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Monday, May 24, 2021

SCOTUS Watch

There are many cases to hand down, but SCOTUS in their wisdom only provided us two (both unanimous and under ten pages) lesser ones. [More Thursday; not much - one boring case.]

One was another statutory case involving deportation matters, the United States winning. The other (to cite one summary) "Guam may pursue its Superfund cost recovery claim against the federal government for a $160 million landfill cleanup." That is good news for Guam, but it was a limited win. The Order List was mostly bland.

Death Penalty Orders: Sotomayor (joined by the liberals) dissented to a denial involving an ongoing death penalty case where a person who alleges lethal injection would be particularly risky tried to offer the firing squad as an alternative. A blog recently noted his concern the death penalty crowds out other concerns. You can see my reply. [Update: On Wednesday, with the liberals dissenting and no explanation overall, this ruling was stayed.]