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JUST IN: The Supreme Court will announce one or more opinions on Monday July 1, in addition to tomorrowโ€™s already scheduled opinion day. There are currently 6โ€“8 cases pending, we could wrap up the term on Monday. We will see you all tomorrow morning.
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Good Friday morning everyone!


Itโ€™s round three of opinions this week, the justices will convene at 10 AM ET to deliver one or more opinions in argued cases this term. There are between 6โ€“8 cases pending, and we also have another opinion day on Monday, which means the Court could finish by then. Of course, we will know when the last opinion day is as soon as the Chief Justice announces it, which we will be looking for today.

As always, as soon as the opinions are released on the website, we will provide them to you here.
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NEW: Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. It is a 6โ€“3 opinion delivered by Justice Gorsuch. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan and Jackson joined. The case is called Grant Pass v. Johnson.

Here is the link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-175_19m2.pdf
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NEW: Here is the second opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. It is a 6-3 decision delivered by Chief Justice Roberts. Justice Kagan filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor and Jackson joined. The case is called Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. The Court has overruled the Chevron doctrine.

Here is a link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-451_7m58.pdf
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(As a reminder; the delay is not on our end, we work on SCOTUS time, when the opinion is available on the website, itโ€™s immediately sent this channel).
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NEW: Here is the fourth (because Chevron was two cases) and final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. It is a 6โ€“3 opinion delivered by Chief Justice Roberts. Justice Barrett filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor and Kagan joined. This case is called Fischer v. United States. This case relates to the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol.

Here is the link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-5572_l6hn.pdf
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JUST IN: Chief Justice Roberts has just announced Monday will be the FINAL day of opinions, which means we will know the outcome of the remaining major decisions on Monday.
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Good Monday morning everyone!

Itโ€™s the final day of opinions, which means unlike the other opinion days, we know what cases will be released this morning. Although the order of the releases is not predetermined and merely a guess, we will find out between 10amET-11amET (depending on how long it takes to read the opinions and possible dissents from the bench) on how the Court rules on Presidential Immunity. On Friday, the court issued a decision on Fischer v. United States, which did a major blow to Special Counsel Jack Smithโ€™s team regarding hundreds of January 6 prosecutions.


Stay tuned at 10amET and remember, as soon as the opinion is available on the website, itโ€™ll be sent here immediately.
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NEW: Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. It is a 6โ€“3 opinion delivered by Justice Barrett. Justice Jackson filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor and Kagan joined. The case is called Corner Post v. Board of Governors, FRS.

Here is the link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-1008_1b82.pdf
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NEW: Here is the second opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. It is a presumably 6-3 rationale ruling (9-0 on judgment) delivered by Justice Kagan. The case is called Moody v. Netchoice.

Here is the link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-277_d18f.pdf
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(Next opinion is Presidential Immunity, but still waiting for it).
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NEW: Here is the final opinion of the term from the Supreme Court. It is a 6โ€“3 opinion delivered by Chief Justice Roberts. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan and Jackson joined. This case is Trump V United States.

Here is a link to the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf
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(HOLDING: Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presump-
tive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no
immunity for unofficial acts.)
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That officially concludes our coverage of the 2023-2024 Supreme Court term. Thank you all for joining us along the ride of this historical year. We have grown massively over this term with new subscribers every day, and we deeply appreciate all your support. However, our job is far from done. We will continue to give you complete coverage of the Supreme Court for its 2024-2025 term. Enjoy the rest of your Summer and we will see you back in the Fall. (We will cover orders, including the โ€œclean-upโ€ order list coming soon, throughout the summer in the meantime).
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Good morning everyone!

The Supreme Court term is over but the summer is still in progress, which means tourism is in full swing! If you ever happen to find yourself in Washington DC and plan to tour the historical landmarks, the Supreme Court offers a courtroom lecture every day at these times. You can learn interesting facts about the Supreme Court as well as sneak in a quick tour around the Great Hall! We have provided the calendar as well as a screenshot to help guide you! Have a good week everyone!

Link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/visiting/courtroomlectures.aspx#Calendar
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JUST IN: Supreme Court requests a response from New York by July 24 to a lawsuit from Missouri challenging former President Trumpโ€™s conviction and gag order in the New York criminal trial. The case was brought by Missouri to the Supreme Court under original jurisdiction.
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We are not a political channel, never will be, we report on Supreme Court affairs only, but we feel morally obligated to say this: political violence is not acceptable and should never be tolerated. Our thoughts and prayers are with Former President Trump.
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ICYMI: Here are the latest order lists from the month of July. This includes the โ€œcleanup conferenceโ€ that was held after the last day of opinion announcements. The Supreme Court will release another batch of order lists next month, and into September.

Clean up conference order list: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/070224zor_2co3.pdf

July order list: https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/072224zor_4314.pdf
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Good Morning Supreme Court Fans.

As we inch closer to the 2024-2025 Supreme Court term, the Court is starting to schedule oral arguments for the fall sessions.

Here is the link to view the October sitting schedule: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_calendars/MonthlyArgumentCalOctober2024.pdf

Here is a link to view the November sitting schedule: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_calendars/MonthlyArgumentCalNovember2024.pdf
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BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Missouri Attorney Generalโ€™s request to halt the criminal sentencing of Former President Trump, scheduled for next month. Missouri sued the state of New York under original jurisdiction to pause the sentencing and the gag order imposed during the Manhattan trial. Justice Thomas and Justice Alito would grant the request for leave, but no other relief.
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BREAKING: In what appears to be a 5-4 per curiam opinion, the Supreme Court has REJECTED President Bidenโ€™s request to restore his Title IX rule, which wouldโ€™ve expanded sex discrimination to include sexual orientation and gender identity, while the appeals process continues. Justice Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan, Justice Gorsuch, and Justice Jackson joined.

Here is the link to the per curiam: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/24a78_f2ah.pdf
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