No word today on the cases challenging TN & KY's bans on gender-affirming medical care for minors, meaning they will be rescheduled for another conference.
Breaking: The Supreme Court reverses a district court's ruling that South Carolina's congressional map contained a racial gerrymander. The 6-3 decision is by Alito, along ideological grounds. Thomas concurred in part. Kagan writes the dissent. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-807_3e04.pdf
The final decision, also by Alito, is in Brown v. US. The 6-3 decision in an Armed Career Criminal Act application case features a Jackson dissent, joined by Kagan and, in part, Gorsuch. Sotomayor joined the majority. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-6389_6537.pdf
With that, 34 SCOTUS decisions remain, including Trump immunity, mifepristone, administrative agency powers, internet content moderation, EMTALA and abortion care, and more.
Thursday, May 30, is the next scheduled opinion day, as noted on the SCOTUS home page calendar.
ALSO, LEST YOU WONDER: Yes, justices shouldn't own individual stocks at all — please, write those stories, use this as an example! — but that isn't the point of my story, which is that a justice voting on trans cases might have participated in an anti-trans boycott. That's its own problem.
I am so glad @ifilljustice mentioned the Anderson 14th Amendment case. Her amicus brief in the case is an absolute must-read — especially in light of the decision we got.
Two big things on Friday that I covered at Law Dork over the weekend:
• Judge Mark Pittman blocked the CFPB credit card late fee rule — but went on to aggressively push back on the actions of the Fifth Circuit (his bosses, in one sense) in the case: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit
• Justice Clarence Thomas told the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference that Washington is a “hideous place,” which I point out follows 40+ years of his amassing power in Washington — and exploiting it. https://www.lawdork.com/p/justice-thomas-attacks-dc-as-hideous