Monday round-up

After agreeing Friday to review two new cases — both involving the scope of police officers’ search-and-seizure authority — the Supreme Court will begin Thanksgiving week by releasing additional orders from its Friday conference. Among the issues pending on the court’s docket this week is a pair of emergency requests from religious organizations seeking to stop New York from enforcing restrictions on large gatherings at religious congregations. New York responded to the requests last week by telling the justices they should not get involved in the dispute.

Here’s a round-up of other Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web:

• Amicus Curiae at the Supreme Court: Last Term and the Decade in Review (Anthony Franze & Reeves Anderson, special to the National Law Journal)
• Supreme Court continues capital punishment trend with Barrett on the bench (Robert Barnes, The Washington Post)
• The Supreme Court’s “Breathtakingly Radical” New Approach to Election Law (Wendy Weiser & Daniel Weiner, Politico)
• Trump pushes Supreme Court to let him reshape apportionment (Michael Macagnone, Roll Call)
• SuperPAC Case Supported by AG Weiser Hits Supreme Court Wall (Hank Lacey, Law Week Colorado)

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