8 cases left to decide, after which we roll the dice to see if anyone retires
they're in progress right now releasing the opinions
https://www.scotusblog.com/

First case:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-631_2d93.pdf

The exception to the robocall restriction law that allowed debt-collection calls for debt to/guaranteed by the US is struck down as violating the first amendment, affirming a lower court that said it was not content-neutral and didn't survive strict scrutiny. They agreed that political robocalls being banned while debt collection was allowed favored one type of speech over another. "As a result, plaintiffs still may not make political robocalls to cellphones, but their speech is now treated equally with debt-collection speech." The anti-robocall act is allowed to stay and is not invalidated, but the special exception for debt collection is struck down

Faithless elector case just in

Kagan writes for a 9-0 opinion, 7 majority + thomas concur + gorsuch concur
States are allowed to force electoral college delegates must vote for the president, allowing them to outlaw faithless electors:


/e and that was it. Herp a derp, 2 opinion day, what a tease
guess I'll recycle this thread when they return tomorrow

still up: ACA contraception mandate, Trump tax return case, ministerial discrimination exception, Muscogee sovereignty case, uh a few others idk

This post was edited by Goomshill on Jul 6 2020 08:19am

https://www.scotusblog.com/

its time for new decisions, right now

First decision:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-267_1an2.pdf

Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey Berru.

Held: The First Amendment’s Religion Clauses foreclose the adjudication of Morrissey-Berru’s and Biel’s employment-discrimination
claims. Pp. 10–27.

Alito, Roberts, Thomas, Breyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh hold the majority 7-2, favoring the ministerial exception
Sotomayor, Ginsburg dissent.

Alito writes for the majority, meaning there can be no more decisions penned by Kavanaugh, Gorsuch, Kagan or Sotomayor today, leaving an unknown number of cases with majority opinions by Alito, Thomas, Roberts, Breyer or Ginsburg;



unlikely to announce all decisions today, they didnt' announce its the final day
4 remaining cases

This post was edited by Goomshill on Jul 8 2020 08:07am

won't be any surprises, the right wing activist judges, who pretended to be 'originalists', but at the first opportunity abandoned case law to further their anti choice agenda, will continue their crusade against women, the working class, and fair elections, as predicted.

Im proud to be with those activists so that they can cancel nazi’s like you, dear fuhrer.

This post was edited by EndlessSky on Jul 8 2020 08:09am

final decision for today, and its the related case Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania.
majority is written by Judge Thomas

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19-431_5i36.pdf

it is the "religious exception to the Obamacare contraceptive mandate" case;





and




so the roundup for today:

1) Religious employers may not be sued for employment discrimination under the ministerial exception
2) Private employers may cite a religious or moral objection to not be required to provide contraception / equivalent coverage to employees as otherwise required by Obamacare

This post was edited by Goomshill on Jul 8 2020 08:16am

also we have an announcement that tomorrow will be the last day for opinions

so tomorrow at 10:00, 10:10 and 10:20 we'll have announced the two cases of the house democrats seeking Trump financial documents via subpoena, and the oklahoma tribal sovereignty case
after those are finished is the expected time when we'll find out whether any supreme court justices are announcing their resignations

Finally some good news on the social conservative front.

Nuns won against Obamacare trannies gg no re

I'm more encouraged by the ministerial exception decision, especially since it was 7-2.