Fulton County DA Fani Willis has filed a response. She tells #SCOTUS that if it grants Sen. Lindsey Graham's request to block the grand jury subpoena, grand jury's work "will be delayed indefinitely." Here's the filing: https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/22/22A337/244167/20221027162157458_Graham%20v.%20SPGJ%20-%20SCOTUS%20-%20Response.pdf https://twitter.com/AHoweBlogger/status/1583806711445344256
#SCOTUS has asked Georgia prosecutors to respond to Lindsey Graham's request to block a subpoena for his testimony before a grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 elections. Fulton County prosecutors must file their response by 5 pm on Thursday, 10/27.
NEW: Another fight on the shadow docket over a subpoena seeking information about election interference. Arizona GOP chairwoman Kelli Ward is asking SCOTUS to block the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena for her phone records. Here's Ward's filing: https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/22A350.pdf
Lots of commentary about Justice Clarence Thomas’ temporary order today. It’s not unlike Justice Sotomayor’s recent administrative stay in the Yeshiva University case just 5 days before she joined the majority reinstating the lower court decision.
A quick Tok explainer. https://twitter.com/scotusblog/status/1584584056792289280
Just in: Clarence Thomas issues a temporary order preventing Lindsey Graham from having to testify in the Georgia election-interference probe. This is not a ruling on the merits -- it is an "administrative stay" while further briefing at SCOTUS continues. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102422zr_9ok0.pdf
Just in: Clarence Thomas issues a temporary order preventing Lindsey Graham from having to testify in the Georgia election-interference probe. This is not a ruling on the merits -- it is an "administrative stay" while further briefing at SCOTUS continues. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/102422zr_9ok0.pdf
One week from today, the court will hear challenges to race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard and UNC. On the latest episode of SCOTUStalk, we spoke with lawyers on both sides of the dispute:
On this week's episode of SCOTUStalk @AHoweBlogger previews the coming affirmative action cases in conversation with @DavidGHinojosa and @coryliu.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/affirmative-action-comes-to-the-supreme-court/id1454960147?i=1000583691463
https://www.scotusblog.com/2022/10/affirmative-action-comes-to-the-supreme-court/
Lindsey Graham is relying on the Constitution's "speech or debate" clause in his effort to block a Georgia subpoena.
That clause reads: "[F]or any Speech or Debate in either House, [Senators and Representatives] shall not be questioned in any other Place."
Graham asks justices to block subpoena in election-interference probe - SCOTUSblog
Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, asked the Supreme Court on Friday to block a Georgia grand ...
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