Timbs v. Indiana, by the way, is an interesting new grant: "Whether the Eighth Amendment’s excessive fines clause is incorporated against the states under the Fourteenth Amendment." More at @SCOTUSblog:http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/timbs-v-indiana/ …
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We're still waiting on at least on more decision, and, per normal practice, it also would be a decision from the Chief Justice (but, they've gone out of order a couple times this term, when one decision should be released first).
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Final decision of the day is the Maryland partisan gerrymandering case. The court, in a per curiam decision, found the challengers did not meet the standards for
#SCOTUS to reverse the district ct decision against issuing a preliminary injunction. They did not rule on the merits.Show this thread -
In short,
#SCOTUS punted in both cases on the merits issues of whether partisan gerrymandering claims can be made and, if so, what standards courts should use in evaluating them.Show this thread -
Here's the Benisek
#SCOTUS opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-333_b97c.pdf …Show this thread -
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#SCOTUS DECISION DAY: Thursday. Fourteen cases remain outstanding.Show this thread -
Regarding the Chavez-Meza decision, DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec says in a statement: "Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was honored to argue before the Supreme Court, and we are pleased with the decision."
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MY
#SCOTUS REPORT —> The Supreme Court Just Sidestepped Questions About How Courts Can Decide If Redistricting Is Too Partisanhttps://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-gerrymandering-sidestep?utm_term=.bnBLqOM2Y#.eoXOG07Jy …Show this thread -
ACLU's
@dale_e_ho on today —> "The Supreme Court missed an opportunity today to lay down a firm marker as to when partisan gerrymandering is so extreme that it violates the constitutional rights of voters. But the court permitted lawsuits against unfair maps to continue."Show this thread -
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@rickhasen on today's redistricting rulings —>https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1008770726361354242 …Show this thread -
Note: The Arlene's Flowers cert petition has been re-listed for this Thursday's conference (as expected).
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In advance of Thursday, here's where things stand on what's left from
#SCOTUS still this term. 14 cases, including racial gerrymandering, travel ban, Carpenter (what's happening there?!), public sector unions, & crisis pregnancy center regs.@SCOTUSblog: http://www.scotusblog.com/statistics/ pic.twitter.com/Y84CZF2ycl
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