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Saturday, June 29, 2024

“Opinionpalooza: The Day SCOTUS Became President; The Supreme Court Has Decided They Know More Than Everyone Else About Everything Ever.” You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

And the newest episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast is titled “Chevron Is Dead, Long Live Chevron.”

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Social Conservatives Push Trump on the G.O.P.’s Anti-Abortion Platform; Leaders of the anti-abortion movement sent a letter to Donald J. Trump amid worries he may try to weaken the anti-abortion language in the party platform”: Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan pf The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 9:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“Texas Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Gender Transition Care for Minors; The all-Republican court voted 8 to 1 to leave in effect a law enacted last year during a wave of legislation targeting transgender rights”: J. David Goodman of The New York Times has this report.

And William Melhado and Asad Jung of The Texas Tribune report that “Texas Supreme Court upholds ban on transition-related care for minors; Parents and medical providers of transgender adolescents sued Texas, challenging the constitutionality of a restriction on puberty blockers and hormone therapy.”

Yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Texas consisted of the opinion of the court, three concurring opinions (here, here, and here), and a dissenting opinion.

Posted at 1:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“A String of Supreme Court Decisions Hits Hard at Environmental Rules; Four cases backed by conservative activists in recent years have combined to diminish the power of the Environmental Protection Agency”: Coral Davenport of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 1:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court’s Abortion Rulings May Set the Stage for More Restrictions; The court’s strategy of avoidance and delay cannot last and may have been shaped by a desire to avoid controversy in an election year”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Today’s Alito dissent can become tomorrow’s law; No, the rights to free speech and religious liberty are not under attack, despite warnings from Justice Samuel Alito; But his dissent serves as a warning for what could be yet to come from this court”: Columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 1:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Upends Purdue Pharma’s Opioid Deal — and Bankruptcy Law; The agreement had been slammed for not holding the Sackler family accountable; But without some incentive, they’d have no reason to settle”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 12:57 PM by Howard Bashman