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One box today, according to Lydia Wheeler of The Hill.
I think we are looking at two opinions today, and two tomorrow. But as yesterday proves, that's just a guess.
I am going to go ahead and apologize in advance for typos that I make going forward. There's a lag of a couple of seconds right now between when I type and when it appears on the screen.
We heard the five-minute buzzer just now. We'll have something for you soon
A reminder that we are expecting the justices to announce opinions in order of reverse seniority. So if we are expecting Alito to write Janus and Breyer to write Fla v. GA, we would get Janus first if those were the opinions for today. Roberts always goes last, and Thomas (who could have NIFLA) would be next to last.
Okay, headed in now to wait.
We have the first decision in NIFLA, by Thomas.
The court reverses on both notice requirements.
Court holds that the challengers are likely to succeed on the merits of their claim that the FACT Act violates the First Amendment. The Ninth Circuit is reversed, and the case goes back for further proceedings.
We are expecting at least one more decision. That could only come from Kennedy or Roberts, and we are only exepcting on from Roberts. Travel ban? We'll know soon enough.
There is a concurring opoinon by Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Alito and Gorusch.
Breyer is now reading from his dissent, so we will have to wait some more.
In Breyer's view, the notice requirements are likely constitutional. The dissent is longer than the main opinion.
One interesting dynamic in this case is that many states have laws telling abortion providers what they need to say to women seeking abortions. Those laws have been challenged as undue burdens on the right to obtain an abortion -- and, as Breyer points out, have been upheld since Casey. But they haven't been challenged under the kind of First Amendment theory developed here. In the long run, the ruling here may limit states' ability to force doctors to provide certain kinds of information.
Okay, going back in to wait for the next one.
Travel ban, per Roberts. Reversed and remanded.
Breyer dissents, joined by Kagan. Sotokmayor dissents, joined by Ginsburgtg.
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