🕵️‍♂️ The next Bond

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It’s Thursday, March 21 — here’s what you’ll find in today’s newsletter:

• The Supreme Court’s ruling on SB4

• The rumors on the casting of the next Bond

• 4 quick hits of news from the last 24 hours

- Jeff (co-founder of Shades)

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🏛️ SCOTUS on SB4

SCOTUS briefly lets Texas enforce SB4, sparking a legal rollercoaster.

🏛️ Fox: SCOTUS briefly gave Texas the greenlight on SB4, a law that allows local police to arrest and deport migrants. But the law went back on hold hours later, thanks to a 5th circuit ruling.

🏛️ Above the Law slammed the initial SCOTUS decision: It enabled an unconstitutional immigration crackdown under a dubious “administrative stay”.

🏛️ But The Right Scoop celebrated: SCOTUS's green light on Texas SB4 is a win for state authority.

🏛️ Reason Magazine offered a different takeaway: Justice Barrett's opinion in the SB4 ruling hints at tighter emergency docket control.

🏛️ Either way, the NYT says Abbott's border battle has been brewing for a while. The SCOTUS ruling scores political points for him despite the legal limbo.

🕵️‍♂️ The next Bond

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is in talks to be the next Bond, but debates on gender and diversity are ongoing.

🕵️‍♂️ Aaron Taylor-Johnson was rumored to be tapped as the next James Bond. Barstool Sports says he's a stellar choice: His past roles prove he's got the chops for 007.

🕵️‍♂️ And The Independent is glad the next Bond isn't a woman: Casting a female James Bond dodges the real issue of creating better female characters in the series.

🕵️‍♂️ But the Guardian notes that Taylor-Johnson has distanced himself from the Bond rumors. Plenty of actors, from Idris Elba to Henry Golding, would make a great pick in his place.

🕵️‍♂️ UnHerd's take: The pick for James Bond carries huge cultural weight. It offers an opportunity for filmmakers to spark important convos about modern masculinity.

Quick hits

👽 “3 Body Problem”, produced by Game of Thrones’s Weiss and Benioff, promises to be Netflix's new sci-fi hit.

🤑 The Mega Millions jackpot soars to nearly $1 billion, with the next draw on Friday night.

💼 Congress revealed a $1.2 trillion funding bill to prevent a shutdown, with increased defense and border security allocations.

🇺🇳 The US proposes a UN resolution for an immediate Gaza ceasefire tied to the release of hostages, with ambiguous terms.

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