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mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:09 AM Jun 2020

SCOTUSblog: Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 18, 2020

Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:46 AM - Edit history (2)

Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 18, 2020

We will be live-blogging on Thursday, June {18}, as the Supreme Court releases opinions from the 2019 term. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext, the most intelligent way to search the law.

{Edited, as the text says that Thursday is June 20. That's a typo. Thanks to ronatchig for pointing that out.}

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SCOTUSblog: Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 18, 2020 (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 OP

Is the date a typo? NT ronatchig Jun 2020 #1

It does say June 20 in the text. That's a typo. June 20 is a Saturday. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #2

Thanks. lamp_shade Jun 2020 #3

I think there are 2 big cases left. Abortion and Trump Tax returns. Buckeyeblue Jun 2020 #4

This might be a big day. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #5

If the SC rules against Trump on tax returns... Buckeyeblue Jun 2020 #7

There are 16 decisions pending on argued cases... Princess Turandot Jun 2020 #6

There are also two Twitter accounts associated with SCOTUSblog. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #8

They started liveblogging at 9:30, so they're up and running. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #9

We have an opinion, and it is DACA. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2020 #10

ronatchig

(575 posts)

1. Is the date a typo? NT

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:40 AM

Jun 2020

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts)

2. It does say June 20 in the text. That's a typo. June 20 is a Saturday.

Reply to ronatchig (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:43 AM

Jun 2020

Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:00 AM - Edit history (1)

It was like that yesterday too. I should go back and note that the reference to the 20th is a mistake.

Thanks for noticing that.

lamp_shade

(14,841 posts)

3. Thanks.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 07:32 AM

Jun 2020

Buckeyeblue

(5,502 posts)

4. I think there are 2 big cases left. Abortion and Trump Tax returns.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 07:36 AM

Jun 2020

I don't feel hopeful about either one of them.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts)

5. This might be a big day. NT

Reply to Buckeyeblue (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 07:37 AM

Jun 2020

Buckeyeblue

(5,502 posts)

7. If the SC rules against Trump on tax returns...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 07:46 AM

Jun 2020

He will go absolutely nuts. It'll be interesting. My guess is that the way he reacted to the gay rights case, he knows the decision is going to be favorable to him. It seemed like he was kissing their ass.

Trump doesn't care one way or the other about gay rights. He does what he does to throw a bone to the base. Period.

But he does care about himself. And maybe only himself.

Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)

6. There are 16 decisions pending on argued cases...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 07:44 AM

Jun 2020

The first opinion will be released at 10AM. There may be more than one opinion released, but there could also be only one.

Status of decisions:

Graphic is from https://www.scotusblog.com, the best source of information on SCOTUS activities.

A quick summary of outstanding and decided cases by month: https://www.scotusblog.com/statistics/

The cases that they consider to be the most high profile are listed in red. There are 8 of those still undecided.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts)

8. There are also two Twitter accounts associated with SCOTUSblog.

Reply to Princess Turandot (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:04 AM

Jun 2020

Thanks for writing.

https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog

https://twitter.com/AHoweBlogger

Things can show up there almost instantly.

Robert Barnes' account is worth watching:

To show respect for the Supreme Court on decision days, I wear a shirt with a collar. Today at 10: DACA? Abortion? Religious issues? #Scotus #WFH #nophotos