Supreme Court: Order Day

We have the second scheduled summer orders. This one is a bit more diverse than the first (all rehearings denied), but nothing special appears to be in place.

Justice Jackson does not appear to have been assigned a circuit yet. There is this: "The application for stay pending certiorari addressed to Justice Jackson and referred to the Court is denied." Checking the docket number, it looks like a typical frivolous request, this time for a rehearing made to an individual justice. If one justice refuses, you can try another.

Speaking of Justice Jackson, I wrote a welcome letter to her, including in support of openness. In the past, I wrote to Sotomayor (responded once), Kagan, Breyer (including once in 2021 to encourage him to retire), Alito (complimented on his suggesting in the stun gun case that it raised religious liberty issues), Thomas (correction), and Roberts (complaining about the state of the Court). I also sent one to Kavanaugh, badmouthing him.

In the past, I am pretty sure I wrote to Stevens. Way back, I wrote and go a reply from Blackmun. Part of the letter (on a typewriter!) was criticizing him not being totally against the death penalty. The letter noted there were likely to be disagreements, but a few years later he DID go just that way.

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The next (and last) scheduled summer order list is September 9th.  There were no more edits to this term's opinions since some in July.  Unscheduled orders will continue.