Mothers’ Day. My other died of chronic kidney disease in 1987 at age 71!

#scOtus : Trump v. u.S on April 25.

#Pearl Harbor: Decision and Warning… (Stanford University Press). Roberta Wohlstetter’s exhaustively researched account concludes that U.S. intelligence community failed to connect the dots to anticipate the attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor

#SCOTUS .. December argument calendar released …beginning on Nov. 27.

#SCOTUS : orders at 9:30 AM ET on Monday, Oct. 30; oral arguments at 10AM ET.

#SCOTUS : November hearing list released; seven cases starting on October 30.

Final Jeopardy watch: name’s the same: Charlie Chaplin movie (1931). West coast bookstore. All three contestants got it. Me too!

#SCOTUS : by my count nine decisions by 6-3 vote, with the three liberals, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson, in dissent in three of the cases. Dissenters in the other 6-3 rulings included conservative justices: Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, etc.

Harvard, UNC admissions policies held to violate Equal Protection Clause (Roberts, CJ, for 6-3 Court re UNC; Jackson recused in Harvard case, 6-2 vote). supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…

#SCOTUS : one or more decisions due after 10AM ET

#SCOTUS waiting for orders at 9:30 AM ET.

#SCOTUS mortality watch. Actuarial tables indicate that the position of chief justice is a risk to longevity. Nine of 17 CJ's have died in office. Will Roberts beat the odds? Time will tell.

No birthday greetings from this Court watcher for the ethically challenged Justice Clarence Thomas, age 75.

#SCOTUS slows class action against the online currency platform, Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski (Kavanaugh, J, for 6-3 Court).

#SCOTUS rejects challenge by Texas and Louisiana to Obama immigration enforcement policies. United States v. Texas (Kavanaugh, J, for 6-3 Court).

#SCOTUS .. dreading more decisions at 10AM ET.

#SCOTUS : A RICO violation may constitute a domestic injury if the circumstances indicate that the injury arose in the United States. Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, Sotomayor, J., for 6-3 Court.

#SCOTUS in setback for tribal rights, Court holds that the US government has no obligation to ensure adequate water supply for Navajo Nation. Arizona v. Navajo Nation, Kavanaugh, J, for 5-4 Court. supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf…

#SCOTUS four decisions, no blockbusters. Not yet digested.

#SCOTUS . Decisions due on Thursday and Friday.