Category: Opinions Relating to Orders – 2020

JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. Petitioner Alexander Baxter was caught in the act of burgling a house. It is undisputed that police officers released a dog to … Read More

TEXAS DEMOCRATIC PARTY, ET AL. v. GREG ABBOTT, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL.

JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE KAVANAUGH joins as to all but Part II, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. The text of the Second Amendment protects “the right of the … Read More

JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. Kansas asks us to decide whether the First Amendment prohibits States from criminalizing threats to “[c]ommit violence . . . in reckless … Read More

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) imposes several restrictions on inmates seeking to file a second or successive habeas petition. See 28 U. S. C. §§2244, … Read More

JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE GORSUCH joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. A majority of States, including Wisconsin, have “integrated bars.” Unlike voluntary bar associations, integrated or mandatory bars … Read More

JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, dissenting from denial of application for injunctive relief. South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom

The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), prisoners must exhaust administrative … Read More

The application to vacate stay presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is denied. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, with whom JUSTICE GINSBURG joins, respecting the denial … Read More

JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE KAVANAUGH joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. This petition presents the question whether the general civil enforcement provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act … Read More