(Subscription required) “California’s interests in policing fraud and self-dealing moreover outweigh any minimal burden on petitioners’ associational interests,” the state attorney general argued.

In In re A.R., the Supreme Court today holds that a late notice of appeal from an order terminating parental rights does not always leave the aggrieved parent without remedy. 

There’s an interesting connection between the legal argument that paved the way and the final ruling.

With Donald Trump gone from the White House, the Supreme Court dismissed a suit Monday that accused Trump of violating free speech by blocking critics from his Twitter account, which the company canceled after the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol. But Justice Clarence Thomas said the case highlighted social media’s virtually uncontrolled power and it may be time for Congress to step in.