Trio of Rulings Released By Supreme Court, With Liberal Justices Joining Majority Opinions

The Supreme Court Wednesday saw the release of three opinions in cases that were argued in this term’s first term. Each decision was accompanied by the majority opinion by the three-member liberal minority.

Justice Amy Coney Barrett, one of six Republican-appointed justices on the conservative-majority court, authored a 9-0 unanimous decision in a bankruptcy case known as Bartenwerfer v. Buckley. Following the decision, a 6-3 opinion was issued by liberal Justice Elena Kagan in a labor dispute called Helix Energy Solutions Group against HewittThe liberal Justice followed with a 5-4 decision Sonia Sotomayor Favoriting death row inmates Cruz v. Arizona.

In Bartenwerfer, The full court ruled that bankruptcy debts incurred through fraudulent activities cannot be discharged in bankruptcy petitions, even if the filer was not guilty of the fraud. Justice was pleased with this decision. Ketanji Brown Jackson Sotomayor and Barrett concurring in Barrett’s opinion.

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Next, the majority court ruled Michael Hewitt, Helix Energy employee, is entitled overtime pay, despite him earning more than $200,000 per year. This was based on the fact that Hewitt wasn’t a salaried worker. Jackson, Justice Clarence Thomas (Civil Justice), Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas (Justice Clarence Thomas) joined the nonideological ruling.

Sotomayor wrote the final opinion in support of an Arizona death row prisoner who claimed he should be allowed challenge his sentence in federal courts but was prevented by a procedural rule. The Supreme Court of Arizona can’t rely on state procedural laws to stop state prisoners from bringing claims under the federal constitution. A Republican-appointed Justice joined the decision. Brett Kavanaugh Together with Roberts, Kagan and Jackson.

The Cruz Case was, in light of its significance, the most striking. Extremely rare The conservative Supreme Court granted a legal victory for death row inmates. A separate 5-4 decision granted Georgia’s death row inmate the right to choose firing squad or lethal injection as a method of dying.

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The majority opinions of the three decisions contained liberal justices. However, Wednesday’s rulings were not hot-button and polarizing. Positive action If so, how do you determine if a Christian web designer She is available to decline her services for same-sex couples who are looking for a customized wedding website.

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The 6-3 Republican-appointed majority still holds more power than the liberal members. Justice Samuel Alito wrote 21% of the opinions in ideologically polarized cases while Roberts or Thomas each wrote 29% according to the same criteria. According Data from SCOTUSBlog. Alito also dominated 78% of the cases that were divided last term, compared to 58% two years ago.

Notably, Roberts, Kavanaugh and Kavanaugh were appointed by Republican presidents. They joined at least one liberal in this election. According to data from the highly cited Supreme Court blog, majority in seven of the 10 opinions that were 5-4 decisions last term. Empirical SCOTUS.