Advisory Opinions
The Consensus Court
Jun 14, 2024
Legal expert David Lat joins Sarah to discuss recent SCOTUS decisions, including bump stock case, Lily Ledbetter, Mifepristone decision, Trump's trademark, Justice Gorsuch, NLRB, Alito's secret recording, Young Thug's court trial, predicting SCOTUS decisions, sentencing in Hunter Biden saga. They also touch on Peggy Noonan's response to Alito-gate and David Lat's 'underneath their robes'. Episode covers various Supreme Court cases, controversies, and analyses on trademarking disputes, relationships among Justices, and future of administrative law.
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- SCOTUS emphasizes text over intent in defining machine guns post-Las Vegas.
- Barrett advocates for reasonableness over historical analysis in Trump trademark case.
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Supreme Court's Decision on Bump Stock Ban
A 6-3 Supreme Court decision involved the interpretation of the definition of a machine gun in the 1934 Machine Gun Act. The case centered on bump stocks after the Las Vegas shooting, where the ATF redefined machine guns. Justice Thomas's opinion focused on the text of the law, emphasizing trigger functions over human usage, while the dissent, led by Sotomayor, highlighted the statute's intent to ban rapid-firing weapons.
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