WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, Oct. 26

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:

• Why Abortion Soared to Top of Supreme Court Docket (Greg Stohr, Bloomberg)
• Why SCOTUS Didn’t Treat SB8 Like a Capital Case (Michael Dorf, Dorf on Law)
• Supreme Court justices may have met a vaccine mandate some of them don’t like (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
• Supreme Court Vow Not to Be ‘Hacks’ Tested by Tribal Case Appeal (Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law)
• Remembering the Great Dissenter (Glenn Reynolds, Law & Liberty)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Monday, Oct. 25

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:

• There is no middle ground in the Mississippi abortion case. The court must overrule ‘Roe.’ (Sherif Girgis, The Washington Post)
• Name the Supreme Court After a Legendary Justice (Sarah Isgur, Politico)
• The quotable words of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• The Kind Soul of Clarence Thomas (Laura Wolk, National Review)
• Anti-abortion activists’ Supreme Court dreams are coming true (Sam Baker, Axios)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, Oct. 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 Friday morning read:

• McConnell lauds Thomas, says Supreme Court should not heed the ‘rule of polls’ (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
• Clarence Thomas Waited 30 Years for Court That Thinks Like Him (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
• Justice Clarence Thomas: the Supreme Court’s influencer (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
• The Supreme Court Faces a Huge Test on Libel Law (Floyd Abrams, The New York Times)
• The future of vaccine mandates will likely come down to Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett (Ian Millhiser, Vox)

EMERGENCY DOCKET

Texas tells justices to leave abortion plan in place, but suggests overruling Roe and Casey

Lawyers for the state of Texas urged the Supreme Court on Thursday to leave a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortions in place. “Neither the federal government nor abortion providers are entitled to demand Texas write its laws to permit them to be challenged” in federal court before they are enforced, the state told the justices. But if the court opts to review the merits of the law on an expedited basis, Texas continued, it should use the case as an opportunity to overrule the court’s landmark decisions in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, establishing the constitutional right to an abortion.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, Oct. 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 Thursday morning read:

• Why Did the Supreme Court Stop This Execution? (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
• Supreme Court just doubled down on flawed qualified immunity rule. Why that matters. (Joanna Schwartz, USA Today)
• Americans no longer have faith in the US supreme court. That has justices worried (Russ Feingold, The Guardian)
• The Supreme Court’s Chance to Defend Religious Liberty (Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, National Review)
• Supreme Court Term Limits Are Not Going to Cut It (Jay Willis, Balls and Strikes)