On July 3, the Supreme Court granted the government's "motion for clarification" in Department of Homeland Security v. D. V. D. I did a quick search, and I can't seem to find any other instance where the Court granted a similar "motion for clarification." Then again, I highly doubt any district court attempted to play fast and loose with a Supreme Court order. Kudos to Justice Kagan for calling out such inferior court resistance. I did want to point out one aspect of Justice Sotomayor's dissent. She wrote: Today's order clarifies only one thing: Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial. I thought that was an effective line. But do law students today even know what "speed dial" is? Most youths have never actually dialed a phone number on a touch tone phone, let alone a rotary phone. They all grew up… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.
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