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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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At Tuesday's USA v. Trump CIPA hearing, Judge Cannon will also be discussing the trial schedule, per today's order. Another order from the chief judge of the court bars media from bringing cell phones or electronic equipment into the courthouse. https://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/adminorders/2023-47.pdf

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Up on MSNBC next, talking 303 Creative.

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Here was my latest report on 303 Creative, mentioned on MSNBC: https://www.lawdork.com/p/303-creative-what-about-the-fallout

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NEW: Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for minors can be enforced during appeal, judge rules, citing Sixth Circuit precedent from Tennessee case.

A short write-up at Law Dork: https://substack.com/@chrisgeidner/note/c-19713769

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My name is currently trending on Twitter because I didn’t write positively enough about Elon’s new monetization scheme. Read my story here!! https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/13/twitter-creators-payments-right-wing/

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@taylorlorenz Quite a night over there. Definitely not clicking on the second or third ones!

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There are a fair number of non-extremists defending 303 Creative as a narrow and necessary #SCOTUS free speech ruling. I see how they can make that argument.

My problem with that, ultimately, is three-fold.

Today, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/i/134614078/where-does-all-of-that-leave-us

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As if on cue, the Texas Tribune today reports that Jonathan Mitchell, the former solicitor general of Texas, has asserted that 303 Creative is supplemental authority in a case brought by a Texas judge who doesn't want to conduct same-sex couples' weddings. The case was brought under Texas's RFRA. https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/12/texas-judge-gay-weddings-supreme-court/

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A leading right-wing ideological lawyer in private practice now, here is Mitchell's letter: https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=49adffca-13f7-4b48-8601-febcf665e97a&coa=cossup&DT=OTHER&MediaID=be44dc5b-7432-43a8-962a-dc70319a3ea2

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OK, I have Part II of my report on the 303 Creative #SCOTUS decision coming in the morning.

Subscribe to Law Dork now to make sure you see it when it comes out. https://www.lawdork.com/

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Here it is: https://www.lawdork.com/p/303-creative-what-about-the-fallout

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NEWS: Senate Judiciary Committee will mark up and vote on the Supreme Court Ethics, Recusal, and Transparency (SCERT) Act on Thursday, July 20, per release from Sens. Durbin and Whitehouse.

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SIXTH CIRCUIT: An embarrassing opinion by Judge Jeffrey Sutton, signed onto by Judge Amul Thapar. https://www.lawdork.com/p/sixth-circuit-tenn-trans-care-ban-stay-ruling

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What the hell did the Sixth Circuit do overnight — and what now?

I break it down at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/sixth-circuit-tenn-trans-care-ban-stay-ruling

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Breaking: Kentucky AG Daniel Cameron bypasses the district court, asking the 6th Circuit to issue a stay of the district court's injunction of SB150, the state's ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23869061-kyag-thornburyvdoe-6thcir-stayrequest

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OK, 4p Friday news update:

  • FOSTA at the DC Circuit
  • litigation against anti-trans laws
  • Rudy's DC law license
  • the Twitter Files case
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FOSTA upheld in a 3-0 decision at the DC Circuit. Judge Millett writes: https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opinions.nsf/EB820C51595100D6852589E50054A365/$file/22-5105-2006738.pdf

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DC Court of Appeals Professional Responsibility Committee recommends the Rudy Giuliani be disbarred in DC. https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23868906/2023-07-07-issuance-letter-and-hearing-committee-report-giuliani.pdf

For the foregoing reasons, the Hearing Committee finds that Respondent Rudolph W. Giuliani violated Pennsylvania Rules 3.1 and 8.4(d) and should be disbarred from the practice of law in the District of Columbia. See D.C. Bar Rule XI, § 1(a). We further recommend that Respondent’s attention be directed to the requirements of D.C. Bar R. XI, § 14, and their effect on eligibility for reinstatement. See D.C. Bar R. XI, § 16(c).

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I still can't get over this "Bulletin Board in the breakroom," AI-sounding tripe that bears no resemblance to any actions of Twitter since Musk took over, let alone in June and July.

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This morning, I published my first deep-dive into 303 Creative, addressing the confusing, overlapping, and — in one instance — late-breaking preliminary matters that underlie the June 30th #SCOTUS decision. New, at Law Dork: https://www.lawdork.com/p/303-creative-preliminary-matters

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Honestly cannot WAIT to read the first great 5,000-word story on the Summer 2023 social media upheaval.

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NEWS: On June 29, a federal lawsuit was filed challenging Georgia SB 140, the state's gender-affirming care ban, along with a motion for a temporary restraining order/preliminary injunction.

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"A 6-3 Supreme Court means what it means: If they want it, they get it." At Law Dork, my look at the term that just ended. https://www.lawdork.com/p/6-3-supreme-court-means-what-it-means

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“The right has the votes …. [I]t doesn’t mean they’ll always support every radical theory cooked up in a Federalist Society or Alliance Defending Freedom lab. But, they can.” https://www.lawdork.com/p/6-3-supreme-court-means-what-it-means

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BREAKING: #SCOTUS rules that, under the First Amendment, Colorado nondiscrimination law cannot force a website designer to send a message with which she disagrees. Gorsuch writes the 6-3 decision for the court. Sotomayor writes the dissent. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-476_c185.pdf

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In the final three major decisions of the Supreme Court's term, the same 6-3 partisan-divide, conservative majority ended affirmative action, wrote an exemption into non-discrimination laws, and struck down a major Biden administration policy to relieve student loan debt.

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