at Law Dork. Follow her today (and always):
BREAKING: Montana House Republicans are moving to ban Rep. Zephyr from the floor, anteroom, and gallery for the rest of the session. She will be allowed to vote remotely, under the motion.
NOW: Rep. Zooey Zephyr (@ZoAndBehold) is speaking in her own defense. "I rose up in defense of my community that day," citing suicides that have followed anti-trans legislation.