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Biden asks justices to block limits on collaboration with social media companies

The Biden administration on Thursday afternoon asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a lower court’s order that would limit its ability to communicate with social media companies over content moderation policies. U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar told the justices that if the “unprecedented” order is allowed to stand, it would put a Louisiana district judge in charge of overseeing the executive branch’s communications with social media companies.

Shortly after receiving the government’s request, Justice Samuel Alito — who … Read the rest

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Judicial Conference Revises Policy to Expand Remote Audio Access Over Its Pre-COVID Policy

The Judicial Conference of the United States on Tuesday approved a change to its broadcast policy that expands the public’s access to civil and bankruptcy proceedings over the Judiciary’s longstanding pre-COVID policy, which prohibited all remote public access to federal court proceedings.
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The morning read for Tuesday, September 12

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:

Alabama asks Supreme Court to revisit congressional districting map case (Maegan Vazquez, The Washington Post)
Conservatives hope Supreme Court defangs US consumer watchdog (John Kruzel, Reuters)
Two Pieces to the Puzzle: Long Conference Petitions and Granted Cases for OT 2023 (Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS)
The Texas Bans on Abortion “Trafficking” Are Even Scarier Than

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