“Supreme Court Weighs Legacy of Same-Sex Marriage Case; The justices considered whether a city may exclude a Catholic social services agency from its foster care system because it refuses to work with gay couples”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Latest clash between religious beliefs and gay rights divides Supreme Court.”
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Voices Skepticism of Philadelphia Nondiscrimination Ordinance Versus Catholic Agency; Catholic Social Services was told by city it must work with same-sex parents to place foster children.”
Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court hears Catholic Social Services, Philadelphia adoption case.”
Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “A more conservative court hears same-sex foster parent case.”
Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices lean toward Catholic agency in LGBT dispute.”
Harper Neidig and John Kruzel of The Hill report that “Supreme Court grapples over Catholic organization’s fight against nondiscrimination law.”
And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Nina Totenberg had an audio segment titled “At Supreme Court, Justices Consider Religion, LGBTQ Rights.”
You can access via this link the audio and transcript of today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Fulton v. Philadelphia, No. 19-123.
“5th Circuit to decide en banc if constitutional challenge can block SEC administrative proceeding”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.
“Now that Prop 113 has passed, Colorado will have to wait for other states to join the national popular vote movement; Multistate pact pledges electors to presidential candidate who wins the most votes nationwide”: John Aguilar of The Denver Post has this report.
“Colorado’s clear election-day message on abortion for Justice Amy Coney Barrett”: The Denver Post has published this editorial.
“Philly, Catholics and Foster Kids: The Supreme Court’s next religious-liberty case could be big.” This editorial appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Voters reject Prop. 16, which would have allowed affirmative action policies in California”: Phil Willon of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
Kim Bojórquez of The Sacramento Bee reports that “Affirmative action push in Proposition 16 fails to win over California voters.”
And Alexei Koseff of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article headlined “Prop. 16: Why California voters refused to lift affirmative action ban.”
“Legal experts cast doubt on Trump’s bid to involve Supreme Court in election results”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Trump wants the courts to stop the counting. He’s going to be disappointed.” Law professor Edward B. Foley has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Collins wins 5th Senate term as Gideon concedes; While a significant number of towns have yet to report election results, Sen. Susan Collins appears to have avoided a ranked-choice run-off in Maine’s closely watched U.S. Senate contest”: Kevin Miller of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this updated report.
“Collins holds edge over Gideon in closely watched Senate race; It was unclear early Wednesday whether Republican Sen. Susan Collins would maintain enough of a lead to avoid a ranked-choice run-off in a race with national implications”: Kevin Miller of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this report.
“Supreme Court and the Election: What We Know; It is not at all clear that an election dispute will reach the justices.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.
“Barrett, Supreme Court Weigh Broadening of Religious Rights”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.
And Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court leans in favor of Catholic adoption agency that won’t work with LGBT couples.”
“Thissen leads in Minnesota Supreme Court race against challenger MacDonald”: Brandon Yee of The Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minnesota has this report.
“Republicans will have majority on Ohio Supreme Court, but lose one seat to Dems”: Laura Hancock of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.
“Incumbents appear to keep seats on Mississippi Supreme Court”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.
“McCormack, Welch lead in race for 2 Michigan Supreme Court seats”: Candice Williams of The Detroit News has this report.
And Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press reports that “McCormack retains seat on Michigan Supreme Court with close race for court’s open seat.”
“Speaker Madigan dealt blow as Democratic Illinois Supreme Court Justice concedes defeat in retention bid”: Ray Long of The Chicago Tribune has this report.
And Sarah Nardi of Peoria Public Radio reports that “Kilbride Concedes Apparent Non-Retention on State’s High Court.”
“Self-described Christian conservative wins seat on Kentucky Supreme Court”: Andrew Wolfson of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.
And Liz Moomey of The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that “Bob Conley edges out Chris Harris for open Supreme Court seat in Eastern Kentucky.”
“Whitener and Montoya-Lewis easily retain their Washington Supreme Court seats; Staab wins appeals court race”: Maggie Quinlan of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has this report.
“Newby leads incumbent Beasley by fewer than 4,000 votes in race for NC chief justice”: Virginia Bridges of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report.
“Republicans clinging to Senate majority as Dems under-perform; The key races include GOP-held seats in Maine and North Carolina, while Georgia could send two Senate elections into overtime”: Andrew Desiderio and James Arkin of Politico have this report.
And Ryan Lizza of Politico reports that “Biden looks screwed even if he wins; At a minimum, the lackluster performance of Democratic Senate candidates would hamstring a President Biden from Day One.”
“Amy Coney Barrett’s First Day of Oral Arguments”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.
“Trump’s Road to Supreme Court Is Neither Fast Nor Certain”: Aoife White and Hugo Miller of Bloomberg News have this report.
“Faith, LGBTQ Rights Collide At Supreme Court”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.”
