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SCOTUSblog: Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 18, 2020

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Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 18, 2020

We will be live-blogging on Thursday, June {18}, as the Supreme Court releases opinions from the 2019 term. SCOTUSblog is sponsored by Casetext, the most intelligent way to search the law.

{Edited, as the text says that Thursday is June 20. That's a typo. Thanks to ronatchig for pointing that out.}

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SCOTUSblog: Live blog of opinions - Thursday, June 18, 2020 (Original post)	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	OP
Is the date a typo? NT	ronatchig	Jun 2020	#1
It does say June 20 in the text. That's a typo. June 20 is a Saturday.	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	#2
Thanks.	lamp_shade	Jun 2020	#3
I think there are 2 big cases left. Abortion and Trump Tax returns.	Buckeyeblue	Jun 2020	#4
This might be a big day. NT	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	#5
If the SC rules against Trump on tax returns...	Buckeyeblue	Jun 2020	#7
There are 16 decisions pending on argued cases...	Princess Turandot	Jun 2020	#6
There are also two Twitter accounts associated with SCOTUSblog.	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	#8
They started liveblogging at 9:30, so they're up and running.	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	#9
We have an opinion, and it is DACA.	mahatmakanejeeves	Jun 2020	#10

Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:40 AM

ronatchig (574 posts)

1. Is the date a typo? NT

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Response to ronatchig (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:43 AM

mahatmakanejeeves (50,145 posts)

2. It does say June 20 in the text. That's a typo. June 20 is a Saturday.

Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:00 AM - Edit history (1)

It was like that yesterday too. I should go back and note that the reference to the 20th is a mistake.

Thanks for noticing that.

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:32 AM

lamp_shade (14,358 posts)

3. Thanks.

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:36 AM

Buckeyeblue (4,952 posts)

4. I think there are 2 big cases left. Abortion and Trump Tax returns.

I don't feel hopeful about either one of them.

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Response to Buckeyeblue (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:37 AM

mahatmakanejeeves (50,145 posts)

5. This might be a big day. NT

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:46 AM

Buckeyeblue (4,952 posts)

7. If the SC rules against Trump on tax returns...

He will go absolutely nuts. It'll be interesting. My guess is that the way he reacted to the gay rights case, he knows the decision is going to be favorable to him. It seemed like he was kissing their ass.

Trump doesn't care one way or the other about gay rights. He does what he does to throw a bone to the base. Period.

But he does care about himself. And maybe only himself.

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 06:44 AM

Princess Turandot (4,682 posts)

6. There are 16 decisions pending on argued cases...

The first opinion will be released at 10AM. There may be more than one opinion released, but there could also be only one.

Status of decisions:

Graphic is from https://www.scotusblog.com, the best source of information on SCOTUS activities.

A quick summary of outstanding and decided cases by month: https://www.scotusblog.com/statistics/

The cases that they consider to be the most high profile are listed in red. There are 8 of those still undecided.

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Response to Princess Turandot (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:04 AM

mahatmakanejeeves (50,145 posts)

8. There are also two Twitter accounts associated with SCOTUSblog.

Thanks for writing.

https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog

https://twitter.com/AHoweBlogger

Things can show up there almost instantly.

Robert Barnes' account is worth watching:

To show respect for the Supreme Court on decision days, I wear a shirt with a collar. Today at 10: DACA? Abortion? Religious issues? #Scotus #WFH #nophotos

Link to tweet

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:44 AM

mahatmakanejeeves (50,145 posts)

9. They started liveblogging at 9:30, so they're up and running.

Decisions in 17 ... 16 ... 15 ....

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Response to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:02 AM

mahatmakanejeeves (50,145 posts)

10. We have an opinion, and it is DACA.

Here is a link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/18-587_5ifl.pdf

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