Off to #SCOTUS, where orders are coming at 9:30a and opinions in some of the remaining 17 argued cases are expected at 10a.
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First
#SCOTUS decision is Matal v. Tam (Lee v. Tam). Trademark law's disparagement clause violates the Free Speech Clause of the 1st Am. -
That opinion is by Alito, as is the second decision: Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California.
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#SCOTUS decision is McWilliams v. Dunn, finding that Alabama did not meet Ake's requirements for psychiatric assistance. -
The decision in McWilliams was 5-4 with Kennedy and the liberals joining Breyer's decision.
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Fourth
#SCOTUS decision is Packingham v. NC, holding that NC's sex offender social networking restrictions violate the First Amendment. -
The opinion is by Kennedy. Alito, joined by Thomas and the Chief, concur in judgment, criticizing majority's "undisciplined dicta."
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Final decision: Ziglar v. Abbasi.
#SCOTUS decides "a Bivens-type remedy should not be extended" to the cases' post-9/11 detention claims. -
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Here's the Tam decision: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1293_1o13.pdf … / Brisol-Myers: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-466_1qm1.pdf … / McWilliams: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-5294_h3dj.pdf …
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Here's the Packingham decision: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1194_08l1.pdf … / Ziglar: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-1358_6khn.pdf …
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Justice Breyer, who is joined in dissent in Ziglar by Justice Ginsburg, is reading his dissent in the case from the bench.
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Breaking:
#SCOTUS stays the district court's Wisconsin redistricting decision pending the decision from SCOTUS.pic.twitter.com/bhEKQwhho4
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Decision was 5-4. Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, & Kagan would have denied the stay application in the partisan gerrymandering case.
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#SCOTUS Strikes Down Speech Restrictions In Trademark "Disparagement" Law & Sex Offender Social Media Cases —>https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-strikes-down-speech-restrictions-in-two-cases?utm_term=.bpN4Ga7jR … -
Kennedy and Alito squared off in two cases over how & why the First Amendment protects certain types of speech:https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-strikes-down-speech-restrictions-in-two-cases?utm_term=.piRrjJdR4#.so4dZ12gP …
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