Supreme Court

The morning read for Friday, Dec. 20

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

The Constitution Allows for Term-Limited Supreme Court Justices (Nancy Gertner, Brennan Center for Justice)
Who Knocked on the Supreme Court’s Door in November? (Jimmy Hoover, The National Law Journal)
FCC v. Consumers’ Research: Will the Court Reinvigorate the Nondelegation Doctrine or Phone It In? (Michael Pepson & Casey Mattox, The Federalist Society)
U.S. Supreme Court Database finds

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The morning read for Thursday, Dec. 19

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

Ex-Congressman’s Meme Fight Faces Long Odds at Supreme Court (Kyle Jahner, Bloomberg Law News)
Supreme Court Fast-Tracks TikTok Case in Face of Jan. 19 Deadline (Adam Liptak & Sapna Maheshwari, The New York Times)
The Supreme Court decisions that gutted environmental protections in 2024 (Natalie Mesa, High Country News)
Supreme Court takes up South Carolina’s effort to

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The morning read for Tuesday, Dec. 17

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

The Supreme Court just took up its first religion case of the year. It could add 6 more. (Kelsey Dallas, The Deseret News)
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to California’s strict vehicle emissions rules (John Fritze & Ella Nilsen, CNN)
Supreme Court stays out of Peter Navarro’s fight to keep emails from first Trump administration (Maureen

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The morning read for Friday, Dec. 13

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

US Supreme Court should avoid climate change cases, Biden administration says (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
Supreme Court begins online lottery for seating, upending D.C. ritual (Justin Jouvenal, The Washington Post)
Biden is on track to appoint more federal judges of color than any other president (Char Adams, NBC News)
Don’t want to spend days waiting in line to

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Justices take up cases on religious tax exemption and California climate change mandate

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review a decision by the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejecting efforts by Catholic Charities to seek an exemption from the state’s unemployment tax. Catholic Charities contends that both it and the four agencies that operate under its umbrella qualify for the exemption because they are operated “primarily for religious purposes.” The group, which is controlled by the bishop of the diocese of Superior, says that the state supreme court’s contrary decision, which rested … Read the rest

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William Hennessy, Jr., prolific courtroom sketch artist, dies at 67

William Hennessy, Jr., a classically trained artist and SCOTUSblog contributor who chronicled oral arguments at the Supreme Court and legal proceedings around the country for decades, died on Tuesday. Scott McFarlane, a CBS News correspondent who profiled Hennessy last year, reported on X on an announcement made by Hennessy’s family. Hennessy was 67 on Tuesday.

Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar defending the Biden administration’s opposition to an Idaho abortion restriction in April. (William Hennessy)

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Court turns down challenges to school admissions, gender support plans, and gun licensing

The Supreme Court on Monday morning declined to take up several hot-button issues, including a challenge by parents to a school district’s plan to provide support for transgender and non-binary students, a dispute over the admissions policy used during the 2021-22 school year for three of Boston’s elite public high schools, and the case of a Hawaii man prosecuted for carrying a handgun without a license.

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Justices take up disputes over terrorism damages suits and habeas filings

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon agreed to decide whether a 2019 law that seeks to give U.S. courts the power to hear claims by victims of terrorism against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of fair treatment.

Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization and United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization, which will be argued together in the spring, were two of the three petitions for review that the justices granted after … Read the rest