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The Supreme Court sits as a whole rather than in panels.

Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on July 6, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.

Case history

  • July 6, 2020
    decided Decision issued in Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc.

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion By Brett M. Kavanaugh July 6, 2020 Slip opinion

B Plaintiffs next focus on ordinary severability principles. Applying those principles, the question before the Court is whether (i) to invalidate the entire 1991 robocall restriction, as plaintiffs want, or (ii) to invalidate just the 2015 government-debt exception and sever it from the remainder of the statute, as the Government wants. We agree with the Government that w…

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Concurrence By Sonia Sotomayor July 6, 2020 Slip opinion

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Concurrence in part By Stephen Gerald Breyer July 6, 2020 Slip opinion

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Concurrence in part By Neil M. Gorsuch July 6, 2020 Slip opinion

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