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The Supreme Court’s liberals seem divided. Why?![]() Opinionpalooza Is Here—Follow Along With Slate’s Legal Experts Get clear, smart takes on every major ruling. Subscribe to support Slate’s legal coverage. Join Slate Plus The Supreme Court handed down six cases on Friday, clearing the decks for the blockbusters it will likely release by the end of the month. Although none of its decisions were especially major, the court did issue important decisions about vaping, climate change, and disability discrimination—each of which united Justice Elena Kagan with the six conservatives. Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson were left to voice their objections by themselves, and even their opinions revealed disagreements over how to maximize their impact in dissent. On this week’s episode of Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discussed those three cases, and the remarkable, subtle rift among the liberals that they revealed. A preview of their conversation, below, has been edited and condensed for clarity. Dahlia Lithwick: Let’s start with FDA v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company, a case about where companies can bring suits challenging the FDA’s tobacco regulations. What did the court decide? Mark Joseph Stern: This case involves a tobacco company challenging the FDA’s refusal to let it sell or market its vapes. The company wanted to forum-shop its case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
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