Supreme Court

The morning read for Wednesday, Sept. 21

The morning read for Wednesday, Sept. 21

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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:

  • John Roberts’s Long Game (Linda Greenhouse, The Atlantic)
  • The most powerful supermajority (Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS)
  • Doctors Rush to Use Supreme Court Ruling to Escape Opioid Charges (Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News)
  • ‘Spillover’: Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases could affect the workplace
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Supreme Court

The morning read for Monday, Sept. 19

The morning read for Monday, Sept. 19

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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 Monday morning read:

  • The story of the praying Bremerton coach keeps getting more surreal (Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times)
  • Justices join debate on Supreme Court’s legitimacy after abortion ruling (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
  • Yeshiva University cancels all clubs after it was ordered to allow an
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Circuit Courts

Supreme Court Fellowship Program Resumes with 4 New Fellows

Four new U.S. Supreme Court Fellows are set to begin their 2022-2023 fellowships in September. They are the first to experience the program in-person in nearly two years; the COVID-19 pandemic forced the 2020-2021 class to work virtually and led to a decision to pause the program the following year.
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Civil Law

Senate committee sets nomination hearing for top food safety official

A committee in the U.S. Senate has finally set a nomination hearing to consider Jose Emilio Esteban for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top food safety job.

Nominated on Nov. 12, 2021, by President Joe Biden, Esteban is scheduled to go before the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on Sept. 22. The committee has not offered any reason why the nomination hearing has been delayed so long, except for a comment from Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-MI. At one … Read the rest

Supreme Court

Second chance to evaluate ban on encouraging unlawful immigration

Second chance to evaluate ban on encouraging unlawful immigration

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The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

Two years ago, in United States v. Sineneng-Smith, the justices reversed a circuit-court decision that struck down a federal law criminalizing the act of “encourag[ing] or induc[ing]” noncitizens to enter or remain in the United States for financial gain. The court’s unanimous but procedural ruling dodged the larger question … Read the rest

Civil Law

Ferrero passes probation at Salmonella-hit factory

Ferrero has received the all-clear at a factory behind a Salmonella outbreak after no problems were found during the initial approval period.

The company revealed it had been given final authorization for production at the plant in Arlon from the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) in Belgium.

The monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak from Kinder chocolate sickened more than 450 people. Children were particularly affected and many of those ill were hospitalized. People fell sick between … Read the rest

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Jackson’s financial disclosure reveals additional income in previous years

Jackson’s financial disclosure reveals additional income in previous years

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The court’s newest justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, omitted information regarding reimbursements and teaching income when she filed her 2014 and 2016 financial disclosures as a federal district court judge. On a newly released disclosure form, Jackson wrote that she “inadvertently omitted” the information from the previous years’ forms.

Jackson’s new disclosure form, known as a “nomination filing,” was first revealed by the watchdog group Fix the Court on Wednesday. On it, Jackson noted that she did not report $ … Read the rest