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Tuesday, June 25, 2024

“‘Lifesaving decision’: Activists praise Supreme Court ruling in Arlington firearms case.” Lillie Davidson of The Fort Worth Star-Telegram has this report.

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“Early divisions signal bitter internal conflicts as Supreme Court turns toward final decisions”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

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“Oklahoma Supreme Court Says No to State Funding for a Religious Charter School; In a closely watched case, Oklahoma’s highest court blocked what was set to become the nation’s first religious charter school; An appeal is likely”: Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times has this report.

Michelle Boorstein of The Washington Post reports that “Oklahoma court rejects proposed religious public charter school; The state Supreme Court said the first-of-its-kind school, approved last year by the charter school board, violated the state and U.S. constitution.”

And Sara Randazzo and Matt Barnum of The Wall Street Journal report that “Religious Charter School Is Unconstitutional, Oklahoma High Court Rules; Case tests how far religion can encroach in public schools, observers say.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Oklahoma both here and here.

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“Ketanji Brown Jackson Reminds Supreme Court That Its Decisions Have Real-World Consequences; The junior justice’s concurring opinion in Rahimi calls out her colleagues for allowing lower court judges, lawmakers, and normal people to twist in the wind”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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“The Twisted Career of the term ‘Liberty Interest’ Gets Twistier Still in Dep’t of State v. Muñoz“: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

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“Tennessee is sued over law that criminalizes helping minors get abortions without parental approval”: Kimberlee Kruesi of The Associated Press has this report.

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“As conservatives target same-sex marriage, its power is only getting clearer”: Abbie E. Goldberg has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

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“High Court unanimously rules against exemption for haredim in IDF; Likud: Peculiar that the High Court is forcing ultra-Orthodox conscription; Ruling also calls to freeze funding of yeshivas who do not comply.” Yonah Jeremy Bob of The Jerusalem Post has this report.

And Aaron Boxerman of The New York Times reports that “Israel’s Supreme Court Rules the Military Must Draft Ultra-Orthodox Jews; The court ruled there was no basis to exempt the ultra-Orthodox from service, a decision that threatened to split Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government amid the war in Gaza.”

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“The Army Made Her Plead Guilty or Face Prison for Being Gay. She’s Still Paying the Price. LGBTQ veterans and advocates want justice for discrimination and are frustrated that an upcoming VA change for so-called bad paper discharges may not achieve that.” Anne Marshall-Chalmers has this article online at The War Horse.

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Monday, June 24, 2024

“In Texas, the Fight Over Abortion Has Gotten Hyperlocal; From billboards to attempts at restricting roads to two college professors trying to track students’ movements, the state has become a battleground in a whole new way”: Laura Hallas has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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“Is the United States Too Devoted to the Constitution? A new book argues that worship of the Constitution has distorted our politics.” Law professor John Fabian Witt has this essay online at The New Republic.

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“On Dobbs Anniversary, Democrats Look to Make the Court a Campaign Issue; An outside group supporting President Biden is embarking on a million-dollar campaign to focus voters’ attention on the makeup of the Supreme Court”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

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“The Supreme Court’s Dubious Use of History in Department of State v. Munoz; Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s majority opinion includes significant efforts, and violates some of her own precepts against excessive reliance on questionable history”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

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“US Supreme Court divisions expected to be exposed as final rulings loom”: John Kruzel and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.

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“Are the justices re-examining same-sex marriage? Majority’s ruling in an immigration case could signal an appetite to revisit marriage equality.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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“As Trump’s Documents Case Crawls Along, Questions About Judge Abound; Trial in Florida is nowhere in sight as Judge Aileen Cannon gives the former president’s legal team chances to argue against prosecution”: C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

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“The Vindication of Dobbs After Two Years; Letting voters decide on abortion has energized the democratic process”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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“Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Tennessee Law Banning Transition Care for Minors; The move comes as states around the country have pushed to curtail transgender rights”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and Casey Parks of The Washington Post report that “Tennessee ban on gender transition care to be reviewed by Supreme Court; Supreme Court review comes after about half of U.S. states have passed bans or restrictions on gender transition care for minors.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court will decide if states may prohibit hormones for transgender teens.”

Jess Bravin and Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Weigh Bans on Transgender Medical Treatments; Justices agree to hear Biden administration’s challenge to Tennessee law banning gender-transition care for minors.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Are bans on gender-affirming care for minors constitutional? Supreme Court to decide. ‘This is a relatively new diagnosis with ever-shifting approaches to care over the past decade or two,’ a lower court judge said. The Biden administration said the court’s input was urgently needed.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to hear case involving state ban on gender care for juveniles.”

Posted at 6:09 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Keeps Misfiring on Guns; In its Rahimi opinion, the Court listened to our brief as historians and upheld restrictions on domestic abusers; But it was only a tiny victory because, when it comes to firearms, the justices continue to legislate from the bench”: Professors Holly Brewer and Laura F. Edwards have this essay online at Washington Monthly.

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“Justice Kavanaugh, Umpires, and the ‘No Serious Person Approach’ to Constitutional Interpretation”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

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“Abortion Debate Shifts as Election Nears: ‘Now It’s About Pregnancy’; Two years after Roe was struck down, the conversation has focused on the complications that can come with pregnancy and fertility, helping to drive more support for abortion rights.” Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

And Hadriana Lowenkron of Bloomberg News reports that “Republican Push to Limit Abortion Access Falters Two Years After Dobbs; Conservatives worry that fumbled efforts could depress turnout; Abortion access initiatives have boosted Democrats post-Dobbs.”

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“In Abortion Cases, Legions of ‘Friends’ Seek to Persuade Supreme Court; A new study analyzed 50 years of friend-of-the-court briefs and found that abortion opponents were more relentless than their adversaries, with some reflected in the justices’ opinions”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

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“Louisiana Parents Sue to Block Display of Ten Commandments in Schools; A law enacted last week requires the display of the commandments in every public classroom; The parents argued it ‘pressures students into religious observance’”: Rick Rojas of The New York Times has this report.

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“Is Trump shielded from criminal charges as an ex-president? A nation awaits word from Supreme Court.” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

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“Louisiana Republicans write a guide for Alito and Thomas; Their Ten Commandments law has a small but powerful audience”: Lisa Needham has this post at the “Public Notice” Substack site.

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“Why an Immigration Case Has Sotomayor Writing About Abortion: The Supreme Court’s liberals don’t like seeing fundamental rights get narrower and narrower, whether that’s autonomy or marriage.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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Sunday, June 23, 2024

“On this criminal sentencing ‘occasion,’ the Supreme Court abandoned logic”: Quin Hillyer has this essay online at Washington Examiner.

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“Clarence Thomas and John Roberts Are at a Fork in the Road”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

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“Two years after the Supreme Court’s abortion decision, meet the expert on post-Roe America”: Columnist Mark Z. Barabak has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

Posted at 8:40 PM by Howard Bashman



“Abortion access has won when it’s been on the ballot. That’s not an option for half the states.” Kimberlee Kruesi, Christine Fernando, and Leah Willingham of The Associated Press have this report.

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“Will latest Supreme Court decision affect California bans on assault weapons, magazines?” Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

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“The ‘Fix’ Is in With the Latest Attack on Clarence Thomas; A report from a self-styled non-ideological Supreme Court watchdog is filled with errors and omissions”: Mark Paoletta will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman