Ava-joye Burnett is an award-winning journalist who joined Scripps News in April of 2023. Prior to Scripps News, Ava-joye spent seven years as a general assignment reporter at CBS Baltimore (WJZ).
This is the season when the nine justices are expected to release their remaining decisions — which are usually the biggest cases of the term — then they leave for their summer breaks.
So why are justices waiting this long to release opinions for this term? Scripps News legal affairs correspondent Ava-joye Burnett spoke with legal scholars — including some who’ve clerked at the high court — and they have a few theories. “Justice Sotomayor has talked about how upset she is in some decisions that she has gone into her office and shut the door and cried. There's a tension that we didn't see in the past, so that may be the reason why they haven't decided so many important cases," Treanor said.
Laurence Gostin is a professor at Georgetown Law. Gostin said the court has evolved over the years. He said the court has chosen to weigh in on controversial matters — from gun rights to abortion — and that may be contributing to the delay and possible disagreement. Sloan said as we approach the end of the term with key decisions that are still outstanding, tension and disagreement among justices could rise.
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