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Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.


Case - Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe

Authored by - Justice Barrett

Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.

Holding - Courts may not create new causes of action for violations of international norms under the ATS.

Dissent - Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson.

Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-856_kjfm.pdf

Here is the second opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case - Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S. A. (Cuba)

Authored by - Justice Kavanaugh

Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett.

Holding - The Helms-Burton Act itself abrogates the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities; plaintiffs who sue Cuban agencies or instrumentalities under the Act need not also satisfy one of FSIA’s enumerated exceptions to foreign sovereign immunity.

Dissent - Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justice Kagan and Justice Jackson

Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-699_f204.pdf

Here is the third opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.


Case - Landor v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections and Public Safety.

Authored by - Justice Gorsuch

Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.

Holding - Individuals may not be held liable in their personal capacities un-
der a Spending Clause statute unless those individuals have voluntar-
ily and knowingly consented to answer lawsuits under the statute; because the individual defendants in this case did not voluntarily and knowingly consent to face RLUIPA liability in an agreement with the
federal government, Mr. Landor’s case cannot proceed against them.

Dissent - Justice Jackson, joined by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan.

Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/23-1197_h3ci.pdf

Here is the fourth opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.

Case - Pung v. Isabella County

Authored by - Justice Alito

Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Jackson. Justice Thomas joined by except as to Part II-B. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion and concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Gorsuch joined.

Holding - The proper baseline for measuring “just compensation” following a tax sale is the auction sale price, not the property’s hypothetical fair market value, at least when the sale is fairly conducted in light of the
country’s history of tax sales.

Dissent - None.

Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-95_dc8e.pdf

Here is the fifth and final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court.


Case - Blanche v. Lau

Authored by - Justice Thomas

Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett.

Holding - The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) does not require a border officer to have clear and convincing evidence that a lawful permanent resident has committed a crime involving moral turpitude before deeming the resident an applicant for admission.

Dissent - Justice Jackson, joined by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan.

Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-429_h3ci.pdf

A US pilot who was rescued after his plane was shot down in Iran chillingly recalled being swarmed by Iranian drones that moved together in unison in a jellyfish-like formation.
“Multiple drones interconnected and moving as one with smaller drones below the bigger drones like legs,” one of the sources familiar with the pilot’s witness account told CNN.
“Real alien s–t,” the source added.
https://nypost.com/2026/06/23/world-news/us-fighter-pilot-shot-down-by-iran-describes-alarming-jellyfish-drones-before-crash-real-alien-s-t/