WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, Sept. 24

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 Friday morning read:

• Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court for Fast Review of Texas Ban (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)
• The Supreme Court has only itself to blame (Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post)
• Public approval of Supreme Court hits a new low in US, Gallup poll finds (Bailey Aldridge, McClatchy)
• One Legal Strategy to Preserve Roe v. Wade: Flatter Three Conservative Justices (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate)
• An Arbitrary Line’s Arbitrariness is a Feature, Not a Bug (Mississippi Abortion Case Edition) (Michael Dorf, Dorf on Law)

UPCOMING EVENT

George Mason to preview Supreme Court cases with significant economic implications

On Friday, Sept. 24, at 12 p.m. EDT, the Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School will host a virtual event titled “Civil Justice Preview of the Supreme Court’s 2021-2022 Term.” It will examine cases where economic analysis is involved or significant economic consequences are at stake. The event will feature John Beisner (partner at Skadden) and Robert Peck (president of the Center for Constitutional Litigation), and will be moderated by Donald Kochan (professor of law at George Mason). It is free to the public.

Registration information can be found here: https://masonlec.org/events/us-supreme-court-civil-justice-preview/.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, Sept. 23

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 Thursday morning read:

• How the Supreme Court crafted its Roe v. Wade decision and what it means today (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• What Sandra Day O’Connor Stood For on the Supreme Court (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
• The Supreme Court Ruling That Stopped Larry Nassar’s Victims From Getting Justice (Victoria Nourse, Slate)
• Megan Rapinoe, other women athletes back abortion rights at U.S. Supreme Court (Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
• Book Review: ‘The Authority of the Court and the Peril of How Much I Love My Job,’ by Stephen Breyer (Jay Willis, Balls and Strikes)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Wednesday, Sept. 22

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:

• Supreme Court Approval Drops as New Term Brings Divisive Issues (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg)
• SCOTUS revises oral argument format ahead of blockbuster term (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
• Majority opposes Supreme Court allowing Texas’s 6-week abortion ban to take effect: poll (John Kruzel, The Hill)
• To protect the supreme court’s legitimacy, a conservative justice should step down (Lawrence Douglas, The Guardian)
• What Obergefell Says About Abortion (Stephen Gilles, The Volokh Conspiracy)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, Sept. 21

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 Tuesday morning read:

• Justice Dept. Urges Supreme Court to Uphold Roe v. Wade (Katie Benner, The New York Times)
• Megan Rapinoe, other women athletes back abortion rights at U.S. Supreme Court (Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)
• These People Are Telling Their Abortion Stories As The Supreme Court Prepares To Hear Its Biggest Reproductive Rights Case In Decades (Stephanie Baer, BuzzFeed News)
• The Case for Overturning Roe (Mary Ann Glendon & O. Carter Snead, National Affairs)
• Don’t Destroy Americans’ Trust in the Supreme Court (Kelly Shackelford, Newsweek)