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Supreme Court

The morning read for Wednesday, April 17

The court expects to issue one or more opinions this morning in argued cases from the current term. Following the opinion announcements, the court will hear oral arguments in Thornell v. Jones. 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:

Supreme Court gives skeptical eye to key statute used to prosecute Jan. 6 rioters (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s

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The morning read for Thursday, April 11

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

Prosecutors Ask Supreme Court to Reject Trump’s Immunity Claim in Election Case (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Starbucks seeks Supreme Court protection from being ordered to rehire baristas who say they were fired for union-promoting activities (Michael Z. Green, The Conversation)
US historians file brief with supreme court rejecting Trump’s immunity claim (Martin

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The morning read for Friday, April 5

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:

Chief Justice Extols Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor (Zach Montague, The New York Times)
‘Rest easy.’ Mashpee tribe praises Supreme Court action preserving 321 acres in trust (Rachael Devaney, Cape Cod Times)
Crypto Firms Take SEC Fight to Texas, With Eye on Supreme Court (Matthew Bultman, Bloomberg Law)
Sonia Sotomayor’s Retirement Is Not the

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The morning read for Monday, April 1

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

Did Prosecutors’ Sex Shaming Help Send Brenda Andrew to Death Row? (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
Texas Claim of Immigration Invasion Buckles Under Constitution (Mark Fleming & Charles Bridge, Bloomberg Law)
Conservatives Are Getting Comfortable Talking Openly About a National Abortion Ban (Reva Siegel & Mary Ziegler, Slate)
“What If No One Has

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The morning read for Friday, March 29

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:

Supreme Court abortion case brings 19th century chastity law to the forefront (Tierney Sneed, CNN)
Supreme Court delay prompts federal judges to act in South Carolina redistricting dispute (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
South Carolina to use ‘unconstitutional’ congressional map after Supreme Court silence (Christine Zhu, Politico)
How Justice Thomas’s ‘Nearly Adopted Daughter’ Became His

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The morning read for Friday, March 22

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:

Former Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on ‘unfortunate’ Supreme Court leak before Dobbs abortion ruling (Alexandra Marquez, NBC News)
‘Where does it stop?’ Court questions effort to undo Maryland gun laws. (Rachel Weiner, The Washington Post)
Trump floats method for the Supreme Court to further delay his trial without giving him full immunity (Tierney Sneed,

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The morning read for Tuesday, March 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:

Trump seeks delay in N.Y. trial pending Supreme Court hearing on immunity (Shayna Jacobs, The Washington Post)
New Supreme Court petition calls for limiting NEPA reviews (Niina H. Farah, E&E News)
Texas tells Supreme Court its immigration law is key to handling border crisis (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
Biden administration proposes $ 38

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The morning read for Thursday, March 7

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

Supreme Court will hear Trump presidential immunity argument April 25 (Kevin Breuninger, CNBC)
Trump’s on the ballot, but the Supreme Court left key constitutional questions unanswered (John Fritze & Marshall Cohen, CNN)
Momentum builds in major homelessness case before U.S. Supreme Court (Claire Rush, The Associated Press)
Supreme Court wants $ 19.4 million in

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