Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 25, 2020
We live-blogged on Thursday, June 25, as the Supreme Court released its opinion in Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam. Jake Heller joined us to discuss Casetext’s approach to public access to legal knowledge and the legal community’s responsibility to advance justice.SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext: making litigation more efficient with A.I. and machine learning technology.
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As someone who works for an appellate court, people would be wise to consider that even after opinions are written and votes are taken, the cases go through an extensive editing and review process that may prompt further changes and editing.
TL/DR cases may be "done" in that the justices have made up their minds and have drafts, but they're not ready for release -
I read the Bretheren, the Nine and the Most Dangerous Branch back to back last year. I don't remember which, but one discusses that handwritten memo's are the favorite form of communication even with email available. I can't help but wonder if the necessary switch to email has added to the delay.
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I think that's it for me for today. Thanks for joining us, and apologies if we didn't get to your questions or comments. There were a lot today! Have a good weekend, and stay safe. We should know more later on today about the possibility of opinions next week; if we hear anything, I will tweet it, and SCOTUSblog will post something.
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Thanks so much, everyone, for joining. And thanks to Jake for helping us answer questions and sharing updates from Casetext. Look out for analysis on today's opinion in DHS v. Thuraissigiam from Professor Kari Hong. 13 cases still to go. No word yet on the next opinion day, but we'll let you know as soon as we hear. Stay safe and see you soon!
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