Daniel Leddy

NY Judge (ret); Law Professor (ret); Law Commentator; Covering SCOTUS & other legal news; Occasional tweets about MLB, a passion since I was a kid.

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Here's an interesting commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court's approach to capital punishment cases. https://t.co/JAn6dh37iY

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The U.S. Supreme Court is permitting Alabama to use a congressional map in the November elections that lower courts rejected as racially discriminatory. https://t.co/oHQ0813ry0

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Here's an excellent analysis of last week's Scotus ruling in Havana Docks Corporation v. Royal Caribbean Cruises. https://t.co/d0yYbm1AsD

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Abortion, being the intentional killing of a human being, is murder. There should be no legal right to choose murder!

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The U.S. Supreme Court has continued to stay a federal circuit court ruling that barred the mailing of mifepristone, a drug used in medication abortions.

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The DOJ is investigating whether Steve Descano, the Democratic DA of Virginia’s largest county, discriminated against U.S. citizens by offering preferential treatment to defendants who were not in the U.S. legally. https://t.co/rOLcmGfroD

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Speaking at the 5th Circuit Judicial Conference in Houston last week, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito displayed a sense of humor, expressed dissatisfaction with life in the public eye, and talked about his inner workings in his chambers. https://t.co/8vjGrhNCDE

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“Americans, no less in Alabama, deserve a republic free of racial sorting now, and state officials deserve an opportunity to give it to them.” -- Alabama Solicitor General A. Barrett Bowdre, seeking SCOTUS intervention to reinstate its 2023 congressional map

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Why are the #Mets playing so poorly? Simple. They're a bad baseball team. And, no, it's not Mendoza's fault. Nor is it really Stearns' fault. Injuries, plus woeful underperformance by key players, are the reason. Best case scenario: They inched their way back to .500

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The Trump administration has sued The New York Times, claiming it discriminated against a white male employee by declining to promote him to a top editorial role. Which, of course, is something the Times absolutely would do.

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Nobody ever accused Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson of being the brightest light in the legal galaxy, but she just might be the dullest. Add to that her penchant for rudeness, and she emerges as among the worst Supreme Court appointments of all time.

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If any other religious or ethnic group were similarly targeted, Democrats and their media allies would be screaming. (Two former federal prosecutors discussed their desire to prosecute nuns during investigations of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. https://t.co/LhMqRIPRfB

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Controversy surrounding the decision to replace some of Notre Dame’s (Paris) historic windows with a contemporary design has escalated to legal action from a heritage association and calls for peaceful protests. https://t.co/jvmxSZrMfY

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Here's an analysis of last week's oral argument before Scotus in Monsanto Company v. Durnell. At issue: Does the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act preempt a label-based failure-to-warn claim where the EPA has not required the warning?https://t.co/KB2C09wNDy

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U.S. Supreme Court: a group of faith-based pregnancy centers can litigate their challenge to New Jersey’s demands for information about the group’s fundraising practices in federal court. First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Davenport [unanimous; per Gorsuch)

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The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana congressional map challenged by “non-African American” voters as unconstitutional racial gerrymandering. (Louisiana v. Callais; 6-3; per Alito)https://t.co/8Nq9SwW1Lu

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Here's an analysis of Monday's oral argument before Scotus in Chatrie v. United States, which involved the constitutionality of a geofence warrant: https://t.co/G9OQXERuof

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The Trump administration has announced that it will bring back federal firing squad executions to strengthen the death penalty. Pope Leo XIV is simultaneously supporting those seeking to abolish capital punishment in the U.S. and around the world. https://t.co/qiMuoqjn3T

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The Supreme Court has added four new cases, on topics ranging from the Fourth Amendment to federal preemption, to its Oral Argument Docket for the 2025-26 term. Read more here: https://t.co/7ZJIE448gR

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"Ambassador Brian Burch described the situation in Nigeria as a 'conflict between radical Islamic groups and Christians because of their faith."-https://t.co/dViAsWwOA4