It's That Time Again.....SCOTUS Decisions

[SweetSue92]

Waiting for them to drop now.....will update!

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[Eman623]

Followed by the justices running out the back door to their cars and leaving town as fast a possible.

 

[SweetSue92]

First case is the "First Step Act" involving firearms offenders. I'm gonna be honest, this one seems deep in the weeds. Anyway, 5-4 decision

 

[pknopp]

First case is the "First Step Act" involving firearms offenders. I'm gonna be honest, this one seems deep in the weeds. Anyway, 5-4 decision

I support mandatory sentences for certain gun crimes so not a decision I support.

 

[pknopp]

South Carolina can remove PP for abortion services funded by Medicaid.

 

[SweetSue92]

Next on is a loss for Planned Parenthood: can citizens file federal rights violations if states do not allow Medicaid funds to PP. The answer is no, they cannot

 

[SweetSue92]

South Carolina can remove PP for abortion services funded by Medicaid.

Of course Jackson likens this to civil rights' violations....sure

 

[pknopp]

Death Row inmates can sue to get a state to further investigate their claims of innocence. (simplified)

 

[SweetSue92]

One about a Texas death row inmate asking for DNA evidence that he says could exonerate him. Court says yes, 6-3. Good decision IMO

 

[SweetSue92]

Um....Fifth Circuit getting overturned like crazy

 

[pknopp]

Putting off any big ruling.

 

[pknopp]

all remaining will be released tomorrow.

 

[SweetSue92]

The last one is a deportation suit, it looks like 5-4. No birthright decision today.

 

[martybegan]

Next on is a loss for Planned Parenthood: can citizens file federal rights violations if states do not allow Medicaid funds to PP. The answer is no, they cannot

The Court set this up when they allowed the feds to hold back highway funds if States didn't make their drinking age 21.

 

[pknopp]

last decision gives illegals more time to dispute orders of removal.

 

[pknopp]

The Court set this up when they allowed the feds to hold back highway funds if States didn't make their drinking age 21.

Abortion has always been banned in Medicaid funding. The court simply ruled the state agreed to this restriction when they accepted the funds.

 

[1srelluc]

I support mandatory sentences for certain gun crimes so not a decision I support.

I'm torn on it looking at it from the prison side of things but generally I agree with you.

 

[Oddball]

The Court set this up when they allowed the feds to hold back highway funds if States didn't make their drinking age 21.

This despotic behavior goes back even further: the 55 mph national speed limit...Though that's only as far as I can remember, and there was no suit filed over it.

 

[pknopp]

I'm torn on it looking at it from the prison side of things but generally I agree with you.

yes, it is more complicated than my statement. The issue IMO is in the law ruled upon. But..........

 

[1srelluc]

yes, it is more complicated than my statement. The issue IMO is in the law ruled upon. But..........

I just remember when Virginia's prisons were filled with 5-year mandatory felony sentences for simple pot possession.

It least they usually made parole their first time up but talk about your overcrowding! We had them stacked three high in the cellhouses.

Simply put Virginia's prisons were not ready (at the time) for that type of sentencing.