Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that's not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court's bad decisions:
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Rivas-Villegas -- SCOTUS reversed the lower court to give a cop qualified immunity for using excessive force
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Tahlequah v. Bond -- SCOTUS reversed the lower court to give a cop qualified immunity for killing a man
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Shoop v. Twyford -- SCOTUS made it harder to get habeas relief
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Brown v. Davenport -- SCOTUS made it harder to get habeas relief
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Shinn v. Ramirez -- SCOTUS made it harder to get habeas relief
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Zubaydah -- SCOTUS allowed the Govt to withhold information about torture on CIA black sites
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Vaello-Madero -- SCOTUS denied SS benefits to residents of Puerto Rico
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Cummings -- SCOTUS disallowed recovery for emotional-distress damages in civil rights lawsuits
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Patel -- SCOTUS stripped federal courts of jurisdiction to review fact issues in immigration proceedings
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Biden v. Missouri -- SCOTUS blocked a federal vaccine mandate
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11/25
Garland v. Gonzalez -- SCOTUS denied long-detained immigrants' access to a bond hearing
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Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez -- SCOTUS denied long-detained immigrants' access to a bond hearing
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FEC v. Ted Cruz -- SCOTUS struck down campaign finance restrictions to enable Ted Cruz to pay himself back for loans he made to his own campaign
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Egbert v. Boule -- SCOTUS further limited a person's ability to sue federal officers (Bivens actions)
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Vega v. Tekah -- SCOTUS weakened enforcement of Miranda rights
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Carson v. Makin -- SCOTUS undermined the Establishment Clause, forcing states to fund private religious schools
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Kennedy v. Bremerton Sch. Dist. -- SCOTUS undermined the Establishment Clause, allowing football coach to have public/publicized Christian prayers at football games
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Denezpi -- SCOTUS recognized tribal sovereignty just enough to allow an Indian defendant to be prosecuted twice for the same crime (no double jeopardy), then...
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Castro-Huerta -- SCOTUS undermined tribal sovereignty by making tribal land "part of state" and allowing state to exercise jurisdiction on tribal land
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Bruen -- SCOTUS struck down NY's 100yo restriction on concealed carry to expand 2A and limit gun restrictions
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U.S. v. Texas -- SCOTUS allowed Texas's "bounty hunter" antiabortion law to go into effect
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Dobbs -- SCOTUS overruled Roe & Casey, eliminating the federal right to abortion and enabling severe (life-threatening) restrictions on abortion to go into effect
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West Virginia v. EPA -- SCOTUS undermined the EPA's ability to regulate emissions and fight global warming
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And it must be noted that this isn't everything. SCOTUS also did things on the shadow docket -- like allow Louisiana's racial gerrymander to stay in effect for the 2022 election, etc.
Just a terrible, terrible, terrible term.
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Just a terrible, terrible, terrible term.
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Going to go ahead and add onto this thread that there were a handful of positive decisions. They were mostly minor -- but (thankfully) there were a couple big wins.
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Hemphill -- SCOTUS strengthened the 6A right to confront witnesses
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Thompson v. Clark -- SCOTUS made it slightly easier to pursue a claim for malicious prosecution
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Ramirez v. Collier -- SCOTUS protected the religious rights of a death-row inmate
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Taylor -- SCOTUS declined to enhance the punishment for certain crimes
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5/14
Concepcion -- SCOTUS gave district courts more discretion to reduce criminal sentences
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6/14
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo -- SCOTUS prevented Texas from trying to regulate gaming on tribal land
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7/14
Morgan v. Sundance -- SCOTUS prevented courts from making up procedural rules that favor arbitration
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Golan v. Saada -- SCOTUS gave district courts more discretion to resolve international child-custody disputes
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9/14
Saxon -- SCOTUS ruled in favor of certain workers trying to avoid arbitration
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10/14
Kemp -- SCOTUS broadened a procedural mechanism for challenging erroneous judgments
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Nance v. Ward -- SCOTUS recognized a procedural mechanism for challenging method of execution
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Biden v. Texas -- SCOTUS ruled that the Biden Admin could rescind the Trump Admin's "remain in Mexico" asylum policy
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13/14
Torres -- SCOTUS allowed veterans to sue state-agency employers (denied the state's sovereign immunity)
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14/14
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