Analysis
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U.S.: Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready Wednesday to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program and make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states." -
U.S.: Supreme Court considers religious schools case
MPR News: "The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a major case that could dramatically alter the line separating church and state." -
U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 14 arguments
Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a New Jersey public corruption case and a trademark infringement case. -
U.S.: In 2020, watch for these blockbuster Supreme Court cases
PBS News: "The U.S. Supreme Court begins the second half of a potentially historic term — with arguments involving abortion, President Donald Trump’s financial records and funds for religious schools, among others — in the shadow of a presidential impeachment trial." -
U.S.: A 3-decade-long water dispute heads to the Supreme Court
MPR News: "For three decades, Georgia and Florida have been battling over how to share a precious resource: water. Georgia has it, and Florida, which is downstream, says it's not getting its fair share." -
U.S.: Lawyers, uninterrupted, adjust to Supreme Court two-minute rule
Bloomberg News: "'I got five words out before Justice Scalia interrupted me.' That’s how Erwin Chemerinsky, now the dean of Berkeley Law School, recalls his first U.S. Supreme Court argument back in 2002." -
A look back at 2019: A tale of two terms?
SCOTUSblog: "Any review of a calendar year at the Supreme Court necessarily includes two different terms: the term that ends in June and the new one that begins in October and will run into the following year." -
U.S.: 9 Supreme Court cases that shaped the 2010s
Vox: "If you want to understand what the Supreme Court became in the last decade, consider a 2012 study by University of California, Irvine law professor Rick Hasen. Between 1975 and 1990, Hasen found that Congress enacted 'an average of twelve overrides of Supreme Court cases in each two-year Congressional term.'" -
U.S.: Justices debate allowing state law to be 'hidden behind a pay wall'
Ars Technica: "The courts have long held that laws can't be copyrighted. But if the state mixes the text of the law together with supporting information, things get trickier." -
Supreme Court re-enters debate on money in politics by vacating decision on Alaska contribution limits
USA Today: "The Supreme Court re-entered the national debate over the influence of money in politics Monday by vacating a lower court decision that upheld Alaska's low campaign contribution limits."