Off to #SCOTUS, where we have orders at 9:30a, followed by opinions in one or more of the 6 remaining cases. Among those left: Trump’s travel ban, TX racial gerrymandering claims, public sector union fees, and CA crisis pregnancy centers disclosure law.
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SCOTUS rules that the plaintiffs had the burden to "overcome the presumption of legislative good faith" for the 2013 legislature, and that the Texas court had "contravened these basic principles" by relaying too much on "taint" from 2011 plan.
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Here is the opinion in Abbott, which concludes that 3 of the 4 challenged districts were lawful. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/17-586_o7kq.pdf …
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Final decision of the day is Ohio v. American Express. 5-4 decision by Thomas, holding that Amex's antisteering provisions do NOT violate antitrust law.
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In Ohio v. Amex, Breyer writes the dissent. In Abbott, Sotomayor wrote the dissent.
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Breyer is reading from the bench in his Amex dissent. There was some confusion at first, thinking they were done, which led Breyer to joke that people just don't understand that antitrust is important!
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#SCOTUS will hand down more opinions tomorrow, Tuesday, at 10a. The court did NOT, however, say that it will be the last day.Show this thread -
BREAKING —> Only One Of Four Challenged Texas Districts Is An "Impermissible Racial Gerrymander," Supreme Court Ruleshttps://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-texas-racial-gerrymander-ruling?utm_term=.hgJjMJQw6 …
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@dominicholden on today's move from#SCOTUS in Arlene's Flowers —>https://twitter.com/dominicholden/status/1011317488959807489 …Show this thread
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Not good at all. With
#NMP & McConnell stacking the courts with hardline conservative Judges, this REALLY makes the Judge Garland case (not following regular order) even worse. That was not#LawAndOrder. It was@SenateMajLdr acting as if the U.S. has no Constitution.pic.twitter.com/XoDVTbTQLo
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Damn. Not good.
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I prefer to think of these decisions as 4-4-1
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