Live blog of opinions - Wednesday, July 8, 2020

We live-blogged on Wednesday, July 8, as the court released opinions in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania and Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext: making litigation more efficient with A.I. and machine learning technology.

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by Stephen Wermiel 7/8/2020 2:21:08 PM
I have to go as well, because I am covering both of today's cases. Thanks so much for joining us today. We'll be back here again tomorrow for the last set of opinions. Hope you had as much fun as we did!

by Amy Howe 7/8/2020 2:21:22 PM
Why was Alito decision before Thomas?

by David 7/8/2020 2:21:57 PM
Denying contraception to women. In 2020. Will anyone release me from these meddlesome priests?

by LindaH Illinois 7/8/2020 2:22:02 PM
Who still is likely to write opinions?

by Steven 7/8/2020 2:22:19 PM
Thank you for the live blog and for everything on your site!! Extremely interesting and helpful even to this lawyer!

by Verdegreen 7/8/2020 2:24:16 PM
Do the justices ever bargain, for example did Breyer and Kagan "give" on the Alito opinion in return for gaining more support on another case?

by Suzanne Fanning 7/8/2020 2:24:25 PM
If you highlight over the 8th on the court page, it says "This Court will announce all remaining opinions ready during this Term of Court tomorrow morning, July 9, 2020, beginning at 10 a.m.".

"ready during this term"... is it possible they're pushing some off to the next term?

by Philip 7/8/2020 2:25:58 PM
Until the first opinion is announced tomorrow, ANY one could have an opinion

by John the Lawyer 7/8/2020 2:26:16 PM
I just noticed the calendar also lists today as a conference day. Could this be the final conference? When will we see orders from it?

by RBBrittain 7/8/2020 2:27:33 PM
It was nice being with you all today; I'll see you tomorrow (if the editors let me back in...)

by Eric Citron 7/8/2020 2:28:59 PM
How did you find out that tomorrow is the last day for opinions before the court posted it on its home page?

by Jacob 7/8/2020 2:30:28 PM
Now that we know the last day for opinions, when would we hear a retirement announcement if it were to happen?

by Greg 7/8/2020 2:31:48 PM
This leaves only the Trump cases, or is there one other left undecided still?

by Stevens Miller 7/8/2020 2:34:05 PM
Would tomorrow be a standard orders first, then opinions? Or Opinions at 10 and then a massive order list sometime after?

by Numbers watch 7/8/2020 2:34:53 PM
could a justice maybe have travel plans tomorrow and they need to do their wrap up conference now? They all probably know already how the cases will be decided. Just release the orders tomorrow after the opinions.

by Matt G 7/8/2020 2:37:46 PM
Do you think Roberts sprang this conference on the other justices like he did with us?

by Practicing Lawyer 7/8/2020 2:39:01 PM
is the trump ruling still not ready?

by israel gold 7/8/2020 2:41:08 PM
Can a justice hold out on voting to hamstring/delay a verdict?

by Garrison 7/8/2020 2:42:31 PM
Does the reference to all opinions ready imply something unusual? How does that differ from the normal in court announcement about the last opinion day (or does it differ)?

by TMM 7/8/2020 2:44:09 PM
Do we think that the Oklahoma opinion is going to be released first, so they'll leave the Trump opinion for last?

by IP 7/8/2020 2:44:49 PM
Roberts, given the news of a recent fall, could be retiring. Yes/No?

by Llmac154 7/8/2020 2:46:46 PM
Has there been serious talk about retirements or is this part of the yearly rumor/conjecture mill?

by Garrett Brief 7/8/2020 2:50:11 PM
I'm wondering if one Justice is writing all two/three of the remaining opinions and that's why McGirt, specifically, is taking so long.

by oxwof 7/8/2020 2:51:48 PM
A fine sport indeed, but no replacement for baseball

by Garrett Brief 7/8/2020 2:52:48 PM
if there was to be a retirement, the most likely would be Thomas, right?

by Matt G 7/8/2020 2:53:44 PM
I’m going to sign off. Thanks to everyone who stayed around, and see you tomorrow.

by Stephen Wermiel 7/8/2020 2:56:40 PM
Thanks so much for joining, everyone. Final opinions of the term coming tomorrow starting at 10 a.m. Three undecided cases: McGirt v. Oklahoma (reservation status of eastern Oklahoma), Trump v. Vance and Trump v. Mazars (subpoenas for the president's financial records). We'll be live-blogging as usual, so see you all in less than 24 hours.

by Kalvis Golde 7/8/2020 2:57:15 PM

Cases granted for this term	31
Cases argued	0
Cases decided	0
Summary reversals	0
Cases granted for next term	0

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Live blog of opinions - Wednesday, July 8, 2020

We live-blogged on Wednesday, July 8, as the court released opinions in Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania and Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext: making litigation more efficient with A.I. and machine learning technology.

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