Will Bode
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Yeah. I mean, there's this flagging issue. But like in some other case.
Yeah. I mean, there's this flagging issue. But like in some other case.
So this guy gets screwed. I mean, maybe he can, because this is still in kind of an interlocutory posture. Right. Okay. Yeah. Maybe. So maybe he can, after conviction, make this argument.
So this guy gets screwed. I mean, maybe he can, because this is still in kind of an interlocutory posture. Right. Okay. Yeah. Maybe. So maybe he can, after conviction, make this argument.
That one's kind of interesting. There's other ones we could talk about, but perhaps will not. There's this one, Pina versus Dominguez, which is a qualified immunity issue. Justice Alito dissents from denial, joined by Justice Thomas, annoyed that the Ninth Circuit found qualified immunity inapplicable in this case involving a fatal police shooting.
That one's kind of interesting. There's other ones we could talk about, but perhaps will not. There's this one, Pina versus Dominguez, which is a qualified immunity issue. Justice Alito dissents from denial, joined by Justice Thomas, annoyed that the Ninth Circuit found qualified immunity inapplicable in this case involving a fatal police shooting.
Yeah, it's the kind of case that used to be on the summer reversal docket.
Yeah, it's the kind of case that used to be on the summer reversal docket.
Coalition Life versus City of Carbondale, which is a dissent from denial by Justice Thomas. Justice Alito doesn't join the dissent, but says he would have granted, saying that the court โ Thomas saying that the court should reconsider its decision in Hill versus Colorado, 2000 case that upheld these buffer zones around abortion clinics.
Coalition Life versus City of Carbondale, which is a dissent from denial by Justice Thomas. Justice Alito doesn't join the dissent, but says he would have granted, saying that the court โ Thomas saying that the court should reconsider its decision in Hill versus Colorado, 2000 case that upheld these buffer zones around abortion clinics.
I do think there's support among the majority of the court probably for reconsidering that decision, or at least โ
I do think there's support among the majority of the court probably for reconsidering that decision, or at least โ
uh you know support for thinking it's wrong but couldn't muster any other votes here perhaps because there's this like footnote in the very last page of the opinion that says uh oh by the way the city repealed the ordinance right uh in the summer of 2024 but you know case not case is not moot because the plaintiffs wanted nominal damages um and that just may make this a little bit less pressing for people
uh you know support for thinking it's wrong but couldn't muster any other votes here perhaps because there's this like footnote in the very last page of the opinion that says uh oh by the way the city repealed the ordinance right uh in the summer of 2024 but you know case not case is not moot because the plaintiffs wanted nominal damages um and that just may make this a little bit less pressing for people
Yeah, I guess I'd forgotten this, that Dobbs in the psoriasis analysis said that Roe distorted our case law by leading to bad decisions like...
Yeah, I guess I'd forgotten this, that Dobbs in the psoriasis analysis said that Roe distorted our case law by leading to bad decisions like...
I guess we should talk about actual cases in a minute. But one thing that's kind of interesting is that he calls out a Seventh Circuit opinion by Judge Sykes that had said Hill is incompatible with her most recent First Amendment precedents and just kind of notes opinion of Sykes, Jay, joined by Barrett, Jay. By the way, Justice Barrett joined this.
I guess we should talk about actual cases in a minute. But one thing that's kind of interesting is that he calls out a Seventh Circuit opinion by Judge Sykes that had said Hill is incompatible with her most recent First Amendment precedents and just kind of notes opinion of Sykes, Jay, joined by Barrett, Jay. By the way, Justice Barrett joined this.
But obviously she's โ I don't know if that was bait in there to try to get her to come along, but it seems not to have worked. Yeah. Okay. I guess we should talk about actual merits decisions. We have gotten a number of them. We're only going to talk about one or two. Yeah.
But obviously she's โ I don't know if that was bait in there to try to get her to come along, but it seems not to have worked. Yeah. Okay. I guess we should talk about actual merits decisions. We have gotten a number of them. We're only going to talk about one or two. Yeah.