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LIVE By SCOTUSblog on Jun 28, 2024 at 8:40 am On Friday, June 28, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. Recommended Citation: SCOTUSblog , Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 28,…
* Trump said Biden should be criminally prosecuted for his acts in office. So… can we drop the whole absolute immunity argument then? [Law360] * Speaking of the debate, apparently every legal scholar wanted Roe v. Wade overturned, which is news to… almost every legal scholar. [WSJ] * NFL ordered to pay $4.7 billion in…
Last week, Louisiana became the first state to allow surgical castration as punishment for sex crimes against children. Effective August 1, the legislation gives Louisiana judges the option to sentence someone to surgical castration after the person has been convicted of certain aggravated sex crimes — including rape, incest and molestation — against a child…
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OPINION ANALYSIS By Amy Howe on Jun 27, 2024 at 5:10 pm The former Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn. The justices threw out the company’s bankruptcy deal on Thursday. (Greg Patton via Shutterstock) The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the maker of the opioid OxyContin, cannot…
(Photo by Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States via Getty Images) Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! It now seems likely that the Supreme Court’s Term will extend into July. Except for 2020 — even the Supreme Court gets a Covid mulligan — when’s the last…
VIEW FROM THE COURT By Mark Walsh on Jun 27, 2024 at 5:17 pm Thursday was the second of three opinion days this week as the court nears its summer recess. (Thomas Hawk via Flickr) The court’s press room is still buzzing this morning over Bloomberg’s scoop yesterday on the brief but mistaken posting of…
Yup. This is preferable! Life isn’t like television. Usually when you’re watching a show and someone launches a half-baked scheme, someone blurts out, “That so crazy, it just might work!” In real life, that phrase is a prequel to a really dumb conspiracy charge. For example, bribing a juror to get the ruling you want…
(Image via Getty) Last week, I realized I’d reached a key post-pandemic milestone: I was down to my last roll of cheap toilet paper, which I’d purchased in bulk online in an illogical fit of desperation in March 2020. Like so many others, I invested a lot in crappy toilet paper in the early days…