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ANONS we all heard about Apple but there are much broader potential perspectives that could have dramatic implications regarding Rowe v Wade. Thanks to the ANON Patriot on QRV.
Supreme Court Future Implications
On May 13, 2019, Justice Thomas, writing for the conservative majority of the U.S. Supreme Court, reversed a nearly 40 year old Supreme Court case, re-establishing state sovereignty rights vis-a-vis other states (the ability to assert immunity in cases brought by residents of other states).
In Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt the Court ruled that the Constitution does not permit a state to be sued by a private party without its consent in the courts of a different state, overruling the Court’s 1979 decision to the contrary in Nevada v. Hall.
SOURCE
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashleaebeling/2019/05/13/supreme-court-shows-its-ready-to-overrule-precedent-dissent-sounds-alarm-in-california-v-hyatt/#5ef21b964ccb
Ironically, if this decision ends up being cited in a hypothetical future decision narrowing the reach of Roe v. Wade (the seminal Supreme Court abortion ruling) and its progeny, it will have been lawyers representing the liberal state of California who sucessfully argued for the overturning of a case considered stare decisis (precedent). Stare decisis is the legal principle that, with limited exceptions, binds courts to follow legal precedents set by previous decisions.It is a Latin term meaning "to stand by that which is decided."
In another case, Apple Inc v. Pepper, on Monday, written by Justice Kavanaugh and joined in by the liberal justices, the Court allowed the case to proceed to its next stage - triggering criticism from fellow conservative Justice Gorsuch that following Supreme Court precedent would dictate a different result.
The lawsuit was brought against Apple by four iPhone users, who claimed that Apple was monopolizing the retail market for the sale of apps and using that monopoly to force higher-than-competitive charges for its apps.
Gorsuch's dissenting minority opinion cited the landmark Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois case of 1977 to say that "an antitrust plaintiff can't sue a defendant for overcharging someone else who might (or might not) have passed on all (or some) of the overcharge to him."
… Today's ruling, Gorsuch said, could begin whittling away the decision in Illinois Brick and may also call other, older cases into question.
SOURCE
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/13/722831702/supreme-court-rules-against-apple-as-kavanaugh-sides-with-liberal-justices
So in both cases, the Supreme Court overrruled, and/or created albeit disputed distinguishing criteria to rule against applying, long-standing Supreme Court precedents.
The developments this week caused liberal Justice Breyer in the CA Franchise Tax Board case to state the obvious:
Breyer then offered a thinly veiled warning. After citing the stare decisis factors famously adduced in the important abortion-rights decision Planned Parenthood v. Casey, Breyer ominously observed, "Today’s decision can only cause one to wonder which cases the Court will overrule next.”
The message here is not subtle. Casey was made possible by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has now retired. And Hyatt ignored the strong stare decisis requirements that marked Casey.
So perhaps the “next” overruling will involve abortion rights — another longtime target of conservative opposition.
SOURCE
https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/05/opinion-analysis-hyatt-fulfills-expectations-in-a-surprising-way/
Interesting Habbenings in AZ
Listening to this 15 min video reference very unusual behavior at Raytheon Corporation in AZ especially in light of what is produced there, caused further digging and additional confirmation that money is flowing in there and the last line caught my attention along with the hirrring spree!
Raytheon Gets $101M Modification on Army TOW Guided Missile Contract
Matthew Nelson May 13, 2019 Contract Awards, News
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) will provide additional tube-launched, optically-tracked wireless guided missile systems to the U.S. Army under a three-year, $101.3M contract modification.
The service branch used fiscal 2017 other procurement funds to cover the full obligated amount at the time of award, the Department of Defense said Friday.
Work under the modification will take place in Tucson, Ariz., through Aug. 31, 2022.
The company initially received a $300.1M fixed-price-incentive contract in 2017 to supply TOW missiles to the Army, U.S. Marine Corps and three foreign military sales clients.
Ground forces use the weapon system to defend against adversarial armored and wheeled platforms
Raytheon on hiring spree as Tucson expansion takes shape
Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has already hired most of the 2,000 new workers it planned in a major expansion at the company’s plant complex near the airport, the company’s chief said Thursday at a dedication ceremony.
“These new facilities will house many of the 2,000 new employees we’ll be hiring over the next few years — we’ve already hired the majority of them,” Raytheon Missile Systems President Taylor Lawrence told a crowd at a ribbon-cutting for the first new building attended by Gov. Doug Ducey and other state and local officials.
Raytheon, Southern Arizona’s largest private employer, now counts about 11,800 employees spread across the airport and several other facilities in the Tucson area, a spokesman said.
As the company christened a new visitor-access center on the north side of its airport complex on Thursday, an advanced test facility and a multipurpose building for research on classified programs are still under construction and expected to be completed later this year.
Those and several other buildings planned for completion by 2020 will mainly house work on classified research and development programs and include laboratories, a high-performance computing center and a massive indoor anti-echo chamber to test missile sensors, Lawrence said.
“This is all about high-performance, next generation missile research and development, and obviously there will be some office space, but as you see there’s not a lot of windows because of all the very, very sensitive R&D we’re doing,” Lawrence said in an interview, noting that the project is the company’s biggest local expansion since the 1980s.
THOUGHTS & COMMENTS
SOURCES
https://www.govconwire.com/2019/05/raytheon-gets-101m-modification-on-army-tow-guided-missile-contract/
https://tucson.com/business/raytheon-on-hiring-spree-as-tucson-expansion-takes-shape/article_3fd571fd-8d2c-527c-b22c-ccfdbe1e9bee.html