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It’s me. SCOTUS, law & politics — including LGBTQ, post-Roe, criminal law, and democracy issues — at Law Dork. / Sober. Queer. Bipolar. Buckeye. Theater. Runner. Gaymer.

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SCOTUS grants no new cases this morning. It also took no action on the Tennessee and Kentucky gender-affirming care cases, meaning these petitions will be relisted to be considered in another conference. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/052024zor_d1o3.pdf

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Justice Sam Alito sold at least some of his stock in Anheuser-Busch and bought stock in Molson Coors on Monday, August 14, 2023, amidst an anti-trans boycott.

What happened and what’s it mean? At Law Dork, I explain: https://www.lawdork.com/p/alito-bud-light-stock-sale-anti-trans-boycott

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Justice Sam Alito, who has considered cases over anti-trans laws this year, may have participated in an anti-trans boycott last August.

New tonight, exclusively at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/alito-bud-light-stock-sale-anti-trans-boycott

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LAW DORK EXCLUSIVE: Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort https://www.lawdork.com/p/alito-bud-light-stock-sale-anti-trans-boycott

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ALSO, LEST YOU WONDER: Yes, justices shouldn't own individual stocks at all — please, write those stories, use this as an example! — but that isn't the point of my story, which is that a justice voting on trans cases might have participated in an anti-trans boycott. That's its own problem.

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Twenty years ago today, the first same-sex couples married legally in the United States, in Massachusetts. Some thoughts on that day — from Mary Bonauto, who argued the case that brought marriage equality to Massachusetts and later, in Obergefell, to the nation — by way of a 2013 profile I did of Mary. https://substack.com/@chrisgeidner/note/c-56642737

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Here’s my report on today’s big 7-2 SCOTUS ruling rejecting the right-wing attack on the CFPB — and Kagan’s very interesting concurrence.

Check it out at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-cfpb-payday-lending-decision-thomas

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Thursday notes:

  • At 10a, we're expecting one or more SCOTUS merits decisions.
  • At the justices' private conference, it appears they will be considering whether to hear cases over bans on minors' gender-affirming care (in TN & KY).

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There are at least eight federal cases filed in six states and five circuits challenging the Biden administration's Title IX rule.

Catch up on what all has been filed and where the challenges stand tonight, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/challenges-biden-admin-title-ix-many-cases

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Always a treat to hear — and, tonight, see — @Dahlialith Mark Joseph Stern & @ifilljustice discussing the law.

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I am so glad @ifilljustice mentioned the Anderson 14th Amendment case. Her amicus brief in the case is an absolute must-read — especially in light of the decision we got.

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JUST IN: The new (equal protection) challengers to Louisiana's two majority-Black district congressional map filed their response to the state and the Voting Rights Act challengers at SCOTUS, seeking to keep in place an order blocking the new map from being used. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24661052-23a994-and-23a1002-response

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For those following along, Judge Mark Pittman's visual timeline criticizing the Fifth Circuit's actions in the CFPB credit card late fee rule challenge — discussed here: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit — was formally entered on the Fifth Circuit's docket this morning. So, we'll see how that goes.

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Two big things on Friday that I covered at Law Dork over the weekend:
• Judge Mark Pittman blocked the CFPB credit card late fee rule — but went on to aggressively push back on the actions of the Fifth Circuit (his bosses, in one sense) in the case: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit

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• Justice Clarence Thomas told the Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference that Washington is a “hideous place,” which I point out follows 40+ years of his amassing power in Washington — and exploiting it. https://www.lawdork.com/p/justice-thomas-attacks-dc-as-hideous

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ATTN! We are just ten (10) new paid subscribers to Law Dork to reach my goal!

Also: If you get a paid subscription tonight, you’ll have access to the second edition of The Law Dork Nine, coming on Monday!

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Eight (8) to go! Also, I just finished up The Law Dork Nine — and I’m so excited for folks to read it! Get a paid subscription now! https://www.lawdork.com/weekendoffer

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AHHH! Just six (6) to go!!! Let’s do it! https://www.lawdork.com/weekendoffer

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On Friday, Justice Thomas attacked Washington as a "hideous place."

Tonight, I wrote about all that in my Sunday SCOTUS thoughts piece at Law Dork. Trust me, you'll want to read. https://www.lawdork.com/p/justice-thomas-attacks-dc-as-hideous

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The Fifth Circuit is so far off the rails that a conservative Trump appointee district court judge had to draw them a chart to explain.

Read Law Dork to get the story on Judge Mark Pittman's Friday ruling that you might have missed in other reports: https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit

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In the case over the CFPB’s credit card late fee rule, Judge Mark Pittman on Friday blocked the rule from going into effect this week. He also, though, strongly criticized the Fifth Circuit’s actions in the case as encouraging party manipulation of cases. https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit

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Mark Pittman is a conservative Trump appointee, and even he is fed up with the Fifth Circuit — as seen in his anger-infused visual timeline detailing the Fifth Circuit’s actions surrounding its claim that Pittman “effectively denied” the Chamber’s request. https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit

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Honestly, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a trial judge call out their appeals court with a condescending timeline visual before.

Tonight, I dig into Judge Mark Pittman’s anger at the Fifth Circuit — the court to which all of his cases are appealed. https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit

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BREAKING: Judge Mark Pittman blocks the CFPB's credit card late fee rule under Fifth Circuit precedent re: CFPB's funding structure.

He does so, however, in a ruling that repeatedly challenges the Fifth Circuit's behavior in the Chamber's case. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.txnd.387342/gov.uscourts.txnd.387342.82.0_1.pdf

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I wrote this up here, because it’s important. https://www.lawdork.com/p/trump-appointee-pittman-blasts-fifth-circuit

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