The Latest Breaking News from Thomas

The walls are closing on universal, non-party injunctions against state laws.

Justice Thomas: “constitutional rights are generally invoked defensively in cases arising under other sources of law, or asserted offensively pursuant to an independent cause of action designed for that purpose”

A careful textualist analysis that speaks more broadly to other substantive canons, including Chevron deference.

That happened in yesterday's opinions respecting the stay in Labrador v. Poe, twice in Justice Gorsuch's concurrence (joined by Justices Thomas and Alito), and once in Justice Jackson's dissent (joined by Justice Sotomayor). Nice! For Sam's substantive analysis of Labrador, see this post.

Lack of help from other teams and a headwind chase into Austria helps attackers stay away

This morning's decision in DeVillier v. Texas, written by Justice Thomas for a unanimous Court, has this meticulously careful description of the relationship between law, equity, and causes of action, with a citation to my colleague A.J. Bellia's excellent work with Brad Clark (emphasis added): The cases that DeVillier cites…

Yesterday the Court stayed most of the district court's injunction in Labrador v. Poe, narrowing the injunction so that it protected only the plaintiffs from the enforcement of Idaho's statute restricting surgeries and other kinds of medical interventions for minors related to gender identity. Accompanying the Court's stay were three…

Deacon talks to Finn about Sheila in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 9, 2024.

Steffy is cleared of charges while Deacon wants answers in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 8, 2024.

Deacon makes a shocking discovery in The Bold and the Beautiful recap for April 5, 2024.

Steffy never wanted Hope and Thomas to be together on The Bold and the Beautiful, but has she gone too far?