Supreme Court

The morning read for Thursday, August 3

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

Supreme Court Wetlands Ruling Imperils Waters on Public Lands (Bobby Magill, Bloomberg Law)
New UNC-Chapel Hill policy all but bans asking applicants about racial experiences (Joe Killian, NC Newsline)
Supreme Court justices resist adopting a code of ethics because they don’t want it enforced it against them (Joel Jacobsen, Albuquerque Journal)
ADA Testers Have

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Justices allow execution of Missouri man who argued mental incompetency

The Supreme Court on Tuesday night refused to stay the execution of Johnny Johnson, scheduled for 6 p.m. CDT. The court’s liberal justices dissented from the decision to allow the execution to go forward, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor arguing that Johnson was entitled to a hearing to determine whether he is mentally competent to be executed. “There is no moral victory,” Sotomayor wrote, “in executing someone who believes Satan is killing him to bring about the end of the … Read the rest

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The morning read for Friday, July 28

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

Supreme Court clears the way for pipeline construction favored by Manchin (Robert Barnes & Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post)
Biden administration asks US Supreme Court to block ‘ghost gun’ ruling (Andrew Chung & John Kruzel, Reuters)
The Supreme Court’s Decision on Gun Laws Is Forcing Judges to Become Historians (Matt Valentine, Politico)
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Civil rights “tester” asks court to dismiss case

Lawyers for a self-appointed civil rights “tester” have asked the Supreme Court to dismiss her case as moot – that is, no longer a live controversy. Deborah Laufer, who has physical disabilities and vision impairments, told the justices that she has voluntarily dismissed her case in the district court after an attorney who represented her in other cases was disciplined by a federal court in Maryland. But lawyers for the hotel company that Laufer is suing urged the justices … Read the rest

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The morning read for Wednesday, July 26

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

US law firms capitalize on affirmative action ruling as ripples spread (Andrew Goudsward, Reuters)
Woman in anti-LGBTQ+ supreme court case did make wedding site after all, report says (Martin Pengelly, The Guardian)
How Alabama could get away with defying the Supreme Court (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
What Are Conservatives’ Ethical Standards for the Supreme Court?

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The morning read for Monday, July 24

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

Biden lawyer who defended affirmative action grapples with diversity in her own office (Tobi Raji & Theodoric Meyer, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court Cases May Impact Child Welfare, Water Rights for Montana Tribes (Denali Sagner, The Flathead Beacon)
Buying face time: A secret invite list shows how big donors gain access to Supreme Court

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Government seeks clarity on remedy after recent bankruptcy decision

The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

Last summer, the Supreme Court ruled in Siegel v. Fitzgerald that a 2017 law permitting debtors in bankruptcy proceedings in North Carolina and Alabama to pay lower administrative fees than those paid by debtors in other states violated the Constitution’s requirement that Congress provide uniform bankruptcy laws nationwide. That decision … Read the rest

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The morning read for Thursday, July 20

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

Dems start Round One in Supreme Court ethics ‘boxing match’ (Katherine Tully-McManus & Burgess Everett, Politico)
Senate panel set to vote on US Supreme Court ethics reform (John Kruzel, Reuters)
Fresh Fallout From the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Ruling Just Hit Trans People (Mary Ziegler, Slate)
‘I was on a mission’: Despite the naysayers, she

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