Supreme Court

The morning read for Tuesday, July 18

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

Alabama Republicans reject call for 2nd majority Black district, despite Supreme Court ruling (Kim Chandler, The Associated Press)
Plaintiffs ask US Supreme Court to temporarily halt Microsoft, Activision merger (John Kruzel, Reuters)
California Supreme Court rejects SCOTUS decision, keeps state labor law alive (Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle)
How the Supreme Court put itself

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The morning read for Friday, July 14

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:

Texas judge who doesn’t want to perform gay marriage ceremonies hopes web designer’s Supreme Court case helps her fight (Rebecca Schneid, The Texas Tribune)
303 Creative: What happens when an arguably narrow SCOTUS decision meets 2023 (Chris Geidner, Law Dork)
Kavanaugh: No warring camps at Supreme Court (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Supreme Court Leaves Work

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Justices schedule first cases of the 2023-24 term

Just two weeks after the justices finished releasing their opinions from the 2022-23 term, the court is now looking ahead to next term. The Supreme Court on Friday released the calendar for its October oral argument session. The justices will hear just six cases over five days between Oct. 2 and Oct. 11. The session will, however, include several high-profile cases, such as the challenge to a purported racial gerrymander in South Carolina’s congressional map and a challenge to … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Wednesday, July 12

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:

Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (Stephanie Kirchgaessner, The Guardian)
Judges Confused by Supreme Court’s Historical Test for Gun Laws (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law)
Firing of gay Catholic school teacher could test latest Supreme Court ruling (Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post)
How a Second Amendment case at the Supreme

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The morning read for Monday, July 10

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:

Where Clarence Thomas Entered an Elite Circle and Opened a Door to the Court (Abbie VanSickle & Steve Eder, The New York Times)
Four stats from a Supreme Court term that gutted affirmative action, student debt relief (John Fritze, USA Today)
The Coinbase Arbitration Decision: Sensible Procedural Correction or Court Invention? (Barry Winograd, Verdict)

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Landlords challenge New York’s longstanding rent-stabilization regime

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.

Rents in New York City are among the highest in the country and rising. According to a report from brokerage firm Douglas Elliman, median rents in Manhattan reached a record high in May of $ 4,395 per month. Meanwhile, only a handful of residential units in the city are rent-controlled, … Read the rest

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The morning read for Thursday, July 6

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:

Republicans Target Minority Scholarships After Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling (Tessa Stuart, Rolling Stone)
SC’s attorney general, chief justice battled over federal election law ruling. Who won? (John Monk, The State)
Federal agency powers in the crosshairs at the US Supreme Court (Andrew Chung & John Kruzel, Reuters)
America Has a Supreme Court Problem

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The morning read for Monday, July 3

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:

The Supreme Court’s term was full of whimpers. Then it ended with a bang. (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Another One Bites the Dust: End of 2022/2023 Supreme Court Term Statistics (Adam Feldman & Jake Truscott, Empirical SCOTUS)
Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
Biden offers new student

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