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Security fencing around court is removed, but building remains closed to public

By Amy Howe on Aug. 29 at 4:23 p.m.

Since May, the court’s perimeter had been lined with a tall, black security barrier intended to keep abortion protesters away from the building. The barrier was removed over the weekend.

front view of supreme court showing pedestrians occupying sidewalk, with small metal barrier lining steps leading up to the plaza

The sidewalk in front of the court was behind a security fence for more than three months, but pedestrians walked freely through the area on Monday. A smaller barrier remained in place, blocking off the court’s marble plaza. (James Romoser)

PETITIONS OF THE WEEK

Justices, signaling interest in False Claims Act, are asked to clarify a “knowing” violation

By Kalvis Golde on Aug. 26 at 8:18 p.m.

A weekly look at new and notable petitions seeking Supreme Court review. This week: state-of-mind requirements in cases under the FCA.

EMERGENCY DOCKET

Amid Voting Rights Act challenge, court keeps election for Georgia utility regulators on hold for now

By Amy Howe on Aug. 19 at 2:28 p.m.

The justices reinstated a trial court’s order barring Georgia from using an at-large system for its Public Service Commission, but litigation will continue.

SCOTUS FOCUS

Term limits for justices gain new attention, but prospects for passage remain dim

By Ellena Erskine on Aug. 16 at 2:05 p.m.

Proposed legislation to enact 18-year limits for the justices faces hurdles, even as support for the idea may be gathering momentum.

SCOTUStalk

In our latest SCOTUS Spotlight episode, Amy sits down with Kannon Shanmugam, a partner at Paul Weiss and a former assistant to the solicitor general. He has argued 35 cases before the court.

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WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Wednesday, Aug. 31

By James Romoser on Aug 31, 2022 at 10:45 am

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:

New York to restrict gun carrying after Supreme Court ruling (Michael Hill, Maysoon Khan, & Bobby Caina Calvan, Associated Press)
Sunoco Asks Justices to Halt $155 Million Damages Award (Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
EPA’s scramble post-Supreme Court climate ruling (Kevin Bogardus, E&E News)
Will Supreme Court apply the same ‘transformative’ analysis to a photograph as it did to software? (Deirdre M. Wells, William H. Milliken, & Kristina Caggiano Kelly, Reuters)
No, the Supreme Court Is Not God’s Court (Amar D. Peterman, Sojourners)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, Aug. 30

By James Romoser on Aug 30, 2022 at 10:12 am

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:

Yeshiva University asks Supreme Court to let it block LGBTQ student club (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
Religious schools shun state funding despite Maine victory (David Sharp, Associated Press)
U.S. Supreme Court’s Sotomayor keeps New York City COVID vaccine mandate (Andrew Chung, Reuters)
Biden administration urges Supreme Court not to take citizenship case (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
Justice Kagan and Textualism (Evelyn Johns, Discourse)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Monday, Aug. 29

By James Romoser on Aug 29, 2022 at 10:11 am

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:

Supreme Court fencing removed, but building remains closed (Associated Press)
Justice Alito’s Crusade Against a Secular America Isn’t Over (Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker)
We Can Be Framers Too (Jebediah Britton-Purdy, The Atlantic)
The Marble Palace Blog: An Inside Look at How Justices Handled Oral Arguments During the Pandemic (Tony Mauro, The National Law Journal)
NBC News Digital Hires Reuters Supreme Court Correspondent Lawrence Hurley as Supreme Court Reporter (A.J. Katz, Adweek)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, Aug. 26

By James Romoser on Aug 26, 2022 at 10:24 am

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:

Student loan forgiveness plan has a SCOTUS problem (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
Prominent U.S. appeals court judge calls Supreme Court term limits ‘intriguing’ (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
How SCOTUS Rained On The Left’s Anti-Religious Legal Parade And Reclaimed The First Amendment (Rachel Chiu, The Federalist)
Congressional Responses to Dobbs (Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS)
Next, the Supreme Court Decides How to Punish US Expats (Andreas Kluth, Bloomberg)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, Aug. 25

By James Romoser on Aug 25, 2022 at 10:00 am

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 ahead to the “long conference” – Part 2 (Amy Howe, Howe on the Court)
Did Congress Really Rebuff the Supreme Court on Climate Rule? (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg)
Post-Roe, the Supreme Court Is on a Collision Course with Democracy (Cristian Farias, Vanity Fair)
Google, class counsel to SCOTUS: Don’t waste your time on cy pres-only deals (Alison Frankel, Reuters)
Several states see surge in women registering to vote following Supreme Court abortion ruling (Rachel Scully, The Hill)

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Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
	1	2 Houston Community College Sys. v. Wilson (20-804) oral_arguments Badgerow v. Walters (20-1143) oral_arguments	3 New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen (20-843) oral_arguments	4	5 Conference private_conferences	6
7	8 Orders orders FBI v. Fazaga (20-828) oral_arguments Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P. (20-915) oral_arguments	9 United States v. Vaello-Madero (20-303) oral_arguments Ramirez v. Collier (21-5592) oral_arguments	10 Austin v. Reagan National Advertising (20-1029) oral_arguments	11 Veterans Day holidays	12 Conference private_conferences	13
14	15 Orders orders	16	17	18	19 Conference private_conferences	20
21	22 Orders orders Opinions opinions	23	24	25 Thanksgiving Day holidays	26	27
28	29 Becerra v. Empire Health Fund (20-1312) oral_arguments	30 Cummings v. Premier Rehab (20-219) oral_arguments American Hospital Assn. v. Becerra (20-1114) oral_arguments

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2 Egbert v. Boule (21-147) oral_arguments	3 Opinions opinions	4 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	5
6	7 today_at_the_court On Monday, the court will issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m. Orders orders Opinions opinions	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18 Conference private_conferences	19
20	21 Orders orders Morgan V. Sundance, Inc. (21-328) oral_arguments Berger v. North Carolina State Conf. of NAACP (21-248) oral_arguments	22 Golan v. Saada (20-1034) oral_arguments	23 ZF Automotives US, Inc. V. Luxshare, Ltd. (21-401) oral_arguments	24 today_at_the_court On Thursday, the court will issue one or more opinions in argued cases from the current term starting at 10 a.m. Opinions opinions	25 Conference private_conferences	26
27	28 Orders orders Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (20-807) oral_arguments Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon (21-309) oral_arguments	29 Ledure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (20-807) oral_arguments Torres v. Texas Dept. of Public Safety (20-603) oral_arguments	30 Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana (20-1573) oral_arguments	31 Opinions opinions

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
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3	4 Orders orders Opinions opinions	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14 Conference private_conferences	15	16
17	18 Orders orders United States v. Washington (21-404) oral_arguments Siegel v. Fitzgerald (21-441) oral_arguments	19 George v. McDonough (21-234) oral_arguments Kemp v. United States (21-5726) oral_arguments	20 Vega v. Tech (21-499) oral_arguments	21 Opinions opinions	22 Conference private_conferences	23
24	25 Orders orders Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dept. (21-418) oral_arguments Nance v. Ward (21-439) oral_arguments	26 Biden v. Texas (21-954) oral_arguments Shoop v. Twyford (21-511) oral_arguments	27 Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta (21-429) oral_arguments	28 Opinions opinions	29 Conference private_conferences	30

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
			1	2 Conference private_conferences	3	4
5	6 Orders orders Opinions opinions	7	8 Opinions opinions	9 Conference private_conferences	10	11
12	13 Orders orders Opinions opinions	14	15 Opinions opinions	16 Conference private_conferences	17	18
19	20 Juneteenth (observed) holidays	21 Orders orders Opinions opinions	22	23 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	24 Opinions opinions	25
26	27 Orders orders Opinions opinions	28	29 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	30 Opinions opinions

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