WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, May 7

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:

• Will the Supreme Court Write Guantánamo’s Final Chapter? (Linda Greenhouse, The New York Times)
• The Democrats Are Doing Court Reform Backward (Simon Lazarus & Robert Litan, The New Republic)
• In Deciding Fulton v. Philadelphia, the Supreme Court Should Remember That Foster Care Is for the Children (James Dwyer, National Review)
• The New, Conservative Supreme Court Is Returning to the Second Amendment (Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker)
• Democrats wary of appearing to push Justice Breyer out despite their small window to replace him (Ariane de Vogue, Manu Raju & Phil Mattingly)

Now available on Oyez: April-May oral argument audio aligned with the transcripts

Oyez has posted the aligned audio and transcripts from the April and May 2021 oral arguments at the Supreme Court. The court heard argument in:

• Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
• Sanchez v. Mayorkas
• Greer v. United States
• United States v. Gary
• City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.com, L.P.
• Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc.
• Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta
• Guam v. United States
• HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Association
• United States v. Palomar-Santiago
• Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
• PennEast Pipeline Co v. New Jersey
• Terry v. United States

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, May 6

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:

• Looking back at a year of Supreme Court cases tried over the phone (John Yang & Alex D’Elia, PBS NewHour)
• “Gimme an F!” Supreme Court Mulls the Case of the Cursing Cheerleader (Garrett Epps, Washington Monthly)
• Supreme Court Considers Leniency Bid for Crack-Cocaine Offense (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
• Biden Switch Unlikely to Save Crack Offenders at High Court (Jordan Rubin, Bloomberg Law)
• Supreme Court skeptical of applying Trump-era criminal justice law retroactively for small drug offenses (John Fritze, USA Today)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Wednesday, May 5

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:

• How Amy Coney Barrett has changed the Supreme Court in ways Kavanaugh hasn’t (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Supreme Court seems skeptical that law helps all convicted of crack cocaine offenses (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
• Supreme Court Weighs Crack Cocaine Sentencing Disparity (Brian Naylor, NPR)
• One Court on High with Twelve Circuits Below (Adam Feldman, The Juris Lab)
• The New Trend Keeping Women Out of the Country’s Top Legal Ranks (Sarah Isgur, Politico)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, May 4

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: