BREAKING: The Supreme Court will review whether bans on gender-affirming medical care for minors violate equal protection guarantees, hearing the appeal brought by the Biden administration in response to Tennessee’s law. More to come at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/
That is it today. With that, 22 SCOTUS decisions remain from this term's cases, including Trump immunity — which was now heard 50 days ago with no resolution by the justices — and several other key cases. The next opinions are Thursday, June 20. Subscribe to Law Dork in the meantime: https://www.lawdork.com/
BREAKING: Federal judge rules that Florida’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors and many of its restrictions on similar adult care are unconstitutional. More to come at Law Dork. https://www.lawdork.com/
This was a three-judge panel of all Republican appointees. The decision smacking down Llano County, Jonathan Mitchell (defending Llano, of course), and Duncan comes from Judge Jacques Wiener, a GHWB appointee born during the Great Depression who opens by quoting Walt Whitman.
NEWS: In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit orders Llano County to put back several books on their library's shelves that they had removed based on content and viewpoint.
Judge Leslie Southwick, a GWB appointee, joins Wiener on the law — affirming that aspect of the injunction — and many of the books, but Southwick did part with Wiener as to the application of the law to some of the books. So, a few are not going back now. Footnote from Wiener:
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On Justice Alito’s recusal refusal letter: “Alito lashed out in defiance and with a tone that can only suggest that he believes we are all stupid — including, possibly, his colleagues.”
BREAKING: Judge Cannon DENIES the special counsel's motion to modify the conditions of Trump's release b/c, she writes, the special counsel's office did not "confer" sufficiently with Trump's counsel before filing. She denies Trump's motion to strike and for sanctions as well.
I cannot get over how many times in recent years the Washington Post had to decide *not* to share that they knew the Alito household flew an upside-down flag in the immediate aftermath of Jan 6 before reporting it today. https://www.lawdork.com/p/washington-post-bombshell-washington
Saturday's Washington Post report raises many questions — several relating to the fact that the Post, at least passively, made the decision not to reveal the (first) Alito flag story many times since 2021. https://www.lawdork.com/p/washington-post-bombshell-washington