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Posted on 04/29/2025 7:04:40 AM PDT by CFW
The Supreme Court will be releasing opinions this morning at 10:00 a.m.
We will be following along and trying to make sense of the Court's orders.
A list of the cases for the October 2024 term can be found here: October 2024 term
(Excerpt) Read more at scotusblog.com ...
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three of and maybe more will recieve million dollar checks in their foreign bank accounts for each of their rulings today
SCOTUS opinion, 7-2, “Orange man bad”.
SCOTUS ping!
The first case is:
It is Advocate Christ v. Kennedy and it is by Barrett.
The vote is 7-2, with a dissent by Jackson that is joined by Sotomayor.
This is a case about what it means to be “entitled to supplementary security income benefits” under a subchapter for purposes of Medicare part A.
The court holds today that “a person is entitled to such benefits when she is eligible to receive a cash payment during the month of her hospitalization.”
The decision of the D.C. Circuit is affirmed.
The case was about the formula that Congress uses to identify and compensate hospitals for providing care to lower-income patients.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-715_5426.pdf
Well, that was short and boring!
Only one case for today, but there is another Opinion day for tomorrow. I’ll probably just continue this thread rather than start a new one.
What a let down to only have one boring case (again).
“Jackson that is joined by Sotomayor.”
cching cching!
1 million each into their offshores - corrupt AF!
The left wing of the Court usually sticks together no matter the issue.
Meanwhile, conservatives can count on at least one of the so-called conservative justices to join with the left on important issues of freedom and basic American values.
money makes them stick together
not principal, not law
Once a certain level of income is reached, there are many people to whom many things are much more important than money.
Worth reading to get some understanding of the ungodly complicated business of government payments for medical care. So much for the argument that just getting rid of insurance would streamline the process - an argument I’ve wondered about myself, even though I’m opposed on principal.
That was obviously the most pressing business facing America right now. The Supreme Court has become a joke.
pretty much worthless.
“Worth reading to get some understanding of the ungodly complicated business of government payments for medical care. So much for the argument that just getting rid of insurance would streamline the process - an argument I’ve wondered about myself, even though I’m opposed on principal.”
I agree. My eyes started glazing over by page 3. I kept having to go back and read sentences to account for the double-negatives.
Justice Gorsuch has the opinion in Feliciano.
It is 5-4, with Thomas in dissent joined by Alito, Kagan, and Jackson.
The Federal Circuit's decision is reversed and remanded. At issue in this case is the interpretation of a federal law known as the “differential pay” statute, which is intended to compensate reservists who are federal employees for the difference between their salaries while on active duty and their federal civilian salaries. The law provides that federal civilian employees are entitled to differential pay while on active duty “pursuant to a call or order to active duty under” a provision that includes, among others, “any other provision of law during a war or during a national emergency declared by the President or Congress.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held in this case that reservists seeking to rely on this provision for differential pay must demonstrate that they were “directly called to serve in a contingency operation.” The question that the Supreme Court agreed to decide is whether a federal civilian employee is entitled to differential pay even if their duty is not directly connected to the national emergency. (Here, for example, Nick Feliciano was called up to serve in the Coast Guard as part of the operations in Iraq and the war on terror after the Sept. 11 attacks; according to his brief, he “manned a Coast Guard vessel to escort other military vessels to and from safe harbor.”)
Fascinating that there is this for today's hearing of the Oklahoma Catholic Charter school case: Justice Barrett has recused herself from the case (without comment) so only 8 justices on the bench today.
I can see the argument for a Contingency Operation to draw differential pay. Many local Fire and Police Departments give differential pay during contingency ops. I knew Fed employees, cops, firefighters, and EMTs drawing differential pay and per diem. I managed several E-4 through E-6 service members, earning what an LtCol on active duty earned monthly- more power to them. Those deployed to the war zone drew limited per diem, hazardous duty pay, tax-exempt earnings, and family separation allowance on top of differential pay; they earned it all. They are recalled in a Contingency Op; some volunteered, but most did not.
Conversely, you want Reservists to volunteer for Active Duty to fill critical billets during peacetime. Those who work for the Federal Government have no incentive to volunteer for duty if they are going to lose a substantial portion of their salary. Most still have car payments and mortgages and cannot afford the pay cut.
However, when I was in the Reserves, there was never a shortage of volunteers for 3, 6, or 12-month mobilization orders outside contingency ops. You drew per diem in most cases, but not all. Still, we never had a shortage of volunteers. Reservists' retirement is based on points. For a good year towards retirement, a Reserve member must earn 52 or more points annually. A 3-month set of orders to active duty is worth 90 retirement points. The minimum additional points available was 36 points for a total of 126 points, basically 2.4 years' worth of points in a single year. The more points, the better the retirement. Career Reservists knew this and took advantage of every active duty period possible, even if only for a week. So again, we never had a shortage of volunteers. I do not believe restricting Fed differential pay to only contingency ops would impact readiness. The argument is about what is fair or unfair.
Thanks for posting that decision, dware. After having tossed and turned until the wee hours, I finally fell asleep around daylight. I slept until 11. (It’s heck getting old—sleep often eludes you).
Interesting split on the Feliciano Opinion.
GORSUCH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C.J., and SOTOMAYOR, KAVANAUGH, and BARRETT, JJ., joined. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which ALITO, KAGAN, and JACKSON, JJ., joined.
Fascinating that there is this for today's hearing of the Oklahoma Catholic Charter school case: Justice Barrett has recused herself from the case (without comment) so only 8 justices on the bench today.
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