OT: SCOTUS going unanimous?

Three decision issued yesterday, all unanimously.

Supreme Court rules on guns, reverse discrimination, and religious tax exemptions
https://www.npr.org/2025/06/05/nx-s1-5424445/supreme-court-catholic-charities-wisconsin-unemployment-compensation
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued important decisions on guns, employment discrimination against straight people, and a tax exemption that was denied to a Catholic charity…

The sex discrimination case involved an Ohio woman who claims that first she didn’t get a promotion and then was subsequently demoted because she is straight. The promotion she was seeking went to a lesbian and when she was demoted her job went to a gay man…

The gun case was brought by Mexico against seven American gun manufacturers for allegedly aiding and abetting an illegal influx of firearms from the U.S. into Mexico. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the Court’s decision, deftly explaining the difference between the problem and the law…

And finally, in a case involving Catholic Charities, the court ruled that the state of Wisconsin violated the Constitution by refusing to give a Catholic social ministry group the same exemption as it gives to churches, so that they don’t have to pay the state’s unemployment tax. The state had maintained that the social ministry group didn’t qualify for the exemption because it is not a proselytizing entity.

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This is very common. It’s usually the case that the unanimous opinions are released early in the term, while more divided cases end up being released towards the end. Unanimous cases usually involve clearer points of law, are sometimes simpler, and require less back-and-forth among the various Justices’ chambers to get the opinion finalized - so they get finished faster.

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They also declined to hear a gun regulations case that would have prevented sale of assault weapons in Maryland and high capacity magazines in Rhode Island. The result is the gun regulations continue for now.

They also plan to rule on gun rights cases soon. Their recent decision struck down most gun regulations as contrary to the Second Amendment but made an exception for gun possession by a felon. They may be softening some other gun rights regulations.

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