Justices deny appeals from anti-abortion activists, Eastman, and former New Jersey candidates

Justices deny appeals from anti-abortion activists, Eastman, and former New Jersey candidates

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The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to take an appeal by anti-abortion activists in a First Amendment dispute with Planned Parenthood, as well as a test of New Jersey’s “slogan statutes.” After adding 12 cases to their merits docket for the 2023-24 term on Friday, the justices on Monday denied review in nearly 900 cases that they considered at their conference last week. The justices also sought the Biden administration’s views in three more cases. The full list … Read the rest

Over Gorsuch dissent, justices deny review in dispute over definition of “minister” for tax-exemption purposes

Over Gorsuch dissent, justices deny review in dispute over definition of “minister” for tax-exemption purposes

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After adding five cases to its merits docket for the spring on Friday, the Supreme Court on Tuesday morning issued more orders from the justices’ private conference last week. As expected, the justices did not grant any new cases. Perhaps most notably, they once again did not act on a pair of petitions challenging the consideration of race in the undergraduate admissions process at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, nor did they act on a petition … Read the rest