The fact that the originally scheduled 6 p.m. (CT) execution time has come and gone with no action from #SCOTUS leads me to think that at least *someone* is taking seriously the very different posture in which this case has arisen.
Whether that'll end up in a dissent or a denial remains to be seen.
Feds lose Supreme Court duel over Twitter-era obstruction probe
Justice Kagan drew on ideals the founders cemented in the Declaration of Independence to describe the unfairness of the government's prosecution.
Steve Vladeck
Kelsey Reichmann
Just filed:
An amicus brief by Trial Lawyers for Justice and me in *opposition* to Alabama's #SCOTUS application seeking to clear the way to execute Jeffery Lee.
TL;DR: Because the district court issued a "permanent" injunction, this case is meaningfully different from other last-minute DP cases:
Story here: www.courthousenews.com/axed-activis...
A disagreement over judicial interpretation led to riffs from the bench on judges' preferences supplanting the will of the people.
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Building data centers in space could be cost effective by the early 2030s. The moon could crash into the eastern seaboard next Tuesday. Neither of those things will happen, of course, but it's fun to say them out loud.
Kelsey Reichmann
Steve Vladeck
In a low-profile ruling Thursday, ACB & KBJ went head-to-head over the role of Congress in their decisionmaking
The squabble between the court’s two junior members highlighted a larger conflict on the bench about how the justices referee policy disputes
None of these decisions came down today and the court isn’t scheduled to issue rulings again until June 18
Turns out the justices also procrastinate ahead of self-imposed deadlines
Kelsey Reichmann
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