Court rules for South Carolina Republicans in dispute over congressional map

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Court rules for South Carolina Republicans in dispute over congressional map

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

Justices turn down parents’ challenge to school support plans for trans students

Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

Missouri Solicitor General Josh Divine on government influence on social media

The morning read for Friday, May 24

The morning read for Thursday, May 23

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The morning read for Tuesday, May 21

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Restrictions on gender-affirming medical care – and assault weapons

Justices turn down parents’ challenge to school support plans for trans students

Arizona’s life-without-parole sentencing scheme for youths

Missouri Solicitor General Josh Divine on government influence on social media

The morning read for Friday, May 24

The morning read for Thursday, May 23

The morning read for Wednesday, May 22

The morning read for Tuesday, May 21

The morning read for Monday, May 20

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By Amy Howe on May 23 at 4:23 p.m.

In a 6-3 vote on ideological lines on Thursday, the justices threw out a lower court ruling that a congressional district in South Carolina was drawn with an unconstitutional focus on race. The opinion by Justice Samuel Alito clears the way for the state to use the map – which, Alito said, was drawn for political reasons, to create a more Republican district, rather than based on the race of voters. The opinion also sets a high bar for plaintiffs to meet in future racial gerrymandering cases.

The justices ruled in Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP on Thursday. (J Main via Shutterstock)

By John Elwood on May 24 at 10:49 a.m.

A regular round-up of “relisted” petitions. This week: The justices will consider the constitutionality of state restrictions on gender-affirming medical care, the constitutionality of state prohibitions on assault weapons, the need for specificity under Clean Water Act permits, whether the prohibition on “honest services fraud” is void for vagueness, and a Texas capital case.

By Amy Howe on May 20 at 10:55 a.m.

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge brought by three parents to guidelines put in place by a Maryland county outside of Washington, D.C. to create support plans for transgender students without requiring knowledge or consent from students’ parents. The court did not add any cases to its 2024-25 docket.

By Kalvis Golde on May 20 at 1:22 p.m.

A weekly look at new and notable petitions seeking Supreme Court review. This week: In 2012 the court barred mandatory life sentences for youths. Lonnie Bassett now ask the justices to consider whether an Arizona sentencing law violates that precedent for youths convicted of first-degree murder because the state separately abolished parole for all homicides.

In this video, Nate Mowry interviews Missouri Solicitor General Josh Divine. Divine represents his state and several individual challengers, who argue that the federal government’s efforts to influence content moderation by social media platforms violates the First Amendment.

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By Ellena Erskine on May 24, 2024 at 10:23 am

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:

Supreme Court rules in South Carolina gerrymandering case (Nina Totenberg, NPR)
Supreme Court throws out race claim in South Carolina redistricting case in win for GOP (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
Supreme Court Conservatives Add New Minority Voter Roadblocks (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson, Bloomberg Law)
Tired, testy and fractured: The Supreme Court prepares for more drama (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
Supreme Court’s thin veil of “good faith” in racial gerrymandering case (Bill Britt, Alabama Political Reporter)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 30, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

By Ellena Erskine on May 23, 2024 at 9:59 am

The court will release opinions in one or more cases from the current term this morning. 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:

Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home (Jodi Kantor, Aric Toler, & Julie Tate, The New York Times)
White House backs pharma companies in Supreme Court terror funding case (Mike Scarcella, Reuters)
19 states ask Supreme Court to topple climate lawsuits (Lesley Clark, E&E News)
Justice Samuel Alito Faces Growing Pressure To Recuse Himself From Key Cases After Another Controversial Flag Scandal (Alison Durkee, Forbes)
Why the Supreme Court may take a while still with its decision on Trump immunity (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC)

By Ellena Erskine on May 22, 2024 at 10:13 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

The campaign to gut Washington’s power over corporate America (Declan Harty, Josh Sisco, & Josh Gerstein, Politico)
6,000 doctors urge the Supreme Court to keep abortions in medical emergencies legal (Shefali Luthra, The 19th)
Biden admin calls on Supreme Court to reject NEPA oil case (Niina H. Farah, E&E News)
House Democrat calls for censure of supreme court justice Alito over upside-down flag at his home (Chris Stein, The Guardian)
The Supreme Court makes a dangerous ruling, delighting progressives (George F. Will, The Washington Post)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 23, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

By Ellena Erskine on May 21, 2024 at 10:00 am

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:

Supreme Court denies challenge to Mountain Valley pipeline (Niina H. Farah, E&E News)
Supreme Court declines case on Montgomery Co. Public Schools gender identity policy (Kate Ryan, WTOP News)
The Supreme Court’s CFPB Ruling Saved the Fed, Too (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg)
Justice Alito sold Bud Light stock amidst anti-trans boycott effort (Chris Geidner, Law Dork)
The CFPB’s Pyrrhic Supreme Court Victory (Hal Scott, The Wall Street Journal)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 23, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

By Ellena Erskine on May 20, 2024 at 10:01 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

Must parents be told of child’s gender transition? Supreme Court rejects case (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Maryland ‘assault weapon’ ban (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)
Supreme Court Turns Down Union Spat Involving SEIU Trusteeship (Robert Iafolla, Bloomberg Law)
Upside-down flag at Justice Alito’s home another blow for Supreme Court under fire (Lindsay Whitehurst And Gary Fields, The Associated Press)
US Supreme Court spurns former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s appeal (John Kruzel, Reuters)

Coming up: On Thursday, May 23, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.

May 2023

June 2023

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	2	3
4	5 Orders orders	6	7	8 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	9	10
11	12 Orders orders	13	14	15 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	16 Opinions opinions	17
18	19 Juneteenth holidays	20 Orders orders	21	22 Conference private_conferences Opinions opinions	23 Opinions opinions	24
25	26 Orders orders	27 Opinions opinions	28	29 Opinions opinions	30 Opinions opinions

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Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
1	2 Pulsifer v. United States (22-340) oral_arguments	3 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited (22-448) oral_arguments	4 Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (22-429) oral_arguments	5	6 Conference private_conferences	7
8	9 Columbus Day holidays	10 Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC (22-660) oral_arguments Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC (22-500) oral_arguments	11 Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (22-807) oral_arguments	12	13 Conference private_conferences	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27 Conference private_conferences	28
29	30 Culley v. Marshall (22-585) oral_arguments	31 O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier (22-324) oral_arguments Lindke v. Freed (22-611) oral_arguments

November 2023

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
			1 Vidal v. Elster (22-704) oral_arguments	2	3 Conference private_conferences	4
5	6 Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz (22-846) oral_arguments	7 U.S. v. Rahimi (22-915) oral_arguments	8 Rudisill v. McDonough (22-888) oral_arguments	9 Conference private_conferences	10 Veterans Day holidays	11
12	13 Orders orders	14	15	16	17 Conference private_conferences	18
19	20 Orders orders	21	22	23 Thanksgiving Day holidays	24	25
26	27 Brown v. U.S. (22-6389) oral_arguments	28 McElrath v. Georgia (22-721) oral_arguments Wilkinson v. Garland (22-666) oral_arguments	29 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy (22-859) oral_arguments	30

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