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SCOTUS Orders & Opinions 6/17/19 Discussion Thread
The "What happened in your state last week?" Megathread, Week 24
Jon Stewart Continues to Blast Republicans for Not Supporting the 9/11 Victim Fund: “Not all Republicans oppose this, but everyone who has opposed it is a Republican. It’s unacceptable”
President 'fires pollsters' over results as Fox News survey has him trailing every single major Democratic candidate
Elizabeth Warren Is Completely Serious About income inequality. About corporate power. About corrupt politics. And about being America’s next president.
Mitch McConnell Wonders Why Jon Stewart Is ‘All Bent Out of Shape’ Over 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund
People are not falling for these ICE ‘propaganda’ photos — People are comparing photos ICE tweeted to Nazi propaganda.
Supreme Court hands Virginia Democrats a win in gerrymandering case
Tobacco's 'Special Friend': What Internal Documents Say About Mitch McConnell
Seniors Are More Conservative Because the Poor Don’t Survive to Become Seniors
Stupid, incompetent, racist, loser: Do Trump's Twitter insults project his own faults?
Fed Watchdog Rips ‘Undue Influence’ By White House In Kellyanne Conway Case
Trump’s Abuse of Executive Privilege Is More Than a Present Danger
"I’ll call your bluff any day of the week": Ocasio-Cortez rejects Trump quoting her to defend against his impeachment
Trump now claims he read the whole Mueller report (but he didn't)
California governor says Republican Party is headed 'into the waste bin of history'
Donald Trump says he's against polls because "I like the truth" as 2020 campaign fires pollsters after damaging numbers leak
Top elections cop says she's 'gravely concerned' about foreign government efforts to intervene
New Poll Shows 10-Point Spike In Support for Impeachment Hearings
Alyssa Milano Authors Comprehensive State-By-State Abortion Bill Guide for Filmmakers
California Is Considering Ending Criminal Court Fees and Wiping Out Billions in Debt | Fees are only supposed to recoup costs in the criminal justice system, but if you’re poor, they’re a punishment.
What Clinton Did Was Politics. What Trump’s Doing Is Treason.
McConnell on Jon Stewart: ‘He’s All Bent Out of Shape’ Over Nothing
SCOTUS Allows Virginia Map Redrawn To Fix Racial Gerrymander To Stand
Trump fires the polling firm Kellyanne Conway built over leak of polls he said didn’t exist
The Supreme Court strikes a small but significant blow against gerrymandering
Trump says he’ll announce a ‘phenomenal’ new health care plan soon. Where was it the last 2 years?

SCOTUS Orders & Opinions 6/17/19 Discussion Thread

Posted: 17 Jun 2019 07:50 AM PDT

Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck.

Holding: Petitioner, a private nonprofit corporation designated by New York City to operate the public access channels on the Manhattan cable system owned by Time Warner (now Charter), is not a state actor subject to the First Amendment.

Judgment: Reversed in part and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Kavanaugh on June 17, 2019. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer and Kagan joined.

Here is a link to the full opinion.

Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren

Holding: The Fourth Circuit's judgment that the Atomic Energy Act does not preempt Virginia's prohibition on uranium mining in the Commonwealth is affirmed.

Judgment: Affirmed, 6-3, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch on June 17, 2019. Justice Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justices Sotomayor and Kagan joined. Chief Justice Roberts filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Breyer and Alito joined.

Here is a link to the full opinion.

Gamble v. United States

Holding: The dual sovereignty doctrine—under which two offenses are not the "same offence" for double jeopardy purposes if prosecuted by separate sovereigns—is upheld.

Judgment: Affirmed, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Alito on June 17, 2019. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Ginsburg and Justice Gorsuch filed dissenting opinions.

Here is a link to the full opinion.

Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

Holding: The House of Delegates lacks standing to appeal the invalidation of Virginia's redistricting plan.

Judgment: Appeal dismissed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Ginsburg on June 17, 2019. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices Breyer and Kavanaugh joined.

Here is a link to the full opinion.

Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries

Petition granted, judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission on June 17, 2019

That's all for today! For the complete order list, click here.

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

Posted: 17 Jun 2019 09:26 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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Jon Stewart Continues to Blast Republicans for Not Supporting the 9/11 Victim Fund: “Not all Republicans oppose this, but everyone who has opposed it is a Republican. It’s unacceptable”

Posted: 17 Jun 2019 06:46 AM PDT