Category: SCOTUS

I have been trying for a month to read the Creative LLC v. Elenis opinion and I can't. I'm giving up. I blame my sister. She broke my brain a bit. You see, the argument on this case is free speech. I think free speech is one of the most important rights we MUST protect.… Continue reading SCOTUS:Creative LLC v Elenis →

Another unanimous case result: Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC (JD v VP). And one that I would have thought the media would have more fun with. They did when it originally happened, but the results are less fun, so.... yeah. As Kagan said in the majority opinion, "This case is about dog… Continue reading SCORM: Jack Daniels v VIP Products →

It's been a bit since I've been able to read court opinions. But this one.... I wanted to read. It isn't one of the big ones on the news, it's just about Double Jeopardy rules. But it is a unanimous decision written by the odious Alito. I was curious. It's either very simple, obvious and… Continue reading SCOTUS: Smith v. United States →

I started over the weekend trying to write about this opinion. I couldn't. I was too angry. My post was just angry. This decision was ugly and awful for a lot of reasons. And the one I AM going to talk about is the one which someone tried to use saying "it's just like Brown… Continue reading SCOTUS:  Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization →

I missed a case being 9-0! Lange v. California. Again, this one is pretty clear-cut. A police officer turned on his lights to pull over a driver. The driver (Lange) was almost home and pulled into his garage. Lange then tried to claim the officer doing a sobriety test in his garage was a warrantless… Continue reading SCOTUS: I missed one →

So there have been 5 cases to have opinions put out in June 2021 with 9-0 (unanimous) decisions. Considering how much the media expects the court to be always and forever divided by political leaning/affiliations/appointment - what are the issues which the court stands all together on? I find these to be both relieving and… Continue reading SCOTUS: Unanimous →