| 单词 | concurring opinion |
| 例句 | Oppenheimer’s theme was picked up in two concurring opinions issued with the report. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In a concurring opinion in the 2007 school segregation case, Parents Involved in Community Schools v. The Power of the Supreme Court Inside America’s Schools 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z In a separate concurring opinion, Few wrote that the state constitution’s right to privacy does not provide blanket protections against “reasonable” invasions. South Carolina’s new all-male Supreme Court reverses course on abortion, upholds strict 6-week ban 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency “and the EPA sought to avoid public scrutiny and to hide the risk of illegal water pollution from the public eye,” Justice Anne McKeig wrote in a concurring opinion. Minnesota Supreme Court rules against disputed mine, says state pollution officials hid EPA warnings 2023-08-02T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion in the ruling on race-conscious admissions, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch criticized preferences for the children of donors and alumni, saying they “undoubtedly benefit white and wealthy applicants the most.” Why Legacy Admissions Are at the Center of a Dispute in Higher Education 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas said in his concurring opinion last year in Dobbs v. The Supreme Court Struck Down Sodomy Laws 20 Years Ago. Some Still Remain. 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z The concurring opinion by Justice Thomas in the recent affirmative action cases versus the dissenting opinion by Justice Jackson are like reading two different languages and descriptions of reality. Thank the Supreme Court for the next big campus battle: Legacy admissions 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Wade, Thomas wrote a concurring opinion that questioned the entire right of privacy, saying he would go further — much further — than the majority. Clarence Thomas and the price of feigned originalism 2023-07-15T04:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion that explored another possible constitutional violation: the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “excessive fines.” In Her First Term, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson ‘Came to Play’ 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kavanaugh stressed that the issue remained alive and that the court could address it in a later case. Along With Conservative Triumphs, Signs of New Caution at Supreme Court 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Justice Barrett issued an extended concurring opinion exploring the limits of the major questions doctrine. Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Justice Gorsuch, who is traditionally seen as part of the conservative bloc, raised the issue of unfair legacy preferences in his concurring opinion, and of course, the dissenting justices did as well. Thank the Supreme Court for the next big campus battle: Legacy admissions 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Amy Coney Barrett fleshed out the doctrine and argued that it applied to the student loan case. Highlights of the Student Loan Forgiveness Opinions and Dissent 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Judge James C. Ho, who was also appointed by Mr. Trump, issued a concurring opinion saying there were other ways to protect victims of domestic abuse. Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The majority and concurring opinions focused on affirmative action’s downsides for white and Asian students, while the dissents focused on the benefits to Black and Latino students. The End of Affirmative Action 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Justice Thomas called out Justice Jackson directly in a lengthy critique, singling out her views on race and leveling broader criticisms of liberal support for affirmative action. In Affirmative Action Ruling, Black Justices Take Aim at Each Other 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Clarence Thomas, the longest serving justice and the court’s second Black justice, read a concurring opinion from the bench, pointedly rejecting the validity of using race as the basis for preferential consideration. In the Supreme Court chamber, the subject was race, the mood was somber, the criticism harsh 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Thomas wrote a concurring opinion accompanying the ruling that said Jackson's "race-infused world view falls flat at each step." US Justices Jackson, Thomas illustrate heated US debate on race 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In a sign of the complexity and politically charged nature of the issue, the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was accompanied by three concurring opinions and two dissenting ones. Highlights of the Affirmative Action Opinions and Dissents 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Justice Thomas wrote that the majority opinion “rightly makes clear that Grutter is, for all intents and purposes, overruled.” Supreme Court Rejects Affirmative Action Programs at Harvard and U.N.C. 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z In the concurring opinion, however, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, the second Black Supreme Court Justice in the court's history, said the Grutter case was "for all intents and purposes, overruled." KBJ rips “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” of affirmative action ruling — calls out Clarence Thomas 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Among advocates on the left, a lot of alarm bells rang over Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs. A year after fall of Roe, 25 million women live in states with abortion bans or tighter restrictions 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z Justice Brett Kavanaugh cautioned in a separate concurring opinion that the court didn’t address the merits of whether the law provides an unconstitutional racial preference for Native foster and adoptive parents. Things to know about the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Indian Child Welfare Act 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z In a sign of the complexity and politically charged nature of the issue, the majority opinion, written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., was accompanied by three concurring opinions and two dissenting ones. Highlights of the Affirmative Action Opinions and Dissents 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z His concurring opinion on Thursday recounted in ugly detail the cruel mistreatment of Native American children over the centuries. Justice Neil Gorsuch Is a Committed Defender of Tribal Rights 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion on Thursday, emphasized that the "serious" racial discrimination claims made in the litigation remain undecided. US Supreme Court rejects race-based challenge to Native American adoption law 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Judge James C. Ho, who was also appointed by Mr. Trump, issued a concurring opinion saying there were better ways to protect victims of domestic abuse. Do People Subject to Domestic Abuse Orders Have the Right to Be Armed? 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z Even with the new test established by the majority on Thursday, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, in a concurring opinion, expressed worry that lower courts would still struggle to interpret the vague wording of the statute. Supreme Court Narrows the Reach of an Aggravated Identity Theft Law 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Three conservative justices backed more sweeping concurring opinions. Supreme Court Backs Employer in Suit Over Strike Losses 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion in last week’s decision, Judge Toby J. Heytens, who was appointed by President Biden, said those precedents must count for something. Elite High School’s Admissions Plan May Face Supreme Court Test 2023-05-29T04:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, issued a concurring opinion that explored another possible ground for ruling in Ms. Tyler’s favor: the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition of “excessive fines.” States Are Not Entitled to Windfalls in Tax Disputes, Supreme Court Rules 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who retired in 2018, said in a concurring opinion that the law required only a “significant nexus” between the wetlands at issue and bodies of waters. Supreme Court Limits E.P.A.’s Power to Address Water Pollution 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch said the court was right to focus narrowly on the commercial purpose of the two works rather than on their artistic appeal or value. Supreme Court rejects Andy Warhol's use of copyrighted photo of Prince 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, he called abortion a "moral tragedy." Factbox: The judges who will decide the appeal over the abortion pill 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion a year later, Judge Ho deplored the “moral tragedy of abortion.” Abortion Pill Fight to Be Heard by One of Nation’s Most Conservative Courts 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., wrote that some gun control laws that use objective licensing criteria could still be considered constitutional. Judge in Virginia Strikes Down Federal Limit on Age of Handgun Buyers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z Circuit Judge Florence Pan, in a concurring opinion, went further. Court: EPA must regulate perchlorate, contaminant in water 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z Kavanaugh joined them to overturn Roe and wrote in his concurring opinion that because the Constitution said nothing about abortion, decisions about it should not rest with judges. News Analysis: FDA case may reveal if Supreme Court conservative justices are abortion foes above all else 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Bress was joined in his decision by two other conservative judges: Carlos Bea, who was appointed by President George W. Bush, and Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee who also wrote a concurring opinion. 9th Circuit says Twitter can't disclose FBI 'national security' demands for user info 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion overturning Roe that he believes the constitutional right to interstate travel doesn’t allow individual states to bar their residents from traveling elsewhere to get abortions. She secretly traveled 2,000 miles for her WA abortion. Why patients from the South are coming here 2023-02-26T05:00:00Z Opponents of the statue pointed to Thomas’ concurring opinion last year to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Clarence Thomas statue backed by Republicans in Georgia 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z The senators pointed to Justice Clarence Thomas’ push to do exactly that in his concurring opinion on the decision that overturned the national right to abortion. Kaine, Warner urge Virginia to repeal state constitution ban on same-sex marriage 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z Among those in the majority was Oldham, who used his concurring opinion in part to criticize Democratic President Woodrow Wilson. Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, in a concurring opinion, said the idea lacks “any basis in the Constitution.” Abortion-rights flip has law schools scrambling to rewrite out-of-step constitutional law teachings 2022-12-30T05:00:00Z “Over half of the total number of majority or concurring opinions in Supreme Court history to have quoted this language from Marbury,” Professors Brown and Epstein wrote, “have been penned by the Roberts court.” An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Fast-forward to this year, when Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in his concurring opinion to strike down abortion rights that the right to marry should be reconsidered, too. Opinion | Biden, Harris and the arc of same-sex marriage rights in one gesture 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z But supporters were alarmed by Justice Clarence Thomas saying the court should reconsider the ruling in a concurring opinion earlier this year in Dobbs v. Biden invites drag queens to attend White House signing of same-sex marriage bill 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z His concurring opinion also touched more broadly on the national debate over policing. Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, in a concurring opinion, said the court should reconsider other precedents based on similar legal doctrine, including the 2015 decision that required all states to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Biden signs same-sex marriage law at star-studded White House celebration 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court “should reconsider” other precedents as well, including the Obergefell ruling, raising concern that other civil rights could be rolled back. Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the court “should reconsider” other precedents as well, including the Obergefell ruling. Biden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested the ruling protecting same-sex marriage should also be reconsidered. WA LGBTQ+ community cheers bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z “Everyone wants to have their say. I don’t think that’s just posturing for the Supreme Court,” said Gervasi, noting the number of judges writing separate dissents and concurring opinions. Trump’s lasting legacy on the judiciary is not just at the Supreme Court 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z That ruling included a concurring opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas that suggested same-sex marriage should also be reconsidered. Bill protecting same-sex, interracial unions set for passage 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas endorsed aspects of the theory as long ago as 2000, when he joined a concurring opinion in Bush v. Five Things You Need to Know About the Supreme Court Case That Could Radically Change Elections 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z In the aftermath of the disputed 2000 presidential vote, Justice Clarence Thomas joined a concurring opinion in Bush v. Supreme Court to consider fundamental change in elections authority 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z But it was widely dismissed until Chief Justice William Rehnquist raised it in a concurring opinion to the court’s ruling on the disputed 2000 presidential election. Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Wade, which had guaranteed abortion rights, Justice Clarence Thomas suggested in a concurring opinion that the decision upholding gay marriage should also be reconsidered. Same-sex couples wary despite federal marriage rights bill 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Wade in June, Justice Clarence Thomas filed a concurring opinion calling for the elimination of the right to same-sex marriage. A New Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights Arrives at a Changed Supreme Court 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z Some worried that the medication would soon become a legal target after Justice Clarence Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion in Dobbs v. The Students Quietly Distributing Emergency Birth Control on Campus And in his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas renewed an old argument when he suggested that all the rights contained under substantive due process ought to be reconsidered. Many Rights Are Nowhere in the Constitution. What Would Life Look Like Without Them? But three justices — then-Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas — issued a concurring opinion seen as the genesis of what is today called the independent state legislature theory. Republicans' Supreme Court bid to let lawmakers overturn elections could badly backfire on GOP 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z A concurring opinion, written by Justice John Paul Stevens, scolded Powell for advising states on how to rewrite their laws, but legislatures began passing statutes that fell in line with Powell’s vision. Was She Ready to Be a Mother? A Judge Got to Decide. 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z That caveat was reiterated in a concurring opinion in the New York case. At Protests, Guns Are Doing the Talking 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z He singled out the concurring opinion by Justice Thomas as a potential harbinger. Jim Obergefell has "concerns" about the Respect For Marriage Act 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion hinted that prior rulings, such as the court’s decision on same-sex marriage, could be future targets for the court to overturn. Backdrop for Vote on Same-Sex Marriage Rights: A Big Shift in Public Opinion 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “Under the Constitution, a government may not treat religious persons, religious organizations, or religious speech as second-class,” Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said in a concurring opinion. Boston to pay $2 million to Christian group for refusing to fly its Latin Cross flag at city hall 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z “The Insular Cases have no foundation in the Constitution and rest instead on racial stereotypes,” Gorsuch wrote in April in a concurring opinion. Supreme Court won’t take case raising past rulings denounced as racist 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z Recently, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion on another Trump case, asserted that former presidents must retain some ability to assert executive privilege. Opinion | Trump filing offers the Supreme Court wide purview in executive power 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy took a very different approach. SCOTUS Hears a Case with Broad Implications for the Clean Water Act 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Alito noted in a concurring opinion that the scope of the law is “notoriously unclear” and expressed sympathy for the homeowners. Supreme Court debates narrowing protections in Clean Water Act 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion at the time, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said the law gave the agency too much power. On New Term’s First Day, Justices Hear Case on E.P.A. Power Over Wetlands 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z So you have Kennedy writing a concurring opinion in that case too, and there's a difference. How "religious freedom" became a right-wing assault on equality and the rule of law 2022-10-01T04:00:00Z Particularly given the ominous words of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion on Dobbs v. Don’t let Republicans off the hook on same-sex marriage 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Today, things look more like Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Opinion | Why a Black lesbian married couple with kids left Texas 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z Heightening that worry was Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion, which specifically took aim at Obergefell. Opinion | The Respect for Marriage Act must pass — and Republicans should support it 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, in a concurring opinion, required only a “significant nexus” between the wetlands at issue and bodies of waters. On New Term’s First Day, Justices Hear Case on E.P.A. Power Over Wetlands 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Lawmakers fear the court’s ruling, and a concurring opinion from Justice Clarence Thomas, indicate that an earlier high court decision protecting same-sex marriage could come under threat. Senate to vote on same-sex marriage in coming weeks 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Chief Justice John Roberts also noted that states were generally free to require objective licensing requirements, such as firearms training, fingerprinting and background checks. Concealed-carry gun bill dies in California Legislature, despite backing from Newsom and top Democrats 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z “The Insular Cases have no foundation in the Constitution and rest instead on racial stereotypes,” Gorsuch wrote last April in a concurring opinion. Biden administration urges Supreme Court not to take citizenship case 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z In addition to writing the court’s majority opinion, in which he was joined by fellow Trump appointee Judge Danielle Forrest, Lee wrote a separate, concurring opinion where he focused almost exclusively on that opposition. Court says San Jose school district must recognize Christian club that excludes LGBTQ kids 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z A concurring opinion did state that the case should be seen as a limited ruling, however. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas said the court should revisit other cases that have created protections for Americans based on an implicit right to privacy in the U.S. In California, abortion could become a constitutional right. So could birth control. 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Commissioner Judith Jagdmann emphasized in a concurring opinion that the project was “legislatively favored.” Virginia regulators OK Dominion’s planned offshore wind farm 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z The bill was introduced as a response to Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs, which overturned Roe v. ‘Respect for Marriage Act’ is the latest example of the left’s outright lying 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., in a concurring opinion that would have stopped short of overruling Roe, failed to see the parallel. The Abortion Decision, Haunted by Brown v. Board of Education 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z Research and draft judicial opinions: Clerks do detailed research to assist justices in writing an opinion, whether it is the majority opinion or a dissenting or concurring opinion. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Other critics have also pointed to Justice Thomas’ concurring opinion in Dobbs v. Progressives gather 1.2 million signatures calling for Justice Thomas’ impeachment 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Sponsors said the bill was spurred by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in Dobbs v. 80+ conservative groups urge Senate Republicans to oppose Respect for Marriage Act 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z Wade — and Justice Clarence Thomas’s unrestrained concurring opinion in the case — advocates worry that other precedents resting on the due process clause could be targeted next. Opinion | Senators, pass the Respect for Marriage Act 2022-07-24T04:00:00Z As the new Supreme Court has lurched to the extreme, Justice Clarence Thomas, in a concurring opinion overturning the right to bodily autonomy protected by Roe v. Opinion | Marriage equality is not safe in Virginia. Youngkin knows that. 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z If a justice agrees with the outcome of the case but not with the majority’s reasoning in it, that justice may write a concurring opinion. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In a concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning Roe v. Some WA Republicans vote against protecting contraceptive access, same-sex marriage 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion that accompanied the abortion decision, said the high court should review other decisions based on “substantive due process,” including the gay-marriage decision in Obergefell v. Democrats aim to codify same-sex marriage with GOP’s help 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z A concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas, who has gained stature in the new majority, raised questions about gay marriage and other rights. Pressure on Senate GOP after same-sex marriage passes House 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The move was a direct answer to Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in the ruling last month that overturned federal abortion rights. Twitter Takes Round 1 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z But in a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas made clear that he thought that other landmark cases that relied on the 14th Amendment, as the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill Amid Fears of Court Reversal 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z These fears were magnified by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ concurring opinion last month in overturning Roe vs. 'Poetic justice'? GOP congressman with anti-LGBTQ past tries to win over gay Palm Springs voters 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, however, in his own concurring opinion, threw cold water on Kavanaugh’s. Column: Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z He also issued a 12-page concurring opinion, writing only for himself. The Right to Travel in a Post-Roe World 2022-07-11T04:00:00Z Michael de Adder’s June 26 editorial cartoon was a spot-on synopsis of Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion in the Dobbs v. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: An attention-seeker gets just that 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Hagedorn urged lawmakers to clarify the state’s election laws, some of which were first enacted more than a century ago. Ballot drop boxes not allowed in Wisconsin, state Supreme Court rules 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion supporting the decision to overturn Roe, the conservative justice called Lawrence and Obergefell “demonstrably erroneous decisions” with no basis in the Constitution or U.S. history. After Roe, architect of Texas abortion law sets sights on gay marriage and more 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z His concurring opinion in the court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Op-Ed: Clarence Thomas earns our scorn 2022-07-03T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas called bullfeathers in his concurring opinion — a document that confirmed two truths about this singular figure: Thomas is the most radical justice in U.S. history, and he is scrupulously honest about it. Opinion | In Dobbs, these untruths are self-evident 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion released after the court struck down Roe v. GW defends Thomas appointment amid calls for removal from law school 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z "When faced with a demonstrably erroneous precedent, my rule is simple: We should not follow it," Thomas wrote in a concurring opinion in a 2019 case. Analysis: After abortion, conservative U.S. justices take aim at other precedents 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion, said that every president since the late 1990s has allowed immigrants into the country to await their proceedings. U.S. Supreme Court backs Biden in bid to end Trump 'remain in Mexico' policy 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kagan, who dissented in a recent sovereign immunity case, wrote that “our sovereign immunity decisions have not followed a straight line.” Supreme Court Sides With Veteran Hurt by Burn Pits in Iraq 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z In Justice Clarence Thomas' concurring opinion on the case of Dobbs v. Birth control access could be next for SCOTUS to roll back: "There's no doubt Griswold is at risk" 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Alito wrote a concurring opinion to say that the court’s “radical new course” may cause “confusion and disruption.” Supreme Court sides with doctors convicted of overprescribing opioids 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The Black conservative jurist was excoriated by pro-choice advocates over his concurring opinion last week in Dobbs v. Justice Thomas singled out for racist slurs after Roe v. Wade overturned 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z She said Justice Clarence Thomas, who cast doubt on those rights in a concurring opinion, was merely saying “the quiet part out loud” as the court’s conservative wing increasingly asserts itself. Kamala Harris warns abortion rights are only the beginning 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas specifically said that one of the landmark cases the justices should reconsider is Griswold v. What is the difference between Plan B and the abortion pill? 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In their concurring opinion, the court's conservative wing argued that the football coach, Joseph Kennedy, had engaged in a form of private speech, protected by the First Amendment. Sotomayor rebukes SCOTUS for ignoring "decades" of precedent in latest "religious liberty" ruling 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Although Thomas’s concurring opinion did not mention it, the ruling could even imperil the right to interracial marriage, which the Supreme Court recognized in its 1967 decision in Loving v. The Supreme Court prompts the question: Who gets rights in America? 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Thomas’s concurring opinion saying the court should reexamine the constitutional underpinnings of court precedents on contraceptives, same-sex marriage and gay rights provides the next path for the court, she said. Emboldened Supreme Court majority shows it’s eager for change 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Supreme Court Throws Abortion to an Unlevel State Playing Field 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion released Friday, Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested it would be unconstitutional for a state to bar residents from traveling to another state to get an abortion. Abortion ruling thrusts companies into divisive arena 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z Some executives are already starting to focus on the potential for other shoes to drop: Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion raised questions about what other rights could soon disappear. Businesses Are Bracing for the Political and Social Fight Post-Roe 2022-06-25T04:00:00Z But Justice Clarence Thomas in a concurring opinion suggested that a whole body of rights should now be up for reconsideration, including same-sex marriage. Analysis | The Supreme Court rolls back a right and inflames a divided country 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion no other justice joined, he said he agreed with the majority that nothing in the opinion “should be understood to cast doubt on precedents that do not concern abortion.” Supreme Court reversal leaves states free to outlaw abortion 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kavanaugh indicated that an exception for the life of the mother may be required, but he did not say so in so many words. In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Advocates for L.G.B.T.Q. rights on Friday sounded the alarm over Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Jim Obergefell and L.G.B.T.Q. groups warn that abortion ruling could impact other rights. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Those reactions were stoked by Justice Clarence Thomas’s concurring opinion, in which he explicitly said that precedents establishing those rights — which relied on the same legal reasoning as the now-overturned Roe v. Abortion Ruling Poses New Questions About How Far Supreme Court Will Go 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The court’s remaining Catholic, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., wrote a concurring opinion upholding the Mississippi abortion ban in question but lamenting the overturning of Roe as “a serious jolt to the legal system.” Column: How a grisly film in catechism class led me to support abortion rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z The majority opinion said Mississippi included a health exception, and Kavanaugh, in a concurring opinion, tried to blunt some of those criticisms. Supreme Court reversal leaves states free to outlaw abortion 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z But Justice Thomas, a member of the majority, issued a concurring opinion that sent a different message. In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z None of Justice Thomas’s colleagues signed his concurring opinion, and some lawyers urged caution about reading too much into it. Jim Obergefell and L.G.B.T.Q. groups warn that abortion ruling could impact other rights. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In the end, the chief justice filed a concurring opinion in which he spoke for no one but himself. June 24, 2022: The Day Chief Justice Roberts Lost His Court 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas further validated fears that this may be only the beginning of an erosion of rights in America. Stand up for women’s rights in face of abhorrent abortion ruling 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Justice Thomas, in his concurring opinion, took aim at three other landmark cases that relied on that same legal reasoning: Griswold v. Here are key passages from the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Justice Kavanaugh wrote that states could not forbid their residents from traveling to other states to obtain abortions. In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, in his concurring opinion overturning Roe v. Thomas’s concurring opinion raises questions about what rights might be next. 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z His concurring opinion and his institutionalist impulses notwithstanding, Chief Justice Roberts may have a hard time convincing the public that party affiliations say nothing about how the justices conduct their work. June 24, 2022: The Day Chief Justice Roberts Lost His Court 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, however, Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that the justices should reconsider “all of this Court’s substantive due process precedents,” including the case of Griswold v. Is Birth Control Still Legal in the U.S.? 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z Writing separately in a concurring opinion, Alito criticized Breyer for leading his dissent with a recounting of the nation’s horrible mass shootings. Supreme Court finds N.Y. law violates right to carry guns outside home 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Justice Kavanaugh took the opposite approach in his concurring opinion, saying the precedents identified by Justice Thomas were secure. In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights 2022-06-24T04:00:00Z But a concurring opinion written by Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and joined by Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. emphasized that the Constitution continues to allow a “variety” of gun regulations. Senate passes bipartisan gun violence bill, marking breakthrough 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. responded to the dissent. Supreme Court strikes down New York law limiting guns in public. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in a concurring opinion joined by Chief Justice John Roberts that the decision has some limits, specifically some of licensing requirements that states maintain including background checks and firearms training. Analysis: U.S. Supreme Court ruling provides ammunition for gun law challenges 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z Judge Diana Motz, in a concurring opinion, suggested that the district court dismiss the claims without prejudice so the family can file a new complaint alleging malice. N.C. school leaders accused of ignoring abuse have immunity, court rules 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z But in an unusual concurring opinion, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. accused the Biden administration of apparent gamesmanship in abandoning the rule after lower courts ruled against it. Supreme Court dismisses Republican challenge to immigration rules 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said the case had presented “a host of important questions.” Supreme Court Dismisses Bid by G.O.P.-Led States to Defend Trump Immigration Plan 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z A concurring opinion gave an impassioned defense of the “right of segregation.” The worst decisions in the history of the Washington Supreme Court, according to the chief justice 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, writing a concurring opinion in the Pennsylvania case, said the high court should rip off the bandage and overrule Zadvydas altogether. Supreme Court backs DHS’s ability to detain illegal immigrants 2022-06-13T04:00:00Z Writing a concurring opinion, he said the facts of the case are so similar to the original 1971 case that it’s difficult to see how the current court can come to a different conclusion. Justices rule double-dealing migrant smuggler can’t sue Border Patrol agent 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z Justice Neil Gorsuch devoted his concurring opinion to the history of the Insular Cases and called for them to be overruled. Opinion | For Puerto Ricans, Another Reminder That We Are Second-Class Citizens 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion on Wednesday, Chief Justice Roberts continued to express skepticism about the Biden administration’s litigation strategy. Supreme Court Dismisses Bid by G.O.P.-Led States to Defend Trump Immigration Plan 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z That's why often there are multiple majority, dissenting, and concurring opinions surrounding a single case. Historic "breach" puts abortion rights supporters and opponents on alert for upcoming earthquake 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z But in his concurring opinion last month, Justice Gorsuch was skeptical of what he called “a revisionist account” as a matter of both logic and law. Gorsuch Calls for Overruling ‘Shameful’ Cases on U.S. Territories 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Toby J. Heytens wrote that the high school’s new admissions program was lawful. Supreme Court Allows Elite High School’s New Admissions Rules 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Judge Marcus wrote in his concurring opinion that “a society risks falling into the abyss of ignorance” when it sacrifices the pursuit of truth to other concerns. Appeals court strikes down University of Central Florida speech code 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z “The independent map drawers’ efforts were apparently little more than a sideshow — yet more fodder in this political sport,” Justice Michael P. Donnelly wrote in his concurring opinion. Justices send Ohio Statehouse maps back to drawing board 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Kavanaugh emphasized that states that still employ the death penalty should work now on how to accommodate the religious requests of the condemned. Supreme Court says death row inmate entitled to pastor’s touch at execution 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh filed a short concurring opinion agreeing that the question posed by the case was a substantial one. Supreme Court Allows Court-Imposed Voting Maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z One or more of the justices on the majority side may write a concurring opinion, usually to make some point not made or not emphasized in the majority opinion. Magruder's American Government 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Four years later, in his concurring opinion in Shelby, he wrote, “Our Nation has changed.” The Long Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion on Monday, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, joined by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., said that “the stay order does not make or signal any change to voting rights law.” Supreme Court Restores Alabama Voting Map That a Court Said Hurt Black Voters 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, O’Connor highlighted the weaknesses of the system Ohio has adopted. Analysis | Ohio voters asked for fairness in redistricting. They didn’t get it. 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z Justice Kavanaugh, in another concurring opinion, wrote that “under the U.S. Constitution, the state courts do not have a blank check to rewrite state election laws for federal elections.” Supreme Court Allows Court-Imposed Voting Maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z Judge W. Brent Powell wrote a concurring opinion in the case but cautioned against construing the ruling too broadly. Missouri Supreme Court remands 3 cases using video testimony 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z The Georgia Supreme Court took a different approach in a recent death penalty case, as a candid concurring opinion acknowledged. Language Mistake in Georgia Death Penalty Law Creates a Daunting Hurdle 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z It’s exactly what Thurgood Marshall, the Supreme Court’s first Black justice, predicted would happen when he wrote a concurring opinion in the Batson case. Many juries in America remain mostly White, prompting states to take action to eliminate racial discrimination in their selection 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z In a brief concurring opinion, Judge Gibbons signaled that as a matter of judicial restraint the courts should defer to OSHA’s expertise. Appeals Court Reinstates OSHA’s Vaccine Mandate for Workers at Larger Businesses 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z Barrett wrote in a concurring opinion, joined by Kavanaugh, that she thought the earlier case might have been wrongly decided but that there was no reason to immediately overrule or replace the precedent. Trump’s Supreme Court nominees show why they are pivotal to the future of abortion rights 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Ho called the question of whether the city could be held responsible at this point a “close case.” Man can revive suit against New Orleans over police beating 2021-11-28T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kavanaugh wrote that states could exclude advisers of all denominations from the execution chamber, but may not allow only some to be present. Supreme Court Weighs Condemned Man’s Wish for Pastor’s Touch 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Supreme Court upheld the state court, with Justice Joseph Bradley writing in a concurring opinion that “the paramount destiny and mission of women are to fulfill the noble and benign offices of wife and mother.” Opinion | God Has No Place in Supreme Court Opinions 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “Alabama has not carried its burden of showing that the exclusion of all clergy members from the execution chamber is necessary to ensure prison security,” Justice Kagan wrote for four justices in a concurring opinion. Supreme Court Stays Execution in Dispute Over Pastor’s Role in Death Chamber 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z In a lengthy concurring opinion, Kavanaugh provided something of a blueprint for the court to follow when determining whether it is appropriate to overrule “erroneous precedent.” Trump’s Supreme Court nominees show why they are pivotal to the future of abortion rights 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Supreme Court to decipher the complex ruling that had multiple partial dissents and partially concurring opinions. Tribes, states seek review of Native child adoptions case 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z James C. Ho, who issued a concurring opinion lamenting the “moral tragedy of abortion.” Opinion | The 5th Circuit is staking out a claim to be America’s most dangerous court 2021-08-31T04:00:00Z Justice Byron R. White, who was often hostile to the news media, wrote in a concurring opinion that an unregulated and unruly press is better than the alternative of government control. Trump Suits Against Tech Giants Face Steep First Amendment Hurdles 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z But Justice Kavanaugh issued a brief concurring opinion explaining that he had cast his vote reluctantly and had taken account of the impending expiration of the moratorium. Supreme Court Rejects Request to Lift Federal Ban on Evictions 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Alito penned a long concurring opinion and said he did not understand the opinion to apply to students at public colleges and universities. Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader in free-speech dispute over profane Snapchat rant 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z But make no mistake: the ramifications of this decision, particularly the concurring opinion by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, are profound, and potentially revolutionary. Here’s what the Supreme Court’s ruling against the NCAA means for the financial future of college athletes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z It was Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion that delivered the more accurate message. Column: The NCAA squandered a near-victory on student-athlete pay. Here's what's next 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z Gorsuch’s concurring opinion criticized the majority for timidity in not directly confronting whether to overrule Smith. Supreme Court unanimously rules for Catholic group in Philadelphia foster-care dispute 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Four justices, in concurring opinions in the case, Nestlé USA v. Supreme Court Limits Human Rights Suits Against Corporations 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Justice Alito’s concurring opinion on Thursday spanned 77 pages, five times the length of Chief Justice Roberts’s majority opinion. Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Foster Care 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a concurring opinion accusing the majority of including “an unnecessary, incomplete and sanitized history” of the law, one she said had imposed disproportionately harsh sentences on Black offenders. Supreme Court Rejects Sentence Reductions for Minor Crack Offenses 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Presiding Justice David Nahmias wrote a concurring opinion, joined by two other justices, saying that while he agrees with upholding Young’s convictions and sentences, he doesn’t agree with all of Melton’s analysis. Georgia high court upholds man’s death sentence 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z The idea was laid out in detail in April, when Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion as the court declined to hear a case on former President Trump blocking people on Twitter. Republicans have a new tool to fight deplatforming: common carriage laws 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z Judge James C. Ho wrote a reluctant concurring opinion expressing misgivings about the Supreme Court’s abortion jurisprudence. Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z He sat on the al-Hela panel, and Judge Rao’s opinion echoed his own concurring opinion in a similar case just three months earlier. Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Write Guantánamo’s Final Chapter? 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kavanaugh wrote that he was concerned that lower courts were not sufficiently sensitive to Second Amendment rights. Supreme Court to Hear Case on Carrying Guns in Public 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion that did not endorse the majority’s reasoning, Justice Clarence Thomas agreed with the dissenters, to a point. Supreme Court Rejects Limits on Life Terms for Youths 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion in Murphy’s case, Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote that “the government may not discriminate against religion generally or against particular religious denominations.” Texas ends clergy, spiritual advisers ban in death chamber 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z His concurring opinion, which expressed respect for precedent but proposed a relatively relaxed standard for evaluating restrictions, signaled an incremental approach to cutting back on abortion rights. Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z Justice Rebecca Bradley wrote a concurring opinion, reaching the same fundamental conclusion using different reasoning. Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Their decision included multiple dissents and partially concurring opinions. Decision strikes key parts of Native American adoptions law 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Two of the justices, including Chief Justice Patience Roggensack, issued a separate concurring opinion. Wisconsin high court voids governor's mask mandate, settling partisan dispute 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Liu has been critical of capital punishment, writing in a 2019 concurring opinion affirming a death judgment that he shares concerns long voiced by judicial leaders about the challenges of the death penalty. One of these people could be Newsom's pick for California attorney general 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z The organizations’ copyright claims “would enable them to prevent anyone from gaining access to that law or copying it for the public,” Judge Gregory G. Katsas observed in a concurring opinion. Column: A lawsuit aims to stop private firms from claiming copyrights on California laws 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z In a 2019 concurring opinion affirming a death penalty judgment in the case People v. Newsom expected to value death penalty opposition in a new California attorney general 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Republican Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby alluded to the value of the now-defunct law, writing that “misinformation harms the public, particularly when the misinformation concerns candidates for elected office.” NC Supreme Court: Dan Forest can sue over 2012 political ad 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z The three-judge panel’s ruling was unanimous, though one of the three wrote a brief concurring opinion. Court: Black man’s arrest for refusing to show ID improper 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Thomas L. Ambro wrote that he would have ruled for the student on narrower grounds. A Cheerleader’s Vulgar Message Prompts a First Amendment Showdown 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z That concurring opinion, which had been widely relied on by courts around the nation, was effectively rejected by the court’s recent ruling in the case from New York. Justices Tell Federal Judge to Reconsider Virus Limits on California Churches 2020-12-03T05:00:00Z In his concurring opinion in the New York case, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch took aim at Roberts and the liberal dissenters, accusing them of sending the Constitution on “a holiday during this pandemic.” Opinion | What a conservative majority on the court really means 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z On Wednesday, Kavanaugh issued a conciliatory concurring opinion emphasizing that he agreed with much of what Roberts had written in dissent. Midnight Ruling Exposes Rifts at a Supreme Court Transformed by Trump 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit drew on Chief Justice Roberts’s concurring opinion in the California case. Case on Churches, Cuomo and Coronavirus Arrives at Supreme Court 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Alito questioned the Supreme Court’s decision to intervene but said its ruling was correct. Justice Amy Coney Barrett Hears Her First Supreme Court Argument 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Gore, the late Chief Justice William Rehnquist, joined by Scalia and Thomas, authored a concurring opinion offering "additional grounds" for putting an end to the Florida ballot recount. Why Bush v. Gore Still Matters in 2020 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z But in the Wisconsin case, Kavanaugh noted that concurring opinion, which was endorsed at the time by Thomas. One theory by one justice binds together Supreme Court’s contradictory election opinions 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z He joined Justice Gorsuch’s opinion in the Wisconsin case and wrote his own concurring opinion, one that has attracted considerable attention for echoing the president’s criticism of mail-in voting, for its citation of Bush v. In Voting Cases, Chief Justice Roberts Is Alone but in Control 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Justice Kavanaugh’s remarks came in a concurring opinion explaining why the court, by a 5-to-3 vote, had been right to refuse to extend a deadline for counting absentee ballots in Wisconsin. As Supreme Court Weighs Election Cases, a New Life for Bush v. Gore 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z But Rehnquist’s was not the opinion of the court in the case; it was from a concurring opinion joined by only two other justices. Kavanaugh’s Bush v. Gore citation draws scrutiny ahead of another divisive election 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z In a footnote, he approvingly cited former Chief Justice William Rehnquist's concurring opinion in the infamous 2000 election case Bush v. Why Brett Kavanaugh's opinion on Wisconsin's mail-in ballots has so many worried 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z Ho wrote in a concurring opinion that he only "grudgingly" upheld Abbott's order because while the federal court "usurped" state legislature's authority to write election law, "so the did the Governor of Texas." Texas’ Abbott praises court ruling reinstating 1 ballot drop box per county 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z The rule governing reversals has been, as Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh observed in a concurring opinion this year, “that the Court requires something ‘over and above the belief that the precedent was wrongly decided.’ Opinion | The bombshell consequences of Amy Coney Barrett 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion on Monday, Justice Kavanaugh discussed the Supreme Court’s role in supervising state courts in election disputes. As Supreme Court Weighs Election Cases, a New Life for Bush v. Gore 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Five of the Supreme Court justices concurred with the opinion while Justice Michelle M. Keller wrote a separate concurring opinion. Kentucky racing industry suffers setback in court ruling 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z However, court observers point out that the chief justice wrote in his concurring opinion that “neither party has asked us to reassess the constitutional validity” of the 1992 abortion case, Planned Parenthood v. Overturning Roe v. Wade ruling not only way to end legal abortion access, experts say 2020-09-22T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion in the Flynn matter, he urged people to interpret the outcome as being about the law, not “the partisan skirmishes of the day.” Court Denies Flynn’s Bid to End Case and Renews Fight Over McGahn Subpoena 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z At that time, Justices Neil M. Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion saying that such nationwide blocks caused “chaos for litigants, the government, courts and all those affected by these conflicting decisions.” Appeals Court Blocks Immigrant Wealth Test in the Northeast 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Alito and Gorsuch said the court had not gone far enough to settle the issue for good. Supreme Court says employers may opt out of Affordable Care Act’s birth control mandate over religious, moral objections 2020-07-08T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judges Robin Rosenbaum and Jill Pryor wrote that state officials were mistaken in arguing “that the photo ID and witness requirements impose only a ‘little bit of work’ on Alabamian voters.” Splitting 5-4, Supreme Court Grants Alabama’s Request to Restore Voting Restrictions 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z But abortion rights advocates worry that Roberts’s concurring opinion in the Louisiana case might make it more difficult to prevail in some cases. Supreme Court leaves in place laws in Chicago, Pennsylvania that restrict antiabortion protesters 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “Police misconduct is at the heart of this case,” the appeals court said in a concurring opinion in Mallet’s case. Texas DA files new charges resulting from deadly drug raid 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion that provided the fifth vote for a majority, the chief justice wrote that the court’s doctrine requires it to “treat like cases alike.” Editorial Roundup: US 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z In a lengthy concurring opinion, Justice Alito described the general history of Blaine amendments, which he said were prompted by prejudice against Catholic immigrants. Supreme Court Gives Religious Schools More Access to State Aid 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Though he was the deciding vote for Monday’s ruling, the chief justice specified in his concurring opinion that he believed the 2016 precedent that Monday’s ruling was based on was “wrongly decided.” The Supreme Court Stopped Anti-Abortion Momentum. For Now. 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z But he said he was bound by precedent in his Monday concurring opinion, in which he joined the final conclusion of the plurality of liberal justices to strike down the Louisiana law. Thomas tears into abortion precedent, says Roe v. Wade should fall in dissent on Louisiana case 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, two justices wrote that the state’s reopening plan is “permissive, suggestive and discretionary.” Oklahoma judge allows Trump rally to proceed as planned, as president says Tulsa curfew being lifted 2020-06-19T04:00:00Z “It is incumbent on the courts to ensure decisions are made according to the rule of law, not hysteria,” state justice David Viviano wrote in a concurring opinion. Michigan barber wins reopen case at state Supreme Court 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z Judge James C. Ho was even sterner in his concurring opinion. Appeals court rejects Democrats’ push to expand mail voting in Texas 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z Associate Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, in a separate concurring opinion, said evolving technology is likely to significantly reduce those processing costs over time. Court: California agencies can’t charge to edit police video 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z Wade "incorrect" in a concurring opinion on a case about non-unanimous jury verdicts. Thomas tears into abortion precedent, says Roe v. Wade should fall in dissent on Louisiana case 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z The two dissenting opinions and one concurring opinion revealed a wide gap between the judges. Appeals Court Allows Emoluments Suit Against Trump to Proceed 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z Three judges said in a concurring opinion that the first 5th Circuit ruling could have been overturned simply because the judges had overstepped their authority by expanding another decision. US Supreme Court won’t hear appeal in Louisiana boy’s death 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z Justice Kavanaugh contributed an 18-page concurring opinion in which he set out an extensive analysis of when overruling precedents is appropriate. Supreme Court Bans Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts for Serious Crimes 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Ginsburg suggested that the allegations might be sufficient to allow the case to move forward. Back at Work but Not on the Bench, Supreme Court Issues 3 Major Opinions 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Thomas, meanwhile, wrote a separate concurring opinion calling on his colleagues to "explicitly abandon" the practice of implied preemption based on a federal law's “purposes and objectives.” Divided Supreme Court rules illegal immigrants can't be shielded from ID theft prosecution 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z In a twist, Judge Henderson wrote in a concurring opinion that she disagreed with that argument. Court Rules Congress Cannot Sue to Force Executive Branch Officials to Testify 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion written by Gorsuch and joined by Clarence Thomas, the court criticised the use of nationwide injunctions. Supreme court allows Trump to enforce new hardline immigration policy 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, issued on Monday a concurring opinion addressing what they said was the growing problem of nationwide injunctions. Supreme Court Allows Trump’s Wealth Test for Green Cards 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Lord Reed took the slightly unusual step of writing a concurring opinion, explaining why children should not be tried in the "highly formal" atmosphere of an adult court. Who is the new top judge at the Supreme Court? 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z Retired Judge Michael Kirby, appointed to temporarily fill in for Justice Marcus Clark, wrote a separate concurring opinion, agreeing the appeal was barred on procedural grounds. Court sidesteps issue on juvenile sex offenders 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z One appellate judge issued a concurring opinion that said that it seems wrong for Earnest to benefit from Megan Hicks’ death when he willfully decided to drink and drive. Man who killed wife in drunken crash to collect her benefits 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z One judge, though, warned in a concurring opinion that CACI’s concerns are legitimate. Appeals court rejects contractor’s appeal in Abu Ghraib case 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z In so doing, a divided three-judge panel concluded that it had jurisdiction to resolve the dispute and cited Justice Robert Jackson’s famed concurring opinion in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company v. A Green Light on the Border Wall as Trump’s Supreme Court Victories Mount 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z Yet many close watchers of abortion law took note Friday of a concurring opinion by Justice Clarence Thomas. Reproductive rights advocates file lawsuit against Georgia’s abortion ban 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z As he put it last fall, in a concurring opinion in Gamble v. Clarence Thomas’s Astonishing Opinion on a Racist Mississippi Prosecutor 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z Writing a concurring opinion on Monday in a gun possession case, Thomas said the court should reconsider its standard for reviewing precedents and should not uphold precedents that were “demonstrably erroneous.” Conservative U.S. justices draw criticism by overruling precedent... 2019-06-21T04:00:00Z “I see no reason to order this cross torn down simply because other crosses would raise constitutional concerns,” Breyer wrote in his concurring opinion, joined by Kagan. Supreme Court rules that Maryland ‘Peace Cross’ honoring military dead may remain on public land 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z In her concurring opinion, Ginsburg rejected the company’s warning of dire consequences if all 50 states enact such a ban. Supreme Court upholds Virginia’s decades-old ban on uranium mining 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, which no other justice joined, Thomas referred to the court’s 1992 decision in Planned Parenthood v. Justice Thomas urges U.S. Supreme Court to feel free to reverse... 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In 2010, when he was an appeals court judge, he wrote in a concurring opinion about a Guantánamo detainee that “international-law norms are not domestic U.S. law.” Conservatives, Often Wary of Foreign Law, Embrace It in Census Case 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion joined by four justices, it was the long-term surveillance of Mr. Jones, made possible and even easy by technological advancements, that was the real issue. Lose the Chalk, Officer: Court Finds Marking Tires of Parked Cars Unconstitutional 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z "The government may not discriminate against religion generally or against particular religious denominations," the court's newest justice, Brett Kavanaugh, wrote in a concurring opinion. Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling 2019-04-03T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Thomas wrote that the court had made things too complicated. Rancor and Raw Emotion Surface in Supreme Court Death Penalty Ruling 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh wrote that the state’s policy of allowing only Christian and Muslim chaplains to attend executions amounted to unconstitutional religious discrimination. Supreme Court Stays Execution of Buddhist Inmate 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The unusual denunciation from two Supreme Court justices came in a concurring opinion to a ruling that unanimously affirmed the death sentence of a convicted killer. Two California Supreme Court justices decry death penalty as... 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kavanaugh wrote that the question before the court was a narrow one. Immigrants Facing Deportation Must Be Detained After Release From Criminal Custody, Justices Rule 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z But Justice Kennedy, in his questions last term and in a 2004 concurring opinion, left the door open to the possibility that some kinds of political gamesmanship may be too extreme. Partisan Gerrymandering Returns to a Transformed Supreme Court 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z If Clarence Thomas had told me last year that he intended to write a concurring opinion, saying he wanted to see Times vs. The Times’ Lawyer on the Deepest Threats to Press Freedom Under Trump 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z In a partially concurring opinion, Gorsuch wrote that the statute’s vagueness left “judges to their intuitions and the people to their fate.” He was deported for a crime he committed as a teen. Now a 30-year-old Cambodian refugee is back home in California 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z The governor, who has said he has concerns that dozens of the 737 inmates on the state’s death row were innocent, issued a statement on Thursday praising the concurring opinion of two justices. Two California Supreme Court justices decry death penalty as... 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, one of the judges, Thomas Bjorgen, said the information presented in the appeal “tend to create a reasonable doubt as to Jones’s guilt.” New hearing for Washington man who says he was wrongly convicted 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Chief Justice Roberts’s fullest judicial discussion of the power of precedent came in a concurring opinion in 2010 in the Citizens United decision, which overruled two campaign finance precedents. In Surprise Abortion Vote, John Roberts Avoids ‘Jolt to the Legal System’ 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas in a concurring opinion went further. Trump's appointment of acting attorney general may be unconstitutional, legal experts say - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z "Partisan gerrymandering is noxious, a cancer on our democracy," Chief District Judge James Bredar, appointed to the bench by President Barack Obama, wrote in a concurring opinion. GOP voters win gerrymandering lawsuit forcing Maryland to draw new congressional map for 2020 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud wrote: “To treat women as children of a lesser god is to blink at the Constitution itself.” Religion and Women’s Rights Clash, Violently, at a Shrine in India 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z At the Supreme Court in June, Kagan provided a possible blueprint for future cases in a concurring opinion joined by the court’s other liberal justices. Maryland’s gerrymandering case is back in court where judges floated an independent mapping commission as a fix 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z However, the concurring opinion penned by Justice Robert Jackson proved to be critical to understanding the boundaries of presidential power. What 'The Twilight Zone' has to do with one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in history 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, appeals court Judge Diana Gribbon Motz wrote that legal precedent required her to uphold the statute, but that she agreed it criminalized addiction. When just being near alcohol lands you in jail 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z She added that Justice Elena Kagan had provided the plaintiffs with a valuable tutorial by writing “a concurring opinion that reads as a blueprint for a complaint that could be successful.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bemoans a ‘Divisive’ Term, but Vows to Stick Around 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z And five years earlier, he wrote a concurring opinion in a case in which the D.C. Religious liberty becomes a main focus for conservatives in Supreme Court nomination 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z It inspired an almost plaintive concurring opinion from Justice Kennedy. Justice Kennedy is retiring. What happens now? 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas raised an important point in his concurring opinion. The Rule of Law Prevails in the Travel-Ban Case 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Justice Anthony M. Kennedy made a similar point in a concurring opinion. Supreme Court upholds Trump travel ban 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Kennedy said the First Amendment bars compelling people to betray their beliefs. Supreme Court Backs Anti-Abortion Pregnancy Centers in Free Speech Case 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Anthony Kennedy seemed to suggest that he wasn’t pleased with Trump’s rhetoric, but he concluded that Trump’s policy is nevertheless legally sound. Supreme Court's conservatives side with Trump on Muslim ban 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z In a 2015 concurring opinion, for instance, Justice Kennedy seemed to call for a fresh challenge. Supreme Court Widens Reach of Sales Taxes in E-Commerce 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z Justice Elena Kagan wrote a concurring opinion, joined by the court’s other liberals, that provided a glimpse of what might have been. Efforts to limit partisan gerrymandering falter at Supreme Court 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In 2004, Justice Kennedy wrote in a concurring opinion that he might consider a challenge to partisan gerrymandering if there were “a workable standard” to decide when such tactics crossed a constitutional line. Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In another concurring opinion, Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Gorsuch, said he would have ruled in favor of Mr. Phillips on free speech grounds. In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z The big news is Justice Gorsuch’s elegant concurring opinion that joins the majority result but for different reasons. Gorsuch’s Good Opinion 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In a 2015 concurring opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy seemed to call for a fresh challenge to the decision. Supreme Court Divided on Sales Taxes for Online Purchases 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z "Vague laws," he wrote in a concurring opinion, "invite arbitrary power." Justice Gorsuch Joins Supreme Court’s Liberals to Strike Down Deportation Law 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Elena Kagan set out a detailed road map for how such claims could be framed and presented. Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In dueling concurring opinions, two sets of justices debated how central that last observation was to the court’s decision. In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z In a 2015 concurring opinion in a separate case, he said it was time to reconsider Quill and invited a lawsuit that would give the court such an opportunity. Supreme Court Weighs Internet Sales-Tax Case 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z And after Kennedy’s request for a case — contained in a concurring opinion in a related tax case — the state “answered the call,” it said. Supreme Court considers whether states should have power to tax all online sales 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z “Vague laws,” he wrote in a concurring opinion, “invite arbitrary power.” Justice Gorsuch Joins Supreme Court’s Liberals to Strike Down Deportation Law 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z In her concurring opinion, Justice Kagan agreed that voting dilution claims generally had to be analyzed at the district level, though she said statewide evidence could be considered and statewide relief granted. Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In 2004, he wrote in a concurring opinion on a gerrymandering case that he might consider a challenge if there were “a workable standard” to decide when such tactics crossed a constitutional line. Supreme Court, Again Weighing Map Warped by Politics, Shows No Consensus 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Two sets of justices filed concurring opinions, disagreeing over whether the majority should have taken account of a Senate report in addition to words of the statute. Supreme Court Rules on Terrorism, Whistle-Blowers and Prisoners 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Justice Kimberly Budd, in a concurring opinion, said that while Buckley, who is black, had not himself alleged he had been stopped for “driving while black,” concerns about bias in traffic stops were “well founded.” Massachusetts top court rejects police traffic stop challenge 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z Justice Anthony Kennedy, in a concurring opinion in 2015, seemed to call for a fresh challenge to the ruling. Justices to Hear Cases on Voting Rights and Internet Taxes 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z In a second concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, agreed that the challengers lacked standing to sue. Supreme Court Avoids an Answer on Partisan Gerrymandering 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z That decision was “questionable even when decided,” and is “now inflicting extreme harm and unfairness on the states,” Kennedy wrote in a concurring opinion. Supreme Court will decide billion-dollar question for online sales: Can states collect sales taxes on all purchases? 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z But three of the court’s more liberal justices filed concurring opinions saying the case presented a substantial legal question to which the court should return. Justices Allow Execution of Inmate Who Cannot Recall His Crime 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Justice Kimberly Budd, in a concurring opinion, said that while Buckley, who is black, had not himself alleged he had been stopped for “driving while black,” concerns about bias in traffic stops were “well founded.” Massachusetts top court rejects police traffic stop challenge 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z And Justice Breyer reiterated his wider critique of the death penalty in a solo concurring opinion. The Supreme Court permits the execution of a man who does not recall his crime 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Gerard E. Lynch said the question was a close one, and he urged Congress to revise the 1986 law, which he said was badly outdated. Justices to Decide on Forcing Technology Firms to Provide Data Held Abroad 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z The Alabama Supreme Court ruled in favor of the father, and Moore authored a concurring opinion saying there was a presumption the mother was unfit because she was in a relationship with a woman. US Senate contender has history of provocative comments 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z “The state could remedy this situation either through clemency or by once again offering Fox the chance to plead guilty to second-degree murder,” Hurwitz wrote in a concurring opinion. L.A. woman who received an unenforceable plea deal asks Brown to commute her sentence 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z As Justice Clarence Thomas recognized in a concurring opinion in March, “forfeiture operations frequently target the poor and other groups least able to defend their interests.” Police Are Seizing Billions From People Never Charged With Crimes 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z Gorsuch wrote a separate concurring opinion, joined by Thomas, in which he explained in part why he agreed with all of the majority opinion, except for one footnote that limited it. Trump appointee Gorsuch takes far right positions on U.S. high court 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z He was joined by Roberts and Thomas in that concurring opinion. Supreme Court: Rejecting trademarks that ‘disparage’ others violates the First Amendment 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z Liu, in a concurring opinion, noted that the legal standard of proof for finding a violation of the ban on race-based jury selection was “more likely than not.” California's top court overturns convictions because prosecutor excluded Latinos from jury 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z The travel ban's challengers have relied in part on a concurring opinion Kennedy wrote in a 2015 Supreme Court immigration case. Fate of Trump travel ban hinges on emergency Supreme Court request 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z But Justice Kennedy's concurring opinion added a caveat: if an official seems to be acting in "bad faith", courts may "look behind" the decision in an attempt to glean its motivation. Donald Trump asks the Supreme Court to reinstate his travel ban 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z “Laid bare, this executive order is no more than what the president promised before and after his election: naked invidious discrimination against Muslims,” Judge James A. Wynn Jr. wrote in a concurring opinion. Federal appeals court maintains freeze of Trump’s travel ban. Attorney general vows Supreme Court appeal. 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z As Justice Potter Stewart put it in his concurring opinion: “These death sentences are cruel and unusual in the same way that being struck by lightning is cruel and unusual.” How can we execute people if 1 in 25 on death row are innocent? | Austin Sarat 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z It included a concurring opinion from Justice Hugo Black, an Alabamian who reportedly voted over the objection of his wife, a regular diner at Ollie’s. America’s Most Political Food 2017-04-17T04:00:00Z Gorsuch wrote in a concurring opinion that Hobby Lobby's owners faced a choice "between exercising their faith or saving their business." With Trump pick aboard, top U.S. court tackles religious rights 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z But Gorsuch wrote a concurring opinion that illustrated his strict adherence to the words of the law. What we learned about Neil Gorsuch during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing 2017-03-24T04:00:00Z For Democrats, the judge’s concurring opinion — even though it sided with the illegal immigrant — was worrying. Neil Gorsuch’s rulings come under the microscope 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Lewis Powell wrote, “I cannot say that conduct condemned for hundreds of years has now become a fundamental right.” Weaponizing the Past 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Supreme Court Justice Edward D. White attempted to answer this question when he wrote a concurring opinion in Downes v. Are Puerto Ricans really American citizens? 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, conservative Justice Clarence Thomas also wrote that all of the districts were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering. The Supreme Court just delivered a major victory for gerrymandering opponents 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Moreover, “the weapons that Maryland sought to regulate here are emphatically not defensive in nature,” Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III responded in a concurring opinion. Opinion | Logic wins out on a Maryland gun law 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z He wrote the majority opinion in the Boumediene case, and wrote a concurring opinion in the Verdugo-Urquidez case that provided a majority for the outcome. Supreme Court considers case of a shot fired in U.S. that killed a teenager in Mexico 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z In short, Kennedy wrote, “the historical grounds relied upon in Bowers are more complex than the majority opinion and the concurring opinion by Chief Justice Burger indicate.” Weaponizing the Past 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Supreme Court nominee, said in a separate concurring opinion that the First Amendment must protect all points of view. Fla. physicians may talk to patients about gun safety, appeals court says 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z His concurring opinion in the Army case was one of more than 400 rulings Norris wrote while a judge. Retired federal appeals judge William Norris dies 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z After reading Jackson’s concurring opinion, Mr. Prettyman realized it could be seen as, at best, a lukewarm endorsement of the full court’s ruling. E. Barrett Prettyman Jr., lawyer at center of celebrated cases, dies at 91 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Authorship is not the only measure of influence, and in dissenting and concurring opinions Thomas has introduced certain conservative ideas into the bloodstream of Supreme Court opinions that have later commanded majorities. Clarence Thomas’s Twenty-Five Years Without Footprints 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z There was, however, no clear majority with judges filing four separate concurring opinions. Appeals court upholds conspiracy conviction of Guantanamo Bay detainee 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Another justice, Dana Fabe, in a concurring opinion, wrote that "the Alaska Constitution permits a parental notification law, but not one that contains provisions that are among the most restrictive of any state's notification laws." Alaska's top court rejects parental notice for abortions 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Dana Fabe disagreed that the law violated the girls’ equal protection rights but said she believes it violated their right to privacy. Alaska parental notification abortion law struck down 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z Circuit Court, “that I didn’t think much of the opinion, that it sounded more like a dissent than a concurring opinion.” E. Barrett Prettyman Jr., lawyer at center of celebrated cases, dies at 91 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Dana Fabe disagreed that the law violated the girls' equal protection rights but said she believes it violated their right to privacy. Alaska parental notification abortion law struck down 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z In fact, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in a concurring opinion pretty much levied a “bring it on” to states and legislators who “strew impediments” to abortion, promising that none will “survive judicial inspection.” Alabama editorial roundup 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Gruender added in a concurring opinion that the DeCosters were not being punished for the acts of others, saying their own failure to take steps to prevent the outbreak was to blame. Egg Executives Can Be Jailed in Salmonella Case, Court Rules 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing in a concurring opinion, said it was "beyond rational belief" that the Texas law looks after women. Texas may not restore lost abortion clinics despite ruling 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z So wrote Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who added in a concurring opinion that women "may resort to unlicensed rogue practitioners" when states limit access to abortion. What to know about Supreme Court tossing Texas abortion law 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The same argument was echoed in a concurring opinion by Ginsburg. Supreme court strikes down strict Texas abortion law aimed at closing clinics 2016-06-27T04:00:00Z The unsigned opinion, and a concurring opinion by Sotomayor and Ginsburg, took pains to point out that the justices had decided nothing about the law. As altered Supreme Court term comes to end, signs point to a muted finale 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion joined by Justices Samuel A. Alito Jr. and Clarence Thomas, Kennedy said he remained concerned about the “ominous reach” of environmental regulators. Supreme Court rules for landowners who are fighting the government over wetlands 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z The divided Iowa Supreme Court responded strongly to the issue, with two justices filing dissenting opinions and two filing concurring opinions. Iowa Supreme Court says juveniles can’t be sentenced to life in prison without parole for murder 2016-05-27T04:00:00Z Justice Clarence Thomas, while agreeing in the narrowest pragmatic sense that Texas doesn’t need to redraw its Senate districts, wrote a concurring opinion that dismissed the idea of one person, one vote. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, among the court’s conservative members, each wrote their own concurring opinions. Conservative challenge to voting rights unanimously rejected by supreme court 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, one of the Supreme Court’s conservatives, Justice Alito, said Monday’s decision holds only that states are not required to count total population. SCOTUS unanimously rejects challenge to 'one person, one vote' 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z Kennedy wrote a concurring opinion then saying an accommodation like the one at issue on Wednesday could be acceptable. Supreme Court faces 4-4 split in Obamacare contraception case 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito wrote an extended concurring opinion that expanded on the Massachusetts case, in which a woman brandished a stun-gun during an encounter with her abusive ex-boyfriend. Supreme Court Rules Stun-Guns Fine for Self Defense 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z Lee’s opinion, along with a separate concurring opinion written by Justice Holly Kirby, showed divisions on the state’s highest court. Court: Media can’t access police files during criminal case 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z Judge David Newell in a concurring opinion for dismissal admitted the case was especially made difficult because of who it involved. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z State officials are buoyed by a comment from Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy in a concurring opinion last year involving the Colorado case. States Set Up Fight Over Web Sales Tax 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z Judge Easterly’s concurring opinion is an accurate statement of the science — or the lack of it. D.C. Court of Appeals judge faults overstated forensic gun-match claims 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The case did not require that the court “bar all future claims of injury from a partisan gerrymander,” Kennedy wrote, in what Scalia labeled a “never-say-never” concurring opinion. D.C. law student takes case against Md. gerrymandering to Supreme Court 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Prosecutors on Friday also asked the court to strike from the record a concurring opinion about racial bias in capital cases they said was barred as merely advisory, the newspaper reported. Prosecutors seek to re-argue case that ended Connecticut death penalty 2015-09-05T04:00:00Z His many dissenting and concurring opinions, the article added, were another matter, often making expansive and original contributions to constitutional law. Prep-School Sex, Refugees and Clarence Thomas: Rounding Up Reader Concerns 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Circuit Judge N. Randy Smith noted that from 1942 to 1998, the Forest Service issued a wide variety of special use permits for permanent monuments. Appeals court upholds Jesus statue on Montana mountain 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z It is alarming,” Easterly wrote in a concurring opinion to the decision of the three-judge panel published Thursday. D.C. Court of Appeals judge faults overstated forensic gun-match claims 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “But we federal judges live in a world apart from the vast majority of Americans,” Scalia wrote in his concurring opinion. Scalia said judges don’t experience crime. Tell that to his three colleagues who have been victims. 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Justice Kennedy’s concurring opinion last month in Davis v. A much-needed wake-up call on solitary confinement 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Then, even more unusually, Scalia opted to read aloud from his concurring opinion to counter the arguments of the dissenters. Supreme Court dissenters signal historic challenge to death penalty 2015-06-29T04:00:00Z Stringent protections include a life expectancy of less than six months, a finding of mental capability, a concurring opinion from a second doctor, mandatory discussion of hospice and other options, waiting periods and more. A humane way to end life 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z Because Easterly’s statement was delivered in a concurring opinion, it does not carry the force of law. D.C. Court of Appeals judge faults overstated forensic gun-match claims 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Justice Elena Kagan wrote in a concurring opinion that the town’s defense of its policies didn’t pass “even the laugh test.” Justices Side With Church, Squelch Rebel Yell in Free Speech Cases 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z In a separate but concurring opinion, two justices wrote that they viewed the majority’s decision to allow Hamm’s appeal to continue as “fundamentally unfair.” Court dismisses appeal in $1 billion divorce of oil executive Hamm 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z O’Connor wrote a concurring opinion to say the ruling did not touch on the matter of whether gays would be able to marry. Justices Kennedy and Scalia and their divide on gay rights 2015-04-26T04:00:00Z The four other conservative justices issued a pair of concurring opinions calling for a more sweeping ruling. With Eyes on His Vote in Health Subsidies Case, Roberts Lets on Little 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Judge Agee observed that Murphy’s “problems would be trouble enough standing alone, but they are even more disquieting in the context of what appears to be a pattern of suspect work.” EEOC Keeps Its Losing Streak Intact, Reinforces The Case Against Administrative Law 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z Four of the justices who signed onto Thomas’s ruling also issued a concurring opinion that seems to guide lower courts in a slightly different direction, one that would favor the retirees. Supreme Court sends back ‘misapplied’ retiree health-benefit case 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Gordon McCloud said some of the slides were “inflammatory and prejudicial because they highlighted the defendant’s race” — Allen is black — when race played no part in the crime. Justices overturn conviction in slaying of armored-car driver in Lakewood 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z Hobby Lobby , explained what she found different between the cases in a concurring opinion. Supreme Court rules in favor of Arkansas Muslim inmate’s request to grow beard 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Dr. Hutton said he saw no signs of mental impairment while Reagan was in office, and specialists in dementia and Alzheimer’s gave concurring opinions. John E. Hutton Jr., White House physician in the Reagan administration, dies at 83 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z Judge Edwards asked in his concurring opinion — a thought familiar to anyone who listened to the just-completed season of the “Serial” podcast. Guantánamo Dreams 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z The testimony was proven false, Judge Elsa Alcala said in a concurring opinion for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which agreed with a trial court that recommended a new hearing. Convicted Texas murderer featured in 'Bernie' film gets sentencing hearing 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Robert Smith disagreed that the contract applied only to old affiliates, which thereby invites publishers to create new affiliates to get around old contract terms. NY court backs EMI over Duke Ellington royalties 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z The naval investigative service’s role in the case “amounts to the military acting as a national police force to investigate civilian law violations by civilians,” Judge Andrew Kleinfeld wrote in a concurring opinion. Child Pornography Case Spurs Debate on Military’s Role in Law Enforcement 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Judge Stephen Trott, a Reagan appointee in a concurring opinion, quoted Abraham Lincoln: “‘If you call a dog’s tail a leg, how many legs does a dog have?’ FedEx Latest Company Slammed Over "Independent" Employees 2014-09-03T04:00:00Z In a concurring opinion, Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson sought to enumerate the parameters of executive authority. Case for Suing Obama Is Weak 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z Justice Alito took the EPA to task in a concurring opinion criticizing the agency for its implementation of the law it used to fine the Sacketts with and the agency’s behavior: EPA Wants to Garnish Your Wages 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z In a separate concurring opinion, Justice Barbara Pariente wrote that “the defendant is not the ‘captain of the ship’ regarding which issues to raise in an appeal.” Man hoping to be executed must get appeal, Florida court rules 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, in a concurring opinion, suggested that the government could pay. What the Hobby Lobby case says about the religious rights of corporations In a concurring opinion, Kennedy tried to diminish the “breadth and sweep” ascribed to the ruling by the dissent – perhaps an attempt to cast the stakes involved in the case in lighter terms. In Contraception Ruling, Justices Maintain Ideological Divisions On Socially Contentious Issues 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z In his concurring opinion, Alito points out that the balance struck by the Court may lead to some anomalies, but he also admits he doesn’t see any other workable alternatives. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Roberts wrote the majority ruling, while Alito had a concurring opinion. Supreme Court delivers big win for privacy in cell-phone ruling 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Three of the court’s liberal justices who signed on to Roberts’s opinion issued a concurring opinion setting out their understanding. Supreme Court rules in Halliburton securities fraud case Justice Donald Lemons wrote in brief concurring opinion that the state will have the burden of proving that a single trial is appropriate if the case is retried. Va. justices toss ex-Dem official’s convictions 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z But a concurring opinion by the decisive fifth vote, Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., sought to narrow the majority and has resulted in some lower courts granting protection to reporters. New York Times' James Risen Ready to Take Fight to Jail After Supreme Court Refuses Reporter Privilege Case 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Justice Lewis Franklin Powell sided with the majority, but wrote a concurring opinion intending to restrain the decision. U.S. Supreme Court to Weigh Reporters' Rights Thursday in James Risen Case 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z “The present assault on capital is but the beginning,” wrote Justice Stephen J. Field in a concurring opinion against the 1894 law. The Politics of Income Inequality 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z Yet Roberts chose not to follow this line of reasoning to its logical conclusion: He declined a call by Justice Thomas in a concurring opinion to throw out the entirety of existing campaign-finance law. John Roberts, Chief Conservative Strategist 2014-04-11T01:25:09Z “Officers assigned to protect public officials must make singularly swift, on the spot, decisions whether the safety of the person they are guarding is in jeopardy,” Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote in a concurring opinion. For Michael ‘Mookie’ Moss, case against Secret Service is matter of free speech 2014-03-16T21:15:47Z The Huguenins, he wrote in a concurring opinion, “now are compelled by law to compromise the very religious beliefs that inspire their lives. Though the rule of law requires it, the result is sobering.” Case weighing religious freedom against rights of others is headed to Supreme Court 2014-03-03T01:32:02Z In the concurring opinion, Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld questioned the constitutional significance of fetal viability, calling it “an odd rule, because viability changes as medicine changes.” Supreme Court Won’t Hear Arizona Appeal on Abortion Ban 2014-01-14T01:01:25Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Raymond Lohier noted that federal appeals courts were being asked to determine and apply foreign law in a growing number of international disputes. DealBook: Appeals Court Revives Financier’s Suit Against Citigroup 2013-05-31T16:27:58Z There were two other concurring opinions, which seemed to render the opinion a less-than-crisp delineation of when the Alien Tort Statute may come into play. Supreme Court limits civil lawsuits alleging atrocities committed abroad 2013-04-17T15:31:34Z In a concurring opinion in Morrison, Justice Stephen Breyer said as much. High & Low Finance: U.S. Justice vs. Foreign Fraud 2012-10-05T01:38:33Z Another judge on the panel, Juan Torruella, wrote in a concurring opinion that he reluctantly agreed with the decision to reject the researchers' claims, based on precedents. Free speech claims tossed in N.Irish "Troubles" case 2012-07-07T02:48:17Z Both the chief justice and Justice Alito wrote concurring opinions to “emphasize the limits of today’s holding,” as Justice Alito put it. Opinionator: 'Embarrass the Future?' 2012-04-05T00:44:22Z Scalia, in his concurring opinion, said the federal ban would be undermined if prosecutors had to make exceptions. Scalia Courted as Unlikely Obama Ally in Top Court Health Battle 2012-02-23T14:18:43Z Justice Alito’s concurring opinion in last week’s case is particularly striking. Opinionator: Second Chances 2012-01-26T03:39:54Z Justice Clarence Thomas today issued a concurring opinion, reiterating his view that the preclearance requirement is unconstitutional. Judge-Drawn Voting Maps for Texas Thrown Out by High Court 2012-01-20T23:45:27Z In a concurring opinion, Burger voiced “grave reservations” about upholding the Toolson decision, but still wrote: “Courts are not the forum in which this tangled web ought to be unsnarled.” Not Ready to Change Baseball History? 2011-07-13T02:27:55Z The chief justice’s concurring opinion in the strip-search case, only three paragraphs long, is interesting for a reason beyond what it might suggest about intramural stress. Opinionator: 'Embarrass the Future?' 2012-04-05T00:44:22Z Its ruling included a nine-page order, backed by the concurring opinion of Justice David Prosser who, last month, was declared the winner of a disputed April 5 election. Top Wisconsin Court Throws Out Ruling Invalidating Union Law 2011-06-15T01:27:44Z In a final footnote, Justice Sotomayor wrote that a concern about an asserted link “between certain vaccines and autism spectrum disorders” appeared to “underlie the majority and concurring opinions in this case.” Justices Reject Suit Faulting a Vaccine 2011-02-23T06:11:53Z In a concurring opinion, Justices Charles Freeman and Anne Burke reflected that same frustration. Court Ruling Ends ‘Circus’ in Chicago as Emanuel Stays on Ballot 2011-01-28T06:03:03Z In a concurring opinion, fellow Justice Robert J. Cordy took issue with what he called "the utter carelessness" with which the banks documented their own property rights. Massachusetts Supreme Court rules against banks in foreclosure paperwork case 2011-01-08T01:20:01Z Justice Robert J. Cordy concluded in a concurring opinion that the two banks showed "utter carelessness" when they "documented the titles to their assets." Two Banks Lose in Foreclosure Cases 2011-01-08T02:15:46Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Robert J. Cordy said he was struck by “the utter carelessness with which the plaintiff banks documented the titles to their assets.” Banks Lose Pivotal Massachusetts Foreclosure Case 2011-01-07T19:59:01Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Robert Cordy lambasted "the utter carelessness" that the banks demonstrated in documenting their right to own the properties. Banks lose key foreclosure case in top Mass. court 2011-01-07T19:50:55Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Robert Cordy lambasted “the utter carelessness” that Wells Fargo and US Bancorp demonstrated in documenting their right to own the properties. Massachusetts Court Voids Foreclosures by 2 Banks 2011-01-07T19:10:13Z In a concurring opinion, Justice Robert Cordy lambasted "the utter carelessness" that Wells Fargo and US Bancorp demonstrated in documenting their right to own the properties. Top Massachusetts court rules against foreclosing banks 2011-01-07T18:10:49Z But three justices specifically agreed with the concept of women’s divinely limited role when they wrote a separate, concurring opinion. Women Aren’t People Under Scalia’s Constitution: Ann Woolner 2011-01-07T02:02:55Z One of the three 9th Circuit judges, Democratic appointee Stephen R. Reinhardt, indicated in a concurring opinion Tuesday that the court is likely to decide the constitutional merits of Proposition 8. Appellate court asks California Supreme Court to weigh in on gay-marriage ban 2011-01-05T01:35:03Z Kennedy and Samuel A. Alito Jr., another conservative, each issued concurring opinions that, although calling for a stricter standard, could still be helpful to the government's case in the health-care lawsuits, Hall said. Fate of health-care law likely to be decided by Supreme Court 2010-12-14T03:59:01Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Vance E. Salter wrote that the steps taken to heal and raise the boys “are nothing short of heroic.” Florida Court Calls Ban on Gay Adoptions Unlawful 2010-09-23T03:30:00Z Judge A. Wallace Tashima wrote in a concurring opinion that the majority failed to provide “any standards” to magistrates or prosecutors. | Mid-Atlantic: Pennsylvania: Court Rules on Cellphone Tracking 2010-09-08T03:36:00Z In a concurring opinion, Judge Milan D. Smith Jr. called the treatment of Mr. al-Kidd, former University of Idaho running back who was born Lavoni T. Kidd, "chilling." National Briefing | Northwest: Idaho: Suit Against Ashcroft Proceeds 2010-03-19T04:25:00Z The opinion of the court was delivered by Judge Gilbert, and there are concurring opinions by Judges Ross and Morrow, which, however, are stronger and more severe in their expressions than the prevailing opinion. The Land of Nome A narrative sketch of the rush to our Bering Sea gold-fields, the country, its mines and its people, and the history of a great conspiracy (1900-1901) The opinion of Chief Justice Smith embraced 45 pages, the concurring opinion of Justice Yerger, 27 pages, and Justice Fisher concurred. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 2, August, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy In addition to his opinion, we have the concurring opinion of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of New York. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. These statements represented a belated adoption of the views advanced by Chief Justice Stone in dissenting or concurring opinions which he filed in three of the four decisions rendered during 1930-1932. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Hitherto we have been guided in our general preference for certain artists and certain pictures by the concurring opinion of the best judges of many successive generations. The Book of Art for Young People She ventured to refuse a compliance with this royal order, in which she was probably countenanced by the concurring opinion and feelings of the ladies who were present at the entertainment. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume I Similarly, as Justice Stevens explained in his concurring opinion in Widmar v. Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) Ruling At the outset of my remarks I wish to state some general propositions established by experience, and the concurring opinions of all writers on political economy. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. In his concurring opinion, contained in the companion case of American Federation of Labor v. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 The Court would not today take jurisdiction of such a case, but Marshall does not even suggest such a solution of the question, though Justice Johnson does in his concurring opinion. John Marshall and the Constitution; a chronicle of the Supreme court Justice Johnson, in his concurring opinion, relied exclusively on general principles. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 See Justice Frankfurter's concurring opinion for a criticism of this rule. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Cf. the following sentence from the concurring opinion of Justice Jackson in Railway Express Agency, Inc. v. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 In a concurring opinion concerning the scope of the protection afforded by this clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Justice Frankfurter contended that further argument thereon is foreclosed by Twining v. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Justice Frankfurter presented a concurring opinion for himself and Justices Jackson, Rutledge and Burton. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 The second suggested limitation, which was urged at tremendous length by Chief Justice White in his concurring opinion for himself and three other Justices, in Downes v. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 See also Justice Bradley's concurring opinion in Knox v. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Remarks Justice Jackson in his concurring opinion in United States v. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 In a concurring opinion in which Justices Reed, Murphy, and Burton joined, Chief Justice Stone rejected the criterion of discrimination. The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 |
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