December 11, 2020

Friday

No coup; yes EUA

No coup for you, Donny.

The dissent is actually interesting: the point made by Alito and Thomas is an extremely narrow one - they feel the Court must accept a filing on cases in which it has original jurisdiction (state v. state). In a bit of a slap, they explain that they would not grant any other relief (the injunction sought).

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US allows emergency COVID-19 vaccine in bid to end pandemic

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Good morning! Up and at it!

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Approval is days, maybe hours, away. First vaccinations will likely happen early next week.

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