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The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 29

The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 29

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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:

  • The Supreme Court has upheld state and local vaccine mandates. That may not save Biden’s. (Tierney Sneed, CNN)
  • The year Supreme Court conservatives made their mark (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
  • The Return, Abortion, Guns, and Breyer: Supreme Court in 2021 (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson
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Civil Law

USPTO Implements Trademark Modernization Act

On December 18, 2021, regulations implementing the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 went into effect.  According to the USPTO’s website, the changes provide individuals, businesses, and the USPTO with “new tools to clear away unused registered trademarks from the federal trademark register” and give the USPTO “the ability to move applications through the registration process more efficiently.”

Summaries of the new procedures and the changes to existing procedures are located on the USPTO’s website, and we previously blogged about them … Read the rest

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Term limits, transparency, and other proposed Supreme Court fixes

Term limits, transparency, and other proposed Supreme Court fixes

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The Penobscot River and claims against military subcontractors

The Penobscot River and claims against military subcontractors

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This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the Penobscot Nation has regulatory authority over the Penobscot River or only over certain islands in the river, and how broadly to construe the combatant-services exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act.

Control over the Penobscot River in Maine

In Penobscot Nation v. Frey and United States v. Frey, two cases ask the Supreme Court to review an en banc decision … Read the rest

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Trump asks justices to block the release of documents related to Jan. 6 riot

Trump asks justices to block the release of documents related to Jan. 6 riot

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This article was updated on Dec. 23 at 9:40 p.m.

Former President Donald Trump came to the Supreme Court on Thursday, asking the justices to block the release of White House records to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The committee is seeking documents that would show Trump’s communications and activities in the lead-up to the riot.

Trump argues that as a former president he has the power to keep the documents secret, … Read the rest

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14 New COVID-19 Cases On The Jewel of the Seas

As the media has focused on the multiple COVID-19 outbreaks on two Royal Caribbean cruise ships this past week involving the Symphony of the Seas (48 COVID-19 cases) and more recently, the Odyssey of the Seas (55 COVID-19 cases), a third Royal Caribbean ship, the Jewel of the Seas, has quitely experienced at least 14 COVID-19 cases during its cruise this week.

The major media outlets have not yet reported on the latest outbreak on the Jewel of the … Read the rest