Today, the Supreme Court GVR’d Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany v. Lacewell in light of Fulton. I blogged about this case last month, which involves a New York mandate that insurance policies must cover abortions. The case was GVR’d after four conferences. Once again, Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch signaled they would have granted cert. By the process of elimination, we know that neither Justices Kavanaugh nor Barrett voted to grant cert. And, once again, by signaling three dissents, the Court’s conservatives shined a light on their new colleagues.
It is very obvious to me that Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett have no interest in deciding another Free Exercise Clause case now–especially after the denial of review in the Maine case. Barrett signaled that there were not four votes for cert. She would know–she was the potential fourth vote for review who voted no!
For now at least, Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch are alone on the Court to provide guidance of how to apply Fulton.
Now, time to listen to the abortion oral arguments. Today at 1 ET/12 CT, I am speaking at the Texas Tech Federalist Society Chapter. I will provide a recap of the arguments. Stay tuned for a YouTube link.
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