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DIRECTV, INC., PETITIONER v. AMY IMBURGIA, ET AL.

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     JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting.      I remain of the view that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA), 9 U. S. C. §1 et seq., does not apply to proceedings in state courts. See Allied-Bruce Terminix Cos. v. Dobson, 513 U. S. 265, 285-297 (1995) (dissenting opinion); see also Preston v. Ferrer, 552 U. S. 346, 363 (2008) (same); Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, 546 U. S. 440, 449 (2006) (same); Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Bazzle, 539 U. S. 444, 460 (2003) (same); Doctor’s Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto, 517 U. S. 681, 689 (1996) (same). Thus, the FAA does not require state courts to order arbitration. Accordingly, I would affirm the judgment of the California…

ARIE S. FRIEDMAN, ET AL. v. CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOISrt

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United States Supreme Court ARIE S. FRIEDMAN, ET AL. v. CITY OF HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS(2015) No. 15-133 Argued:Decided: December 07, 2015      The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.      JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE SCALIA joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari.      “[O]ur central holding in” District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U. S. 570 (2008), was “that the Second Amendment protects a personal right to keep and bear arms for lawful purposes, most notably for self-defense within the home.” McDonald v. Chicago, 561 U. S. 742, 780 (2010) (plurality opinion). And in McDonald, we recognized that the Second Amendment applies fully against…

NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT TO LIFE v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (2015)

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United States Supreme Court NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT TO LIFE v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES(2015) No. 14-1273 Argued:Decided: November 16, 2015      The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.      JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE SCALIA joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari.      The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U. S. C. §552, requires federal agencies to “make [agency] records promptly available to any person” who requests them, unless the information that they contain falls under a specifically enumerated exemption. §§552(a)(3)(A), (b). One of those exemptions, Exemption 4, authorizes agencies to withhold documents that contain…

GLOSSIP ET AL. v. GROSS ET AL. (2015)

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United States Supreme Court GLOSSIP ET AL. v. GROSS ET AL.(2015) No. 14-7955 Argued: April 29, 2015Decided: June 29, 2015 Because capital punishment is constitutional, there must be a constitutional means of carrying it out. After Oklahoma adopted lethal injection as its method of execution, it settled on a three-drug protocol of (1) sodium thiopental (a barbiturate) to induce a state of unconsciousness, (2) a paralytic agent to inhibit all muscular-skeletal movements, and (3) potassium chloride to induce cardiac arrest. In Baze v. Rees, 553 U. S. 35, the Court held that this protocol does not violate the Eighth Amendment’s…