Supreme Court decision of the day

[Blarg]

Here is the key part of the ruling that I think favors the state.

So North Carolina commissioned the salvage company to take charge of the recovery operation, and the company, in turn, hired Frederick Allen, a local videographer, to document the operation. 

Allen was working on the documentary as a hired contractor and had no intellectual rights to the footage he recorded. It was not as though he filed for a permit to shoot the documentary at his own expense for personal distribution. Filing a copyright on footage he had shot does not make it his. In the end the footage belongs to the State and all rights to distribute. 

We shoot a series of shows that air on ABC. They do not even have rights of usage past what they have contracted through Warner Bros., the holding company that pays us to shoot and finish the show. Our company does not have intellectual property rights to the footage. Once it made a deal with Warner for distribution our payout is what the contract allows and the footage is property of Warners. 

Allen wants to assume rights to footage simply because he was the videographer but unless his contract specifically states his right to ownership, it is the property of the State of North Carolina. His lawsuit was void of merit from the start and never should have reached the supreme court.

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court sides with police in traffic stop case

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court votes 5-4 to halt order extending absentee ballot deadline in Wisconsin

 

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court rules non-unanimous jury verdicts unconstitutional

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Supreme Court rules non-unanimous jury verdicts unconstitutional

Good.

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed clean water ‘loophole’ in major environment case

[tdawg87]

22 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed clean water ‘loophole’ in major environment case

Good.

[Taylor]

Indeed.

[Redondo]

[Taylor]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/supreme-court-rules-government-must-pay-billions-to-obamacare-insurers-211184

This one was decided by an 8-1 decision.

[Jason]

40 minutes ago, Taylor said:

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/27/supreme-court-rules-government-must-pay-billions-to-obamacare-insurers-211184

This one was decided by an 8-1 decision.

8-1? That seems rare nowadays 

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court declines to rule on its first Second Amendment case in nearly a decade

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court says Georgia must provide official code free to public

First weird situation.  It was a 5-4 vote.  How was it a 5-4 vote?

Second weird situation.  The 5 who voted for it were Roberts, Sotomeyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.  

[Jason]

On 4/27/2020 at 10:52 AM, gotbeer said:

Supreme Court declines to rule on its first Second Amendment case in nearly a decade

They got played by the state of New York. Watch the state reenact the law again now

[gotbeer]

This will definitely hit the Supreme Court.  It's kind of confusing, almost like it's setting up so the president has more power in the future, regardless of party in charge.  

DOJ: Congress Can’t Sue If Prez Orders Treasury To Pay For Everyone’s Health Care

[Jason]

3 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

This will definitely hit the Supreme Court.  It's kind of confusing, almost like it's setting up so the president has more power in the future, regardless of party in charge.  

DOJ: Congress Can’t Sue If Prez Orders Treasury To Pay For Everyone’s Health Care

Giving a sitting president more power? What could go wrong?

[AngelsLakersFan]

19 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Supreme Court says Georgia must provide official code free to public

First weird situation.  It was a 5-4 vote.  How was it a 5-4 vote?

Second weird situation.  The 5 who voted for it were Roberts, Sotomeyer, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh.  

I can see both sides of the argument..

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Writing in dissent, Justice Clarence Thomas said the court’s ruling will come as “a shock” to 22 other states that rely on arrangements similar to Georgia’s to publish their annotated codes. “Perhaps, to the detriment of all, many states will stop producing annotated codes altogether,” he said.

 

[gotbeer]

The Supreme Court Could Use the First Amendment to Unleash a Robocall Nightmare

 

[gotbeer]

US Supreme Court overturns 'Bridgegate' convictions

[Tank]

23 hours ago, gotbeer said:

The Supreme Court Could Use the First Amendment to Unleash a Robocall Nightmare

 

do i have a right not to be harrassed? i would think so, but i'm not sure what act or legislation to point to for it.

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court Will Not Reexamine Doctrine That Shields Police In Misconduct Suits

[gotbeer]

Supreme Court rules workers can’t be fired for being gay or transgender

[Lhalo]

1 hour ago, gotbeer said:

Supreme Court rules workers can’t be fired for being gay or transgender

Wasn't that already the case?

[UndertheHalo]

Did you guys hear that sponge bob is a homo ?

[RallyMo]

1 hour ago, Lhalo said:

Wasn't that already the case?

No.