SCOTUS February Sketches

by Art Lien | Mar 7, 2019 | Arguments, Opinions, Supreme Court

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After sketching Justice Ginsburg’s return to the bench on the first day of the Court’s February sitting I wimped out the second day because of a little bit of snow. I’m not nearly as tough as RBG. I’m also way more lazy which is why I’m only now getting it together to lump all the rest of February’s sketches into this one post.

Last week’s argument calendar started off with a First Amendment public-access TV case, Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck . . .

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On Tuesday an argument on the constitutionality of a sex-offender law, United States v. Haymond . . .

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. . . and lunch.

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The big argument of a quiet month came on Wednesday in The American Legion v. American Humanist Association, an establishment clause case over a giant cross shaped WWI memorial in Bladensburg, Md, just outside DC.

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Also on Wednesday, Justice Kagan had the opinion in a major death penalty case, Madison v. Alabama.

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And, as if we needed further proof that RBG is no slouch, Justice Ginsburg on Monday announced her second and third opinions since returning to the bench, one of which was a case that she participated in through the briefs and argument transcript while recuperating from cancer surgery at home.

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