#SCOTUS could decide cases related to #Trump, #abortions & more
The #SupremeCourt will return to the bench starting at 10 a.m. Friday to release its next round of 2024 decisions, with about a dozen major rulings expected over the next week or so. The justices do not say in advance which opinions will be released
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/21/supreme-court-decisions-rulings-trump-abortion-social-media/
There are about a dozen major rulings expected over the next week or so. The justices do not say in advance which opinions will be released.
Among the most anticipated #SCOTUS decisions are cases involving #Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution & whether #Jan6, 2021, #insurgents were properly charged, as well as cases on emergency #abortion care, the #opioid crisis, #homelessness, #FreeSpeech on #SocialMedia platforms & #gun rights.
First up, a #WaterRights case, #Texas v #NewMexico & #Colorado. Justice #KetanjiBrownJackson has the opinion. There’s a divided ruling with Justices #ClarenceThomas, Samuel A. #Alito Jr. & #AmyConeyBarrett joining a #dissent by Justice Neil M. #Gorsuch.
Next up, an #immigration case: Department of #State v. Munoz. Justice #AmyConeyBarrett has the opinion, & the three liberals — Justices Sonia #Sotomayor, Elena #Kagan & #KetanjiBrownJackson — #dissented. Now on to the second box of opinions.
The third case decision announced this morning is also NOT one of the high-profile cases that we have been closely tracking. It involves the federal #criminal #sentencing statute — #Erlinger v. U.S.
Justice Neil M. #Gorsuch has the opinion. An interesting combination in #dissent: Justices Brett M. #Kavanaugh, Samuel A. #Alito Jr. & #KetanjiBrownJackson.
Interestingly, in her #dissent in the #immigration case, Department of #State v. Munoz, Justice Sonia #Sotomayor says #SCOTUS’ decision will most heavily burden #SameSex couples. She cites #Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark 2015 case that established a fundamental right to same-sex #marriage.
The fourth ruling announced this morning is Smith v. #Arizona, on the right of #criminal defendants to #CrossExamine #witnesses. All of these cases are important, of course. But none so far are the biggest cases of the term. Justice Elena #Kagan has the opinion, w/a unanimous-ish court agreeing w/the final judgment. There are many concurrences, which are written by justices who agree w/the outcome of the decision but disagree on certain aspects.
Decision on the #gun rights case:
#SCOTUS upholds the federal statute.
8-1 #ClarenceThomas dissented
This is a #2A case, about whether individuals who are guilty of #DomesticAbuse can have access to #guns.
When an individual has been found to be a threat that individual may be temporarily disarmed.
Note on #Rahimi:
#ClarenceThomas wrote the majority in NYSRPA v. #Bruen & was the sole dissent in today’s decision.
Bruen’s ruled a #NewYork #law was unconstitutional & that carrying a gun in public was a constitutional right guaranteed by #2A.
#SCOTUS said states are allowed to enforce "#ShallIssue" permitting, where #ConcealedCarry applicants must satisfy criteria, like #BackgroundChecks, but "#MayIssue" systems using "arbitrary" evaluations by local authorities are unconstitutional.
After #Bruen, multiple lawsuits involving #GunRegulations were filed.
In his #Rahimi dissent, #ClarenceThomas writes:
“…if the #SecondAmendment right was historically understood to allow an ofcl to disarm anyone he deemed 'dangerous,' it may follow that modern Congresses can do the same...
“…Yet, historical context compels the opposite conclusion. The Second Amendment stems from English resistance against 'dangerous' person laws.”
A #Texas court found that #Rahimi had “committed family violence” & that such violence was “likely to occur again in the future.” It issued a protective order [aka #RestrainingOrder] that suspended Rahimi’s #GunLicense, prohibited him from having #guns & warned him that possessing a #firearm while the order remained in effect might be a federal #felony.
Rahimi later violated the protective order & was involved in 5 shootings between Dec 2020 & Jan 2021.
