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The lives they lived and the court they shaped: Remembering those we lost in 2022

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At the end of each year, SCOTUSblog remembers some of the people whose lives and work left an imprint on the Supreme Court. From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways.

Read past years’ remembrances: 2021, 2020.

David Beckwith (Oct. 30, 1942 – Oct. 2, 2022)

Forty-nine years before the leaked opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, … Read the rest

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Parents of St. Louis man killed in police custody return to the court

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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.

In June 2021, the Supreme Court issued an unsigned decision instructing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit to reconsider whether police in St. Louis, Missouri, used unconstitutionally excessive force when they knelt on the back of Nicholas Gilbert for 15 minutes until he suffocated. This week, we … Read the rest

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The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 28

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

Migrant Expulsion Policy Must Stay in Place for Now, Supreme Court Says (Adam Liptak, Miriam Jordan, & Eileen Sullivan, The New York Times)
U.S. Supreme Court rules to keep Title 42, the pandemic-era policy to quickly turn away migrants, for now (Uriel

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The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 21

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

Biden administration wants Supreme Court to allow Trump-era policy restricting migrants to end – but not for at least a week (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
Sotomayor and Kagan need to think about retiring (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
Why the Supreme Court Doesn’t Want

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The morning read for Friday, Dec. 23

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Friday morning read:

Why the Jan. 6 Committee Let Ginni and Clarence Thomas Off the Hook (Dahlia Lithwick, Slate)
The problem is too many Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. The solution is clear (Erwin Chemerinsky, The Sacramento Bee)
Did The Ways & Means

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The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 22

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Thursday morning read:

The Death Penalty Is Unpopular Everywhere but the Supreme Court (Matt Ford, The New Republic)
New York’s updated gun restrictions up for another fight at high court (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
U.S. Supreme Court has busy year ahead for intellectual property

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The morning read for Tuesday, Dec. 20

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Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

With This Supreme Court, the Way Liberals Dissent Matters (Ryan D. Doerfler & Samuel Moyn, The New York Times)
How the Supreme Court’s Abortion Decision Left Many Youth Behind (Alex Berg, Teen Vogue)
Veteran Supreme Court Reporter Marcia Coyle Retires (Nate

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Incriminating statement in New York shooting reaches the court for a second time

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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.

The Sixth Amendment gives anyone standing trial the right “to be confronted with the witnesses against” them. In January, the justices held that a New York court violated the confrontation clause when it upheld a homicide conviction although the jury had heard an incriminating statement from a co-defendant who did … Read the rest