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CAPITAL CASE

Divided court authorizes Alabama execution, but state is unable to carry it out before midnight deadline

By Amy Howe on Sept. 23 at 10:50 a.m.

The Supreme Court’s decision lifted a lower-court order that had put the lethal injection on hold. Justice Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberal justices in dissent.

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In an emergency order on Thursday night, the court cleared the way for the lethal injection of Alan Eugene Miller. (Katie Barlow)

PETITIONS OF THE WEEK

In Maryland prison-assault case, a request to clarify an important procedural question

By Kalvis Golde on Sept. 23 at 4:51 p.m.

A weekly look at new and notable petitions seeking Supreme Court review. This week: preserving issues on appeal.

EMERGENCY DOCKET

Court denies Yeshiva University’s request to block ruling on LGBTQ recognition

By Amy Howe on Sept. 14 at 8:18 p.m.

The decision reinstated a New York court’s ruling that required Yeshiva to approve a Pride Alliance student club. But the club’s victory may prove to be short-lived.

EVENTS

Supreme Court previews for the 2022-23 term

By SCOTUSblog on Sept. 14 at 1:08 p.m.

A list of events offering expert analysis on the Supreme Court’s upcoming term. All are free and available to the public.

SCOTUStalk

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will take the bench next month as the court’s newest member. Amy is joined by Marin Levy, a professor at Duke Law School, to talk about what it’s like to join the court. Levy runs a popular Twitter account where she chronicles the history of the federal judiciary.

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WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, Sept. 23

By James Romoser on Sep 23, 2022 at 8:58 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:

Breyer warns justices that some opinions could ‘bite you in the back’ in exclusive interview with CNN’s Chris Wallace (Devan Cole, CNN)
Supreme Court Says Alabama Can Kill Prisoner With Method He Fears (Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, The New York Times)
Affirmative Action Cases Lead What Could Prove Another Momentous Supreme Court Term (Mark Walsh, Education Week)
The Supreme Court should tread carefully on internet speech (Editorial, The Washington Post)
Supreme Court’s gun ruling opens door to next fight: Where can they be carried? (Melissa Quinn, CBS News)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Thursday, Sept. 22

By James Romoser on Sep 22, 2022 at 11:15 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:

Ginni Thomas agrees to January 6 committee interview (Jamie Gangel, Ariane de Vogue, & Zachary Cohen, CNN)
Florida asks Supreme Court to review social media censorship law (Kelsey Reichmann, Courthouse News Service)
Dobbs Lawyer Says She’d Apply Abortion Ruling as US Judge (Madison Alder, Bloomberg Law)
Ex-justice’s slaveholding past prompts move to change Ohio law school’s name (Karen Sloan, Reuters)
Supreme Court approval mired below 2020 level: survey (Jared Gans, The Hill)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Wednesday, Sept. 21

By James Romoser on Sep 21, 2022 at 10:07 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:

John Roberts’s Long Game (Linda Greenhouse, The Atlantic)
The most powerful supermajority (Adam Feldman, Empirical SCOTUS)
Doctors Rush to Use Supreme Court Ruling to Escape Opioid Charges (Brett Kelman, Kaiser Health News)
‘Spillover’: Supreme Court’s affirmative action cases could affect the workplace next (John Fritze, USA Today)
An unsung hero of our Supreme Court (Timothy P. O’Neill, Chicago Sun-Times)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, Sept. 20

By James Romoser on Sep 20, 2022 at 9:21 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:

Kagan warns the Supreme Court must ‘act like a court’ to keep Americans’ faith (John Fritze, USA Today)
The Supreme Court can’t escape the 2020 presidential race and is already involved in 2024 politics (Ariane de Vogue, CNN)
The Supreme Court Gets a Chance to Revisit America’s Imperialist Past (Matt Ford, The New Republic)
In a Term Likely Defined by Race, Will John Roberts Oppose ‘Jolts’ to the Legal System? (Marcia Coyle, The National Law Journal)
A landmark Supreme Court fight over social media now looks likely (Robert Barnes & Ann E. Marimow, The Washington Post)

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Monday, Sept. 19

By James Romoser on Sep 19, 2022 at 9:37 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:

The story of the praying Bremerton coach keeps getting more surreal (Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times)
Justices join debate on Supreme Court’s legitimacy after abortion ruling (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
Yeshiva University cancels all clubs after it was ordered to allow an LGBTQ group (Joe Hernandez, NPR)
One way to repair the Supreme Court (Editorial, The Washington Post)
‘I Would Vote to Impeach Him Right Now’ (Frederic J. Frommer, Politico)

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	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

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		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

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					1 Conference private_conferences	2
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

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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
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23 Sep 1573135093266268160

BREAKING: In 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ALLOWS Alabama to execute Alan Miller, whose lethal injection was scheduled for tonight. In a brief shadow-docket order, SCOTUS lifts a lower court's injunction that had blocked the execution. Barrett joins the three liberals in dissent.

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JUST IN: By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court DENIES Yeshiva University's emergency request to intervene now in a dispute over whether the university must recognize an LGBTQ student group. Roberts and Kavanaugh join with Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/22a184_3ea4.pdf

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Two justices worked for Kenneth Starr early in their careers. John Roberts was his deputy when Starr was solicitor general during the George H.W. Bush administration. Brett Kavanaugh clerked for Starr on the D.C. Circuit and was on Starr's team for the Clinton investigation.

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On today's SCOTUStalk episode @marinklevy joins to talk new-justice history, including the time Earl Warren rushed across the country to take his seat and showed up with the wrong type of robes.

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Speaking in Colorado last night, John Roberts announced that members of the public will be allowed to attend oral arguments when the new term starts next month, according to press reports. It will be the first time the Supreme Court will reopen since the start of the pandemic.

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9 Sep 1568349421774987265

Here is Sotomayor's brief order in the clash between Yeshiva University and a student Pride Alliance.
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor has put on hold a NY state trial court's order that would require Yeshiva University to recognize an LGBTQ student group. In a brief order, Sotomayor stays the lower court's order "pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court."

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