3 decisions today.
I am going to withhold commenting on them just yet. Might take a few millennia to figure out Kisor v Wilkie.
And the Chief Justice has announced that the Supreme Court will be back tomorrow and that tomorrow will be the final day of the October 2018 term.
Holding : The Tenth Circuitās judgmentāthat 18 U. S. C. Ā§3583(k)ās last two sentences are unconstitutional and unenforceableāis vacated, and the case is remanded.
Judgment : Vacated and remanded, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Gorsuch on June 26, 2019. Justice Gorsuch announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor, and Kagan joined. Justice Breyer filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas and Kavanaugh joined.
Holding : Auer v. Robbins and Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Coāunder which deference is given to an agencyās reasonable reading of its own genuinely ambiguous regulationsāare not overruled.
Judgment : Vacated and remanded, 9-0, in an opinion by Justice Kagan on June 26, 2019. Justice Kagan announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, IIāB, IIIāB, and IV, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts IIāA and IIIāA, in which Justices Ginsburg, Breyer, and Sotomayor joined. Chief Justice Roberts filed an opinion concurring in part. Justice Gorsuch filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Thomas joined, in which Justice Kavanaugh joined as to Parts I, II, III, IV, and V, and in which Justice Alito joined as to Parts I, II, and III. Justice Kavanaugh filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Alito joined.
Holding : Tennesseeās 2-year durational-residency requirement applicable to retail liquor store license applicants violates the Commerce Clause and is not saved by the Twenty-first Amendment.
Judgment : Affirmed, 7-2, in an opinion by Justice Alito on June 26, 2019. Justice Gorsuch filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Thomas joined.