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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Meanwhile, Gorsuch's concurrence in Hicks v. US is Very Interesting.

      5 replies 5 retweets 14 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Gorsuch also dissented to the denial of cert in Mathis v. Shulkin and urged the court to take up the questions in Bay Point Properties.

      1 reply 5 retweets 4 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Here's the full orders list: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/062617zor_8759.pdf … #SCOTUS / Opinions coming in about 15 minutes.

      2 replies 9 retweets 6 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      NOTE: #SCOTUS, on a 5-4 vote (JR, CT, SA, NG dissenting) grants, vacates, remands death sentence in Toforest Johnson's case out of Alabama.

      1 reply 17 retweets 13 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      It's a three-box Monday for the final day at #SCOTUS. 6 cases remain (but up to 3 could be set for re-argument).

      1 reply 6 retweets 3 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      First #SCOTUS opinion is Justice Thomas with Davila v. Davis, siding against the capital murder defendant, in a 5-4 decision.

      1 reply 9 retweets 4 likes
    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Breyer dissents, for him, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan. Decision in Davila: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-6219_i425.pdf …

      1 reply 6 retweets 5 likes
    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      This means any remaining opinions handed down today will be from Thomas, Kennedy, or the Chief Justice. #SCOTUS

      1 reply 6 retweets 3 likes
    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      2nd decision is California PERS v. ANZ Securities, with Kennedy affirming the Second Circuit. Another 5-4 decision, w liberals dissenting.

      1 reply 8 retweets 6 likes
    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      All remaining decisions will come from Kennedy or the Chief Justice. #SCOTUS

      2 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017

      Trinity Lutheran. The Chief Justice writes the decision, holding Missouri's policy violates the Free Exercise Clause. #SCOTUS

      7:10 AM - 26 Jun 2017
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Notably, CT & NG do not join footnote saying decision is only on discrimination based on religious identity, not religious uses of funding.

          1 reply 9 retweets 5 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Trinity Lutheran decision: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-577_khlp.pdf … / CalPERS: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-373_pm02.pdf … #SCOTUS

          1 reply 11 retweets 9 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          "This Court — has never before ..." Sotomayor is reading her Trinity dissent, in which she is joined by Ginsburg, from the bench. #SCOTUS

          4 replies 7 retweets 27 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Breyer concurred in judgment in Trinity Lutheran, noting "particular nature of the 'public benefit' here at issue" (playground material).

          1 reply 4 retweets 8 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          3 remaining cases are all ones in which Gorsuch did not participate in argument bc he was not yet on #SCOTUS. We still have two boxes.

          1 reply 7 retweets 7 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Not quite sure what is about to happen here, b/c only the Chief should be handing down any opinions. Re-arguments would ~appear~ likely.

          2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          But, there's still a lot of box space left!

          4 replies 2 retweets 3 likes
        9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          BREAKING: SCOTUS rules on travel ban case, limiting the stay to those with a bona fide connection to persons in the US.

          4 replies 64 retweets 37 likes
        10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          CORRECTED: #SCOTUS rules on travel ban case, limiting the injunctions to those with a bona fide connection to persons in the US.

          6 replies 105 retweets 49 likes
        11. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Here's the per curiam decision: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/16-1436_l6hc.pdf …

          1 reply 23 retweets 15 likes
        12. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          #SCOTUS holds over Sessions v. Dimaya and Jennings v. Rodriguez to the next term.

          1 reply 12 retweets 5 likes
        13. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          #SCOTUS, in per curiam decision, tosses Hernandez v. Mesa back to the Fifth Circuit without resolving much of anything.

          3 replies 7 retweets 10 likes
        14. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          BREAKING: Supreme Court Will Review Trump's Travel And Refugee Ban — And Allow Partial Enforcement For Now https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-enforce-his-travel-and?utm_term=.qlzrv25jk1 … #SCOTUS

          7 replies 83 retweets 30 likes
        15. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Under Trump's June 14 memorandum, the partial travel and refugee bans will go into effect in 72 hours.pic.twitter.com/hSNxF4hAPG

          4 replies 55 retweets 34 likes
        16. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Nobody On The Supreme Court Is Retiring (At Least For Now) https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/nobody-on-the-supreme-court-is-retiring-at-least-for-now?utm_term=.kbBQLKnRX8 … #SCOTUSpic.twitter.com/5q9uwZH51m

          7 replies 31 retweets 60 likes
        17. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          On the #travelban decision — https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-enforce-his-travel-and?utm_term=.xk8vB8L3Va#.jeL6j70rgP … — I think it remains to be seen how big a change this is, given many have connections.

          6 replies 23 retweets 29 likes
        18. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          This will be, as noted in my story, a matter of the administration's application of today's order and, ultimately, court interpretations.

          1 reply 6 retweets 16 likes
        19. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Hmm. I'm not sure you can say this.pic.twitter.com/3dDAg60e0W

          10 replies 28 retweets 54 likes
        20. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          You definitely can't say it was unanimous — even beyond the fact that three justices dissented in part because they'd go further.

          5 replies 41 retweets 95 likes
        21. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          These were stay applications & cert petitions, on which #SCOTUS does not give vote counts. Justices can write if they want, but need not.

          5 replies 27 retweets 43 likes
        22. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Sigh. DOJ calls it "unanimous" as well.pic.twitter.com/O2NaQkXUE4

          11 replies 23 retweets 39 likes
        23. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Asked why the DOJ statement calls the #travelban order "unanimous," DOJ spokesperson says, "That's what per curiam means."

          19 replies 69 retweets 124 likes
        24. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          You can dissent from a per curiam decision, so it can't possibly mean that.

          7 replies 35 retweets 121 likes
        25. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Zoe Tillman

          More, this out of #SCOTUS orders from this morning —>https://twitter.com/ZoeTillman/status/879399865956126724 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Zoe TillmanVerified account @ZoeTillman
          #SCOTUS today said it wouldn't to take up a Second Amendment case, and Thomas and Gorsuch were not happy about it https://www.buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/the-supreme-court-wont-hear-a-case-about-the-right-to-carry?utm_term=.ajx1zjx2dK#.uqm6X3jvOg …
          1 reply 8 retweets 20 likes
        26. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          So, on the unanimous question on the #travelban order. There is a statement from Thomas in his concur/dissent that SOMETHING was unanimous:pic.twitter.com/3DGqnCg9xU

          10 replies 45 retweets 40 likes
        27. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          The Ruling In A Church Playground Case Suggests Splits Within The Supreme Court On Religion https://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/the-ruling-in-a-church-playground-case-suggests-splits?utm_term=.tyovzlXmy1 … #SCOTUS

          1 reply 21 retweets 19 likes
        28. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 26 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Chris Geidner Retweeted Lawrence Hurley

          From @lawrencehurley: On the one #SCOTUS punt and two re-arguments:https://twitter.com/lawrencehurley/status/879451811249360898 …

          Chris Geidner added,

          Lawrence HurleyVerified account @lawrencehurley
          U.S. Supreme Court sidesteps cross-border shooting dispute & orders reargument in two other cases http://reut.rs/2sUgMVn 
          0 replies 2 retweets 4 likes
        29. End of conversation

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