3 Scary Decisions Handed Down by the Far Right Supreme Court

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25. I would add AT&T Mobility v Concepcion.

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/att-mobility-v-concepcion/

Holding: California state contract law, which deems class-action waivers in arbitration agreements unenforceable when certain criteria are met, is preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act because it stands as an obstacle to the accomplishment and execution of the full purposes and objectives of Congress.

Plain English Holding: Under the Federal Arbitration Act, California must enforce arbitration agreements even if the agreement requires that consumer complaints be arbitrated individually (instead of on a class-action basis).

Judgment: Ninth Circuit Reversed, 5-4, in an opinion by Justice Scalia on April 27, 2011. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Breyer filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor.

I would also add the case about the police who lost track of a crack dealer who ran into an apartment complex. The police didn't know where he was, but claimed to have smelled marijuana and heard the sound of evidence being destroyed, so they entered an apartment and arrested the people inside (not the crack dealer.) The SCOTUS found that action to be constitutional.