You can check out the live action at ScotusBlog’s live feed. The Supreme Court’s opinion page updates with new opinions not long after announced in court.
If either of the two biggies come down, I’ll create a separate post.
Updates: Montana campaign case summarily reversed. Case might have ended Citizens United on the state level. Since summarily reversed, didn’t require briefing or oral argument. Was 5-4 decision on summary reversal, along expected split. Decision here.
Arizona decision — (based on reports from ScotusBlog live feed) reversed in part affirmed in part. Waiting for details. Looks like mostly ruled against Arizona, but need to see decision itself. Looks like upheld provision to check status of persons arrested. Decision here.
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They want to torture us. The opinion will be out on Thursday.
More likely they would want to flee town
Jonah Goldberg tweeted that he wanted Scalia to toss bread to the crowd. Personally I would have liked him to crack open a few cases of chianti (maybe he did, that might explain Alito reading that dissent, to give the wine a chance to breathe).
I sometimes hate being correct. Damn!
5-4 decision striking down life sentence without parole for juveniles under the 8th Amendment.
I predict they strike the mandate but punt on rest, throwing it back to Congress. An affirmation of Judge Vinson’s ruling would be too good to be true.
Citizens United applies to Montana, too.
No Health care today
SB1070 got upheld in part.
#SCOTUS #ObamaCare They do play with us don’t they? We wait.
The whole world is not watching this one, but it is important to many of us: There is still this legal matter in a lower court to be dealt with…
Aaron Walker won today. The gag order is out (at least till then next hearing on July 5) but it is likely Walker will prevail then too.
There is an update link in the link above.
Re: Montana
all for stare decisis, except when they are not….
Best,
Rabid
I think the pundits are saturating our news with analysis to the point of enough already. The court should sit on it some more. The easily manipulated segment of the population will move on to an apathetic “whatever” mode, and machinations to astro-turf Scotus with widespread disdain and indignation will fizzle.
Only three members of the Court who haven’t yet written at least seven opinions this term are Sotomayor, Thomas, and Roberts.
Okay, give juveniles 150 years….half off for good behaviour…..fixed.
Prof is right – the world is watching but generally they have made their judgements about this admin . If this was judged earlier it would have been central to the assessments of this admin’s domestic strength.
But it is all a bit retro. The world has moved on & maybe looking at Mitt & thinking -MMMMM he does look Presidential.