SCOTUS Watch Thread

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Professor: Sotomayor should retire to prevent 'catastrophic' SCOTUS imbalance — CNN Politics

Given what happened to RBG's seat, says Law Professor Paul Campos, Justice Sonia Sotomayor should make the "statesmanlike" move of stepping down while Biden is President and Democrats hold the Senate, "rather than running the risk [of] a completely catastrophic development" in the Court's...

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Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction — The Washington Post

The justices on Tuesday will hear argument on whether prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging hundreds with obstruction of an official proceeding.

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Supreme Court takes its deepest plunge into Jan. 6, with possible implications for Trump — POLITICO

The high court will hear arguments over whether Capitol rioters can be convicted of obstructing Congress' business, a law passed in the wake of the '00s-era Enron scandal.

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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Using Obstruction Law to Charge Jan. 6 Rioters

The justices considered the gravity of the assault and whether prosecutors have been stretching the law to reach members of the mob responsible for the attack.

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Supreme Court Appears Skeptical of Using Obstruction Law to Charge Jan. 6 Rioters

The justices considered the gravity of the assault and whether prosecutors have been stretching the law to reach members of the mob responsible for the attack.

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Puts the Louisiana BLM Case in stark relief.

If DeRay can be held liable, then I wonder if they'll try to hold Donald liable. (Even if liable, the Executive won't do anything, le sigh)

 

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Opinion | Criminalizing Homelessness Won’t Make It Go Away

Hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. This filmmaker wants you to see them.

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The miscarriage was inevitable. Could she have had an ER abortion? Supreme Court to decide — USA TODAY

The case is the Supreme Court's first chance to weigh in on the state laws restricting abortion that have gone into effect since overturning Roe v. Wade.

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I put this in the writing in the wrong thread

Supreme Court are literally seeing a case to determine if bribing public officials is ok.

Snyder v. United States

James Snyder became mayor of Portage, Indiana, in 2012. United States v. Snyder at 2. At the time, he was behind on both his personal taxes and his business’s payroll taxes.

www.law.cornell.edu

Gorsuch seems he wants to okay it too

Edit: the first day of oral arguments was the day Clarence Thomas sat out.

 

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Anti-abortion states are targeting an emergency healthcare law. Will the supreme court side with them? — Guardian US

Justices to rule whether abortion bans should undo Emtala, the Reagan-era law requiring hospitals to treat emergency patients

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jfc

 

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Live Updates: On Emergency Abortion Access, Justices Seem Sharply Divided

The case, which could reverberate beyond Idaho to over a dozen other states with abortion bans, is the second time in less than a month that the justices have heard an abortion case.

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Professor: Sotomayor should retire to prevent 'catastrophic' SCOTUS imbalance — CNN Politics

Given what happened to RBG's seat, says Law Professor Paul Campos, Justice Sonia Sotomayor should make the "statesmanlike" move of stepping down while Biden is President and Democrats hold the Senate, "rather than running the risk [of] a completely catastrophic development" in the Court's...

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ah so that's how it works. let the old white woman die in office at 87 and then use that as a reason why a 69 yr old non-white woman should retire because she has diabetes. all supreme court justices should retire so that their party can pick a replacement just in case.

 

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So the GOP SCOTUS is looking for a workaround for trump