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What is a Service Mark?

27 Jun 2023, 7:21 pm by thomasgalvani

first appeared on Thomas W Galvani, PC. [read post]

BlogIP - Galvani Legal's Blo - http://www.galvanilegal.com/blog

The Supreme Court’s Elections Muddle - WSJ

27 Jun 2023, 6:18 pm by Tom Smith

”As Justice Clarence Thomas explains in a dissent joined by Justice Neil Gorsuch, “it seems likely that ‘the bounds of ordinary judicial review’ will be a forgiving standard in practice,” swelling courts with election lawsuits that will be “quickly resolved with generic statements of deference to the state courts. [read post]

The Right Coast - https://rightcoast.typepad.com/rightcoast/

Don’t Count on the Gorsuch and Thomas Votes in Future Voting Cases; Expect Them to Side Against Voting Rights Litigants

27 Jun 2023, 5:42 pm by Rick Hasen

(Justice Alito… Continue reading The post Don’t Count on the Gorsuch and Thomas Votes in Future Voting Cases; Expect Them to Side Against Voting Rights Litigants appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]

Election Law - http://electionlawblog.org/

[Eugene Volokh] S. Ct. Decides: "True Threats" Exception Requires Showing that Speaker Was "Reckless," i.e.,

27 Jun 2023, 2:14 pm by Eugene Volokh

Justice Barrett, joined by Justice Thomas, would have opted for what is basically a negligence standard (again, oversimplifying slightly). [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

Court upholds state corporate registration law in major personal jurisdiction case

27 Jun 2023, 1:33 pm by Amy Howe

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for a five-justice majority that included Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ketanji Brown Jackson. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court holds that a federal prisoner who has already filed (and exhausted) a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 can’t file another postconviction motion to raise a claim of legal innocence based on an intervening statutory-interpretation-decision of the Supreme Court. Section 2255(h) bars second or successive 2255 motions based on non-constitutional claims; and the “saving clause” of § 2255(e) doesn’t authorize a petition for a “writ of habeas corpus,” under § 2241, for claims barred by § 2255(h). Jones v. Hendrix, Sup. Ct. 21-857, __U.S.. __ (June 22, 2023).

27 Jun 2023, 12:31 pm by Darrell Fields

Thomas, J. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

US Supreme Court rejects North Carolina’s ‘independent legislature’ theory

27 Jun 2023, 12:25 pm by Rebekah Yeager-Malkin | U. Pittsburgh School of Law, US

Justice Thomas, writing for the dissent, argued that the case should be dismissed on grounds of “mootness. [read post]

JURIST - Paper Chase - https://www.jurist.org/news/

Justices throw out Colorado man’s stalking conviction in First Amendment dispute

27 Jun 2023, 10:44 am by Amy Howe

Justice Clarence Thomas filed a dissenting opinion and joined a dissenting opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Poor Justice Story

27 Jun 2023, 9:41 am by Gerard N. Magliocca

S. 779, 856 (1995) (THOMAS, J., dissenting). [read post]

Balkinization - http://balkin.blogspot.com/

Trump is the Biggest Loser in Moore v. Harper

27 Jun 2023, 9:34 am by Michael C. Dorf

Gore, Chief Justice Rehnquist, joined by Justices Scalia and Thomas, wrote a concurrence that rejected the ordinarily complete deference that federal courts give to state courts in construing state law. [read post]

Dorf on Law - http://www.dorfonlaw.org/

"No physical evidence supported any of the many conspiracy theories surrounding Epstein’s death, [Inspector General Michael] Horowitz concluded..."

27 Jun 2023, 9:31 am

Nova Noel and Michael Thomas admitted lying on prison records to make it seem as though they had made the checks but avoided prison time under a deal with prosecutors.... [read post]

Althouse - https://althouse.blogspot.com

Supreme Court rules against North Carolina Republicans over election law theory

27 Jun 2023, 9:01 am by Amy Howe

Thomas would not have reached the “independent state legislature theory” question at all. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Opinion requiring subjective awareness in true threats prosecution

27 Jun 2023, 7:58 am by CrimProf BlogEditor

Justice Thomas filed a dissenting opinion. [read post]

CrimProf Blog - https://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/

"The Elections Clause does not vest exclusive and independent authority in state legislatures to set the rules regarding federal elections."

27 Jun 2023, 7:45 am

Pp. 11–26.That's the last opinion for today, per SCOTUSblog.Chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion, with Justice Thomas dissenting, joined in full by Justice Gorsuch and in part by Justice Alito. [read post]

Althouse - https://althouse.blogspot.com

The Supreme Court issues its "true threats" case.

27 Jun 2023, 7:45 am

S. ___, ___ (2019) (THOMAS, J., concurring in denial of certiorari) (slip op., at 2). [read post]

Althouse - https://althouse.blogspot.com

Supreme Court Rejects “Independent State Legislature” Theory In Moore v. Harper

27 Jun 2023, 7:25 am by William A. Jacobson

" Thomas, Gorsuch, and Alito dissented. [read post]

Legal Insurrection - https://legalinsurrection.com

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases

27 Jun 2023, 7:03 am by Howard Bashman

Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. [read post]