Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's first majority opinion highlights a long-running political dispute. (via Deadline: Legal Blog)
and several states fought over who gets unclaimed funds from uncashed, prepaid MoneyGram checks. Was it the other states, where the checks
And though obviously an important dispute to the states involved, there’s arguably something more interesting lurking in the opinion, which wasunanimous. The reason it wasn’t might not have mattered much to the bottom line, but it highlights a long-running dispute on the court about the use of “legislative history” — meaning, looking to the background and purpose that went into a law, rather than just looking at the law itself.
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