The final decision of the day is by Justice Thomas. It is Samia v. United States.
It is 6-3. Kagan dissents, joined by Sotomayor and Jackson. Jackson also has a separate dissent.
The Sixth Amendment’s confrontation clause guarantees a defendant in a criminal case the right to be “confronted with the witnesses against” him. The question in this case was whether Adam Samia’s Sixth Amendment right was violated in a murder-for-hire case by the introduction of a co-defendant’s confession that identified Samia as the person who pulled the trigger, but which replaced Samia’s name with neutral terms such as the “other person.”
The answer is that the Confrontation Clause does not bar the admission of the confession in these circumstances.
The link to the court’s opinion is here: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-196_p8k0.pdf
On a side note, Ginni Thomas was in Court today which got the left all excited hoping Thomas was going to announce his retirement. They were sorely disappointed.
The Court may announce opinions on Tuesday, June 27, according to SCOTUS website.
A comment from a writer at scotusblog:
“With today’s announcements, it would seem that Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Jackson are close to/completely finished with their assigned opinions, having written 6, 7, 6 and 6 respectively.”
With some of the most important cases yet to be decided, if that is true that makes it more likely that the remaining decisions will be written by Roberts, Alito, Kagan, Sotomayor, or Gorsuch.
303 Creative (1st Amendment case) remains to be decided as well as the affirmative action issues in regards to college admissions, and the student loans forgiveness case.
If your choice is sitting at home or voting for the GOP candidate who may not be your first choice (or even second or third), think about the Supreme Court and how your decision can effect who will be seated on the nation’s highest Court.