SCOTUS Watch

The first non per curiam opinion of the Kavanaugh Term was as usual a technical matter, this time a 8-1 (Sotomayor added a thought, RBG had a partial dissent) Thomas deal involving a federal debt law. Also as usual, these cases have important implications. The professor there yesterday argued the opinion wrongly hurt consumers with an overly strict view statute of limitations in bringing a suit there. The SCOTUSBlog summary argued it was rather atypical. [On Wednesday, a unanimous opinion by Sotomayor on patent attorney fees was released.]

I'll say more about Sotomayor's statements tomorrow, but Monday's Order List also was generally uncontroversial too. Somewhat interesting footnote: the Court turned down an original jurisdiction request (state v. citizen of another state), without comment (the defendant argued bankruptcy rules made the request unnecessary) involving an opioid related lawsuit. The liberals probably also breathed a sigh of relief an ultrasound law (abortion) was not taken given the likely negative result (the dissent below was correct). As usual, various procedural moves would warrant a helpful FAQ code manual.

Meanwhile, I saw The L Word: Generation Q on Sunday. It was nice to see three (favorite is dirty mouth Alice, nice with an edge) of the old cast. Some of the new cast seem to have potential. Multiple bits of breast revealing sex seemed a tad gratuitous at some point. Will watch another episode. Agree with one review it does have a "people with money" favoritism.