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#SCOTUS’ #BirthrightCitizenship opinion is looong. Mostly the #dissent by Justice #ClarenceThomas & joined by #Gorsuch. The majority opinion is 26 pages long, Thomas’s dissent runs to 91 pages. Imagine being that freaking #racist. #law #immigration #ImmigrationLaw

World & Nation | Cruise lines can be held liable for using docks seized under Castro, Supreme Court rules by David G. Savage AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday issued an 8‑1 ruling that revived a $400‑million judgment against four cruise‑line operators—Caribbean Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Carnival Corporation and MSC Cruises—for docking in Havana between 2016 and 2019 under a little‑used 1996 law that permits suits against parties that profit from property confiscated by the Cuban government; the Court noted that previous presidents had blocked enforcement of the law but President Trump had allowed the claims to proceed, and Justice Thomas wrote that the cruise lines, which paid the Cuban government tens of millions of dollars and earned hundreds of millions from the voyages, should be liable, while Justice Kagan dissented, arguing the dock‑property interest had expired in 2004; a lower‑court order requiring each line to pay $100 million was stayed by the appeals court, and a similar claim by Exxon Mobil remains pending. Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2026-05-21/supreme-court-cruise-ships-cuba #ClarenceThomas #ElenaKagan #SupremeCourt #HavanaDocks #FifthCircuit