Supreme Court

The morning read for Wednesday, Aug. 10

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:

The Supreme Court Wants to End the Separation of Church and State (Kimberly Wehle, Politico)
Minimalism and Formalism in Dobbs (Eric R. Claeys, Law & Liberty)
The Marble Palace Blog: An Unearthed Cache of Letters From a SCOTUS Secretary Reveals How Unliked

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Monday, Aug. 8

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 Monday morning read:

Breyer, in first appearance since Roe v. Wade was overturned, says ‘I’m still an optimist’ (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
Scalia’s Legacy Lives on in Supreme Court’s Abortion, Gun Cases (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg)
Of course the Supreme Court needs to use history. The

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Water and electric quarrels test the limits of tribal power

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.

Native American tribes have a patchwork of rights over utilities on tribal land. These rights flow from the original treaties that tribes negotiated with Congress as well as modern contracts between tribal members and non-members. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Thursday, Aug. 4

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:

After Supreme Court ruling, it’s open season on US gun laws (Lindsay Whitehurst & Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press)
Coinbase Asks Supreme Court to Halt Account-Holder Suits (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg)
The most pro-business Supreme Court ever (Felix Salmon, Axios)
Judge Invites Supreme

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Tuesday, Aug. 2

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:

Confidence in the Supreme Court is declining — but there is no easy way to oversee justices and their politics (Eve Ringsmuth, The Conversation)
Google, Apple back affirmative action in Harvard case (Maia Spoto & Kimberly Robinson, Bloomberg)
Democrats’ approval of Supreme

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Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, July 29

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:

Alito mocks foreign critics of Supreme Court abortion ruling (Josh Gerstein, Politico)
Justices Sotomayor and Barrett Say the Supreme Court Remains Collegial (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Justices worry about the future of the Supreme Court — and point fingers as

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Justices asked to strengthen the right to earn a living

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.

Under longstanding constitutional law, most laws survive constitutional challenges so long as the government has a “rational basis” for enacting them. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether rational basis is the correct standard of review for a law that affects … Read the rest

Supreme Court

The morning read for Wednesday, July 27

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:

Democrats introduce bill limiting Supreme Court terms amid calls for reform (Shawna Chen, Axios)
There’s a Supreme Court reform idea people like, if they know about it (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
What if the Supreme Court had had term limits from

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