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Special Discussion Thread: Supreme Court Decisions 6/11/18
The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 24
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Special Discussion Thread: Supreme Court Decisions 6/11/18

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 07:14 AM PDT

SCOTUS will be releasing additional orders and opinions from the June 7th conference. This thread will be updated as needed.

SCOTUS Blog Live Blog

Decisions of note:

Husted v. A Philip Randolph Institute

Ohio's voter-roll maintenance process does not violate federal voter-registration laws

Link to full opinion

Sveen v. Melin

Retroactive application of state law providing that divorce automatically nullifies designation of spouse as life-insurance beneficiary does not violate the Constitution's contracts clause

Link to full opinion

Washington v. United States

SCOTUS affirmed Washington v. United States by an equally divided court.

Link to full opinion

China Agritech Inc. v. Resh

Rule suspending the statute of limitations for individual claims filed after a failed class action does not apply to subsequent class actions

Link to full opinion

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The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 24

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 09:14 AM PDT

Welcome to the 'What happened in your state last week' thread, where you can post any local political news stories that you find important in the comments. This is a weekly thread posted every Monday, in order to facilitate more discussion on local issues on /r/politics. Since this is intended to be a thread about local politics, top-level comments that are exclusively about national issues will not be allowed. When commenting, please include the state you're living in, and don't forget to link sources. Also, please actually describe what happened. "I live in X, you know what happened" isn't helpful to users and will be removed.

If someone from your state made a news round-up that you think is insufficient, feel free to comment to that round-up with further news stories. Enjoy discussion, and review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

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EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry

Posted: 11 Jun 2018 03:36 AM PDT