“Does Congress Even Have the Power to End Gerrymandering? A conservative Supreme Court might decide that H.R. 1 — the ‘For the People’ voting rights act — goes too far.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Georgia secures major victory in Supreme Court water wars case”: Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court gives Georgia win in water war with Florida.”
Ellen M. Gilmer and Jennifer Kay of Bloomberg Law report that “Supreme Court Hands Win to Georgia in State Water War.”
And Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court sides with Georgia over Florida in long-fought water war.”
Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote today’s opinion for a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court in Florida v. Georgia, No. 142, Orig.
“Supreme Court sides with Facebook in class-action dispute over robo-texts”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
John Fritze and Bart Jansen of USA Today report that “Supreme Court rules Facebook didn’t violate U.S. robocall ban.”
Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court backs Facebook in case about unwanted texting.”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Backs Facebook, Limits Federal Robocall Ban.”
Ronn Blitzer of FOXBusiness reports that “Supreme Court sides with Facebook in case of unwanted text messages; The high court ruled Facebook’s phone notification system does not violate the law.”
Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court sides with Facebook in robocall case centered on grammar dispute.”
Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica reports that “Supreme Court’s pro-Facebook ruling could unleash ‘flood’ of robocalls; Robocall systems aren’t ‘autodialers’ if they don’t generate random numbers.”
Ry Crist of c|net has a report headlined “Supreme Court ruling: Facebook’s automated texts don’t violate robocalling laws; In a 9-0 decision authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Supreme Court barred a proposed lawsuit against Facebook over automated text messages.”
John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court rules Facebook text alerts not akin to robocalls.”
Andrea Vittorio of Bloomberg Law reports that “Facebook’s Robocall Win at Supreme Court Signals Limit on Claims.”
And Jack Rodgers of Courthouse News Service reports that “Texts From Facebook Aren’t Illegal Robocalls, High Court Rules; The decision ends a class action led by a man who thought a 1991 law could help him solve a 2021 problem.”
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote today’s opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued an opinion concurring in the judgment.
“The Trump Presidency’s Impact on the Future of the Conservative/Libertarian Legal Movement”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube. The panel was moderated by Jeremy B. Rosen, who was thrice nominated (but not once confirmed) by President Trump to a federal district judgeship in the Central District of California.
“Biden’s commission is examining Supreme Court term limits. Those could have unintended consequences. Congress — and the states — won’t easily support the idea.” Adam Chilton, Daniel Epps, Kyle Rozema, and Maya Sen have this essay online at the “Monkey Cage” site of The Washington Post.
“Misgendering students is not ‘academic freedom.’ It’s an abuse of power.” Law professor Darren Rosenblum has this essay online at The Washington Post.
Programming note: Beginning at 10 a.m. eastern time today, the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to issue one or more decisions in argued cases. And just like exactly four weeks ago to the day, I will be offline when the opinions are being issued. Hmm, why could that be? Today’s opinion(s) will be available via this link just as soon as the Court posts them online.