Late night #grind getting the site ready - we’re not going to blow anyone away on Day 1 but hopefully meet our primary goals: 1) have a site 2) be able to post 3) make it easy on us and you! Bells and whistles to follow 😉
We’re live!!...sort of. Waiting on site verification that has extended far too long, but our first posts are up and the framework built out - 🤞🏼🤞🏼 tonight is #official launch night! #varietyblog
Finally, we are officially up and running, and visible! What a week experiencing every technical snafu possible in getting this set up, but we’re there now and full speed ahead!
Here is the opinion from John Roberts in Biden v. Texas: supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf…. Roberts is joined by the three liberals + Kavanaugh. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Barrett dissent.
Just in: In an election case out of North Carolina, SCOTUS agrees to review the "independent state legislature" theory next term. Under that theory, state legislatures have broad power to set rules for federal elections, even if state courts say those rules are unconstitutional.
In addition to those three grants, SCOTUS declines review in a challenge to New York's vaccine mandate for health care workers.
Here is today's full order list: supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…