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Justice Jackson Seems to Be Charting a More Speech-Restriction-Tolerant Approach

Justice Jackson, like Justice Breyer (whom she replaced and for whom she clerked), seems to be considering an approach that is more embracing of speech restrictions that she views as especially urgent—including perhaps ones that departs from precedents such as the Pentagon Papers case.

Reason

Court Should Focus on Coercion in Murthy v. Missouri

The government is entitled to try to persuade social media to take down posts, but not to coerce them to do so.

Reason

US supreme court ruling on Trump ballot ban: five key takeaways

Donald Trump can remain on the presidential ballot but the question of whether he was guilty of insurrection unresolved

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SCOTUS liberals' "warning" in Trump case

Liberal justices ruled that states can't bar Trump from ballot but split from majority on key issue

Salon

Most Justices Seem Skeptical of the Florida and Texas Social Media Laws

The Supreme Court seems inclined to recognize that content moderation is protected by the First Amendment.

Reason

Supreme Court sounds skeptical of cross-state air pollution rule - Roll Call

Republican appointees to the Supreme Court criticized the EPA’s rule on cross-state air pollution during oral arguments Wednesday.

Roll Call

Professor Mark Graber Lectures Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson About White Supremacy

Mark Graber: “Instead, justices on both the left and right made deeply problematic historical assertions unaware of their foundations in the white supremacist commitments of the history profession for most of the twentieth century.”

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SCOTUS Is Troubled by the Claim That States Can Disqualify Trump From the Election As an Insurrectionist

Most of the justices are clearly inclined to reject a Colorado Supreme Court decision asserting that power under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.

Reason

Did Trump engage in insurrection? US supreme court largely ignores question

Justices near agreement in 14th amendment case, almost certain to overturn Colorado ruling removing Trump from ballot

The Guardian - US

Attending Oral Argument in Trump v. Anderson

Not exactly what I expected, but a very rewarding experience.

Reason

Experts: Even SCOTUS libs may back Trump

Liberal justices not pushing back on arguments “suggests the cake is already baked,” law professor says

Salon

KBJ grills Trump lawyer on insurrection

“The events were shameful, criminal, violent,” Trump lawyer Jonathan Mitchell said, arguing it was a “riot”

Salon

Supreme Court sounds poised to side with Trump in ballot case - Roll Call

The Supreme Court appeared ready Thursday to rule for Donald Trump in a challenge that seeks to bar him from the Colorado primary ballot.

Roll Call

SCOTUS Ponders the Ambiguity of 'Ambiguous' and Other Chevron Doctrine Puzzles

The justices seem inclined to revise or ditch a 1984 precedent that requires deference to executive agencies' statutory interpretations.

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High court hears arguments in cases that challenge deference to executive agencies that interpret the law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that could remove the deference given to the executive branch in interpreting law.

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Will SCOTUS Strike Down Wealth Taxes?

The U.S. Supreme Court just heard arguments in a case that some say could upend the U.S. tax code.

The Conversation

Edward Blum's crusade against affirmative action has used the legal strategy developed by civil rights activists

Few people have been more associated with rolling back modern-day civil rights laws than Edward Blum, the former stockbroker who has successfully challenged many affirmative action and voting rights laws.

Reason

Two 15-Year Sentences Illustrate the Ugly Interaction of Drug and Gun Laws

The Supreme Court mulls how to apply a mandatory minimum for gun possession by people convicted of drug felonies.

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Supreme Court rejects prisoner’s appeal on prolonged solitary confinement

In a 6-3 decision, the court’s majority declined to take an appeal from an Illinois prisoner held in solitary confinement for more than three years with no opportunity for exercise

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court hears arguments in veteran’s case that could open up additional GI Bill benefits

Several justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed sympathetic toward James Rudisill, a decorated Army veteran who says the VA cut short his benefits and thwarted his dream of attending Yale’s divinity school.

The Independent UK

‘Trump too small’ t-shirt Supreme Court case shows size does matter

At the centre of a case before the Supreme Court is the validity of trademarking an insult directed at former president Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Size matters for Trump in a case at the hands of the Supreme Court

At the centre of a case before the Supreme Court is the validity of trademarking an insult directed at former president Donald Trump

Roll Call

Supreme Court sounds not so big on trademark for ‘Trump too small’ slogan - Roll Call

The Supreme Court at oral arguments Wednesday sounded skeptical of letting people get trademarks of political figures without consent.

The Guardian - US

Scholastic reverses decision to separate books on race, gender and sexuality

After backlash, company will no longer separate catalog at school fairs, which allowed districts to opt out of diverse books

The Guardian - US

Scholastic Books should stop buckling to rightwing bullies

Librarians now can hit the ‘bigot button’ for their school book fairs. But the publisher’s ham-fisted move is sure to increase sales

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