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Friday round-up

The justices will meet privately on Friday morning to consider whether to grant cert petitions on issues that include abortion, capital punishment and the degree of power that state legislatures have to manage presidential elections. For a run-down of the many important cases that were relisted after last Friday’s conference (and thus are getting a closer look from the justices), see John Elwood’s latest Relist Watch column. For a full list of all the petitions we’re watching, click here.

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

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Recommended Citation: James Romoser, Friday round-up, SCOTUSblog (Jan. 15, 2021, 8:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2021/01/friday-round-up-554/