WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, September 29
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
September 2023 Archive
Everything published in September 2023, most recent first.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Justices take major Florida and Texas social media cases
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of controversial laws in Texas and Florida that would regulate how large social media companies like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter) control content posted on their sites.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Twelve cases added to Supreme Court calendar
The Supreme Court on Friday issued orders from its so-called “long conference” – the justices’ private conference in the last week of September, at which they met for the first time since the end of June to add new cases to their docket.
SESSION PREVIEWMerits Cases
Mandatory minimums, payday lending, and voting rights in first session of Supreme Court term
The Supreme Court will kick off its 2023-24 term on the traditional first Monday in October. The court’s October argument session will feature six arguments over five days, on topics ranging from federal sentencing laws to voting rights.
Petitions of the weekRelist Watch
Section 8 vouchers take center stage in dispute between landlord and disabled tenant
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. Federal law bars housing discrimination against a person with a disability.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, September 28
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
CASE PREVIEWMerits Cases
Consumer watchdog funding fight goes before justices
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Congress consolidated the task of enforcing federal consumer finance laws into one agency. It created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect consumers in the marketplace and, in part, regulate predatory financial products, like the high-risk mortgages that had contributed to the crash.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, September 27
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
Court denies Alabama’s request to use voting map with only one majority-Black district
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Alabama’s request to allow it to use a congressional map in the 2024 elections that a lower court had concluded likely violates the Voting Rights Act.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, September 26
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Monday, September 25
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, September 22
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, September 21
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: Supreme Court can let West Point keep affirmative action (Noah Feldman, Washington Post) I teach constitutional law.
Petitions of the weekRelist Watch
Florida man subject to lifetime sex-offender registration requirements argues that he is “in custody” for purposes of federal post-conviction laws
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.
EMERGENCY DOCKETEmergency appeals and applications
Alabama voters tell justices to stay out of election map dispute
Lawyers for Alabama voters urged the justices to stay out of a dispute over the state’s congressional map.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, September 20
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, September 19
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: A Supreme Court redistricting ruling gave hope to Black voters.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Monday, September 18
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: Jan. 6 defendants bring cases to Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, September 15
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, September 14
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
Biden asks justices to block limits on collaboration with social media companies
UPDATE: On Friday afternoon, Justice Samuel Alito temporarily extended the stay of the lower court’s order until the end of the day on Wednesday, Sept. 27.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, September 13
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
Alabama returns to the Supreme Court over allegedly discriminatory voting map
It was déjà vu all over again at the Supreme Court on Monday, as Alabama asked the justices to intervene in a dispute over the state’s congressional map.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, September 12
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Monday, September 11
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
Federal government and drug manufacturer ask court to review ruling restricting access to abortion medication
The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer on Friday night asked the Supreme Court to review a decision by a federal appeals court that would significantly restrict access to a drug used in medication abortions, which account for over half of all abortions performed in the United States.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Friday, September 8
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Alito rebuffs calls for recusal in upcoming tax dispute
Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rebuffed a call from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee for him to recuse himself from a tax dispute because of his links to an attorney in the case.
Petitions of the weekRelist Watch
Court asked to review prosecution of Jan. 6 participants, with implications for Trump
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.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Thursday, September 7
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Wednesday, September 6
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.
SCOTUS NEWSMerits Cases
Supreme Court sets seven cases for November argument session
A major Second Amendment dispute and a challenge to the constitutionality of efforts by public officials to block constituents on social media headline the Supreme Court’s November argument calendar, which was released on Wednesday.
WHAT WE'RE READING
The morning read for Tuesday, September 5
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court.