The first #SCOTUS decision is in Glacier Northwest v. Teamsters. The state tort claim is not preempted by the NLRA. Barrett has the court's opinion. Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch only concur in judgment. Jackson dissents alone in the labor case. supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…
Important to note the Barrett is only writing for a bare majority of five justices. Alito, Thomas, and Gorsuch likely would have gone further.
From Jackson's dissent: "... in the course of inappropriately weighing in on the merits of those questions at this stage, the majority also misapplies the Board’s cases ..."
The final #SCOTUS decision today is in Schutte v. SuperValu. Thomas writes for the unanimous court in the False Claims Act case, sending the cases against SuperValu and Safeway back to the lower courts. supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…
With that, 27 cases remain.
As of now, no SCOTUS opinion days have been announced and the next day the justices are scheduled to sit—meaning, with no arguments left, likely to release opinions—is next Thursday, June 8.
Looking at my post from Wednesday, here's where we're at:
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"Should another court disagree and find that the AEA is a content-neutral regulation, the Court presents this alternative and independent basis for its conclusion."
BREAKING: Late Friday night, a federal judge declared Tennessee’s anti-drag Adult Entertainment Act to be unconstitutional following a two-day trial last month. More to come at Law Dork: lawdork.com
Media orgs ask for unsealing of some documents in the Santos case. Judge sets a deadline of today for responses.
Today, Santos's lawyer asks for more time "to distinguish our case from others," which is not at all a reassuring thing for a client to see his lawyer tell a judge.
Here's the document, in which Santos's lawyer is also upset that the NYT opposed the extension because, the First Amendment: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
The extension was granted, until Monday, but the judge says no more extensions on this, which is, primarily, an attempt to find out "the identities of the bail sureties" for Santos, as one of the media orgs' letters put it.
There are big differences between each of these steps:
- individual people make choices, can express disagreement.
- government bans actions through administrative or legislative steps.
- government criminalizes actions, restricting liberty if you act contrary to law.
This change is where conservatives are leaning in to fascism, and where Elon Musk is now eagerly advocating for the most extreme of these three steps — "Prison. Long term. Without parole. No mercy." — for parents supporting their trans children.
The Atlantic and The New York Times are in part to blame for this state of affairs. Their decisions to provide unbalanced coverage of this side-story of a side-story made this possible by giving oxygen to extremist voices, legitimizing their efforts to go even further right.
Incredible overuse and abuse of authority being exercised in Georgia today against the Atlanta Solidarity Fund and its organizers. The arrests — even if the charges were legitimate — are a clear effort to attack the #StopCopCity activists and intimidate their supporters.
The video of the arrests this morning shows that this was a coercive effort that goes far beyond the charges ...
... as does Gov. Kemp's statement, which is rhetoric aimed at crushing an opponent through claims of legal authority, not a leader's careful comments about law enforcement activity.
I would guess if the Republicans lose this race, there will be nonstop national stories about how the Republicans don’t know how to “connect” with city voters. And what this tells us, nationally, about the choices they’ve made in recent years, w/ features on Jacksonville voters.