Friday round-up

The justices will meet Friday for a private conference to consider which, if any, cases should be added to the court’s docket. Among the petitions slated to be discussed are a pair of consolidated cases on the legality of Medicaid work requirements, a challenge to a Kansas law that requires applicants to prove U.S. citizenship when registering to vote, and a lawsuit against President Donald Trump alleging that he violated the First Amendment when he blocked critics on Twitter. A full list of the petitions we’re watching is here. Orders from the private conference are expected later on Friday or on Monday.

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

• Supreme Court’s liberals face a new era of conservative dominance (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• SCOTUS Needs to Decide Law, Not Just Fix Errors (Alan Morrison, Bloomberg Law)
• The Supreme Court Is Colliding With a Less-Religious America (Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic)
• Supreme Court to Determine Fate of Religious Schools (Kelly Shackelford, Newsweek)
• The Danger of Introducing New Factual Claims at the Supreme Court Level (Kent Scheidegger, Crime & Consequences)
• Wealth of Options — Case Petitioning Supreme Court Could Loosen Sales of Alcohol Across State Lines (Kate Bernot, Good Beer Hunting)

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