Live blog of opinions | June 25, 2015
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Good morning, everyone! Welcome to our live blog. We're excited to be here for this special Thursday edition. There are seven cases left, which I summarized in Plain English earlier this week: www.scotusblog.com
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Good Morning. Did the court take any action on the congressional request to allow live audio broadcast of the next few conferences?
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Good morning, how many decisions should we expect today, and do you think King v. Burwell will be one of them?
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Watching and monitoring this from the UK. As a Brit it is extraordinary to me that things of such significance can be decided through a court! I suppose living in a country with parliamentary democracy and no written constitution it is such a contrast. Highly interesting regardless.
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Is today an opinion only day? Or will orders also be released?
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Good Morning Amy, do you think that adding tomorrow, June 26th to the calendar for orders/opinions could be intended to coincide with the 2yr anniversary of DOMA being struck down, and the realization of SSM Nationwide? It has me a bit optimistic, but not getting my hopes up just yet
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So we won't hear any action on the Texas abortion issue until Monday since that would be an order?
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A tweet from The Hill suggested on Tuesday that King would be Friday and SSM would be Monday. Is there any particular reason/insight as to whether that would be the case?
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Is there a particular rhyme or reason to when opinions are given? For instance, are the most anticipated (like the same-sex marriage case[s]) always left to the end?
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Do justices, individually or collectively, ever consider the costs/benefits, in the short or long run, to the Court as an institution of their decisions?
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I think I speak for all of us when I say we'd like to hear more from Tejinder
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I see that a number of justices have 2 majority opinions already in a number of sitting. Do they usually cap out at 2?
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Good morning from Cincinnati! We are anxiously waiting to hear on SSM. Was Jim Obergefell first in line today?
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So we won't know until Monday if the Currier v. Jackson Women's Health Org. is going to be picked up, since it is currently just relisted?
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Can a Supreme Court judge if he chooses to not give out his/her opinion on a particular case?
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I know Monday is the last regular day for orders this term, but has the Court explicitly said that some of its opinions will be on that day as well? I know the Court has said we will be getting them today and tomorrow, so I'm wondering if it's possible that we will be getting all remaining decisions this week.
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How much weight is given to Congressional Debate or non-legislative statements by authors/co-sponsors of a particular law when interpreting its meaning?
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Good Morning from Princeton! Home to Justice Alito's and Sotomayor's Alma Mater
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What do SCOTUSBlog editors do when SCOTUS is on summer vacation?
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In your opinion, what are the odds that the Court will publish its opinion on same sex marriage today?
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QUESTION: If court rules for plaintiffs in King v Burwell, does the court have the authority and precedent to stay their own ruling for a period of time, and if so, for up to how long, to allow Congress to implement a "fix" for the millions of people who stand to lose subsidies in states who did NOT create their own exchange? Thanks in advance.
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I hope the SCOTUSblog twitter account is ready for the next few days.
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Can you give us a quick list of the 7 cases still to be decided? Most know about SSM and King. What are the others?
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A recent article in the Duke Law Journal indicated that a possible reason for the court holding out opinions on big cases is to avoid the social interactions they'd face with politicians before they break. Do you think that's accurate?
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Whoever is elected President will likely nominate a goodly number to the Court. And yet candidates are not pointing this out. Are they afraid it could whip up the other side?
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Can the Justices change their vote at any time before the decision? Or does it become "binding" at some earlier point?
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Do you think any of the Justices will be retiring this year?
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I keep reading of the possibility that this can go either way or something in between, thoughts ?
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How does the voting process actually work? Do they do a show of hands, write it on a piece of paper?
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Is there any reason that Friday will also hold orders/opinions? Is that odd or out of the ordinary at all?
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Do you think SCOTUS could/would weigh-in with a directive if the Senate refused to confirm and Obama/Presidential appointment to the court (given all the recent court appointment process tension)?
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King v. Burwell and Obergefell v. Hodges get decided in favor of the left, is this a clear sign that our country has switched from conservative leaning to leftist leaning?
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What would be the impact if the day before a 5-4 decision is to be issued, a member of the 5 vote majority died? Would the deceased's vote count or would it be 4-4?
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I, too, had been wondering about Lyle. I pictured him as a 20-something intern with mad social media skills. I LOVED it when WaPo tweeted this 2013 profile of him and learned he's an 83-year-old traditional reporter who just loves his work and knows this beat better than just about anyone. www.washingtonpost.com
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