AT&T & #Verizon lose #SupremeCourt case over fines for selling #location data
AT&T & Verizon lost an attempt to overturn fines for selling users’ real-time location data without consent, as the Supreme Court ruled today that the FCC process for issuing financial penalties did not violate the right to a jury trial.
AT&T convinced the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to overturn its fine last year, while Verizon lost in the 2nd Circuit. The Supreme Court took up the case to resolve the circuit split and reversed the 5th Circuit decision in today's ruling, which was 8-1 with Justice #ClarenceThomas dissenting.
#ATT & Verizon were fined a total of $104 million by the #FCC in 2024 for violations revealed in 2018. The carriers paid their fines and challenged them in circuit appeals courts, where judges’ panels ruled on the cases. Carriers claimed this system deprived them of the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial.
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Supreme Court Debates A Ban On Pornography On The Internet
Justice Brett #Kavanaugh & Chief Justice #JohnRoberts broke from their #conservative colleagues in siding with Pitchford.
Justice Neil M. #Gorsuch wrote a dissenting opinion, joined by Justices #ClarenceThomas, Samuel A. #Alito Jr. & #AmyConeyBarrett.
“Put simply, Mr. Pitchford’s account of a muzzled defense team is hard to square with the record. But even if it were a plausible account, that still would not be enough,” Gorsuch wrote.
Quem é o Toffoli dos EUA? Ele mesmo, o Clarence Thomas. Com o agravante de fraudar declaração de renda.
https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/clarence-thomas-could-be-charged
A dissent by 77yr-old Supreme Court Justice #ClarenceThomas in #Alabama #DeathPenalty ruling this wk found 2 #conservative justices siding w/ minority liberal wing, & 3 othr conservatives wantng nothing 2 do w/ his recommendations
Thomas's extreme position in.. #HammVSmith case has exposed deep fissures within conservative majority, w/ 3 justices distancing themselves from his call 2 overturn 25 yrs of precedent protecting condemnd individuals w/ #CognitiveDisabilities
A dissent by 77-year-old Supreme Court Clarence Thomas in an Alabama death penalty ruling this week found two conservative justices siding with the minority liberal wing, and three other conservatives wanting nothing to do with his recommendations.According to a report from Slate, Thomas’s dissent a...
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