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The morning read for Wednesday, August 7

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:

How Tribal Nations Are Reclaiming Oklahoma (Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker)
US abortion numbers have risen slightly since Roe was overturned, study finds (Geoff Mulvihill & Kimberlee Kruesi, The Associated Press)
Appeals court sets emergency abortion care case for argument — after the election (Chris Geidner, Law Dork)
The Law as Justice Gorsuch Sees

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Supreme Court rejects Missouri’s request to block Trump’s New York gag order, sentencing

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea from Missouri to block New York from imposing a gag order and sentencing former President Donald Trump in his criminal proceedings there until after the 2024 elections.

After a six-week trial, Trump was convicted in May in a New York state court on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Prosecutors contended that Trump sought to hide a $ 130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election, … Read the rest

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The morning read for Friday, August 2

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:

Trump’s election subversion case to return to D.C. after immunity ruling (Spencer S. Hsu, The Washington Post)
Biden administration rule protecting LGBT students blocked in 26 states (Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Schumer vows Supreme Court reform will be ‘a very big priority’ if Democrats win election (Sahil Kapur, NBC News)
Supreme Court’s Chevron ruling means

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The morning read for Thursday, August 1

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:

In an Attempt to Reverse Supreme Court’s Immunity Decision, Schumer Introduces No Kings Act (Mary Clare Jalonick, The Associated Press)
Ex-justice department officials raise alarm over US supreme court’s immunity ruling (Peter Stone, The Guardian)
Kagan’s High Court Ethics Proposal Poses Enforcement Challenges (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law)
Supreme Court Term Limits Are a Waste

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The morning read for Tuesday, July 30

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:

Biden proposes term limits, code of conduct to rein in ‘extreme’ Supreme Court (Jeff Mason & Andrea Shalal, Reuters)
Approval of U.S. Supreme Court Stalled Near Historical Low (Megan Brenan, Gallup)
The inside story of John Roberts and Trump’s immunity win at the Supreme Court (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
How the election will shape the

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Court schedules first cases for 2024-25 term

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Biden administration’s efforts to regulate so-called “ghost guns” in the first week of the 2024-25 term in October, followed the next day by an unusual death-penalty case – in which the state’s attorney general supports the condemned man’s efforts to overturn his conviction and sentence. Garland v. VanDerStok and Glossip v. Oklahoma headline the Supreme Court’s October argument calendar, which was released on Friday morning.

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Justices appoint former clerk to argue First Step Act cases

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon appointed a former clerk to Justice Samuel Alito (who also served as a clerk to then-Judge Neil Gorsuch on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit) to defend a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in a pair of cases involving the interpretation of the First Step Act, a 2018 law that — among other things – reduced the mandatory minimum sentences for some drug and … Read the rest

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The morning read for Wednesday, 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 Wednesday morning read:

Trump allies crush misinformation research despite Supreme Court loss (Cat Zakrzewski & Naomi Nix, The Washington Post)
Bears, Fish, and Wolves’ New Predator: the Supreme Court? (Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Mother Jones)
Democrats push US Senate bill to reverse Supreme Court ruling curbing agency power (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
Supreme Court decisions will hurt Utah and

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