The family sued, alleging violations of Fourth and Fifth amendments. US says the family can't sue — because he wasn't shot in US.
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The agent was in the US, to be clear. Hernández was a few feet into Mexico, though. (Hence, cross-border shooting.)
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#SCOTUS, Feb. 21, 2017.pic.twitter.com/vj8T7BbZeW
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BREAKING:
#SCOTUS denies cert in Thomas Arthur v. Dunn, death case out of Alabama. Sotomayor, joined by Breyer, dissents from cert denial.1 reply 9 retweets 16 likes -
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Arthur's case has been awaiting action since CJ Roberts provided a "courtesy fifth" vote in support of a stay of execution in early Nov.
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Sotomayor is not happy. https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3469164/Arthur-SCOTUS-Sotomayor-dissent.pdf …pic.twitter.com/y9IkE71dtr
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Sotomayor: "We should not be proud of this history. ... I dissent." https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/3469164/Arthur-SCOTUS-Sotomayor-dissent.pdf …
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#SCOTUS grants cert in one case, Rodney Class v. US.1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes -
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Alright, I'm headed upstairs for Hernández v. Mesa argument! Back later.
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First take out of Hernández v. Mesa: Have a theory of your case before you get up for arguments, and be ready to answer hypotheticals.
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Breyer did all the work today. Big question is if he can convince Kennedy that allowing a Bivens claim here is not extending Bivens.
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Looks like
@OrinKerr agrees with me, at least as to the petitioners' counsel.1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes -
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Yup. "We should win this case based on a narrow rule in our favor" is not a theory.
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