WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, January 31
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
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WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, January 30
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
EMERGENCY DOCKETEmergency appeals and applications
Government counters call to halt consideration of race in U.S. Military Academy admissions
The U.S. Military Academy on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to stay out of a dispute over the use of race in the school’s admissions policy.
Petitions of the weekRelist Watch
Biden administration, families ask justices to roll back state restrictions on transgender care for minors
The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Last spring, Tennessee and Kentucky enacted laws that prevent children under the age of 18 from receiving gender-affirming care.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Court schedules abortion pill case for March argument session
The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Mar. 26 in the battle over access to a drug used in medication abortions, which account for over half of all abortions performed in the United States.
EMERGENCY DOCKETEmergency appeals and applications
Student group from Harvard and UNC cases seeks to block West Point from considering race in admissions
The same group that spearheaded lawsuits to effectively end the use of affirmative action in college admissions returned to the Supreme Court on Friday, asking the justices to temporarily bar the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which trains officers for the U.S. Army, from considering race in its admissions process.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, January 26
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: The conservative legal world lines up behind Donald Trump at the Supreme Court (Joan Biskupic, CNN) Disqualify Trump?
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Court appoints lawyer in Oklahoma death penalty case
The Supreme Court on Friday morning appointed a former clerk to Chief Justice John Roberts to defend a ruling by an Oklahoma court leaving in place the conviction and death sentence of Richard Glossip – even after the state’s attorney general agreed that they should be set aside.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, January 25
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: The Supreme Court’s Silent Rulings Are Increasingly Troubling (Matt Ford, The New Republic) Texas’ border standoff with feds continues, despite U.S. Supreme Court order (Uriel Garcia & Davis Winkie, Texas Public Radio) Alabama wants to suffocate a man to death.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, January 23
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Florida urges US Supreme Court to uphold tech law (CBS News Miami Team, CBS News) Supreme Court will review Richard Glossip’s conviction a second time.