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The morning read for Friday, December 29

The morning read for Friday, December 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. Here’s the Friday morning read:

  • US Supreme Court officially asked to take up Trump’s 14th Amendment issue (Zach Montellaro, Politico)
  • She lost her gun rights for passing a bad check. Now she wants the Supreme Court to restore them. (Dennis Romboy, Deseret News)
  • Legal scholar: SCOTUS rejecting Jack Smith’s immunity request “might actually be bad news for Trump” (Tatyana
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The morning read for Wednesday, December 27

The morning read for Wednesday, December 27

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

  • How Supreme Court Practice Has Changed (and Stayed the Same) Headed Into 2024 (Jimmy Hoover, The National Law Journal)
  • What the Supreme Court Will Do with Trump’s Colorado Ballot Disqualification (Dahlia Lithwick & Jeremy Stahl, Slate)
  • The Supreme Court’s refusal to expedite Trump’s immunity claim could make or break the 2024 election (Austin Sarat,
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The morning read for Friday, December 22

The morning read for Friday, December 22

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

  • Whether in 2000 or 2024, There’s No Upside for Supreme Court in Deciding Elections (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
  • The Supreme Court Should at a Minimum Ask Jack Smith to Brief the Question of the Constitutionality of his Appointment (Steven Calabresi, The Volokh Conspiracy)
  • New Trump Cases Shadowed by Rocky Relationship with Supreme
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The morning read for Friday, December 15

The morning read for Friday, December 15

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

  • Inside the exclusive world of Supreme Court clerks driving America’s legal controversies (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
  • What Sandra Day O’Connor Got Wrong (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
  • Is Compelled Decryption Heading to the Supreme Court? (Orin Kerr, The Volokh Conspiracy)
  • Behind the Scenes at the Dismantling of Roe v. Wade (Jodi Kantor & Adam
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Major OxyContin case headlines December session

Major OxyContin case headlines December session

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The justices will kick off the December argument session on Nov. 27 with oral argument in a pair of consolidated cases, Brown v. United States and Jackson v. United States, involving the Armed Career Criminal Act. The ACCA extends the minimum sentence – from 10 years to 15 – for an individual who had been convicted of a felony and possesses a firearm when that person has at least three “serious drug offenses.” The question before the justices … Read the rest

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Purdue Pharma, tax cases headline December argument session

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The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Dec. 4 in the challenge to the legality of the bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin. The argument in the Purdue Pharma case is one of eight cases scheduled for seven hours of oral argument in the court’s December argument calendar, which was released on Thursday morning.

The justices had indicated in August that the Purdue Pharma case would be slated for argument … Read the rest