Analysis
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U.S.: High court to rule on census, gerrymandering in final week
Courthouse News Service: "Nearing the end of its term, the Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in some of its highest-profile cases, including on the 2020 census, partisan gerrymandering and court deference to administrative agencies." -
U.S.: A search for the elusive end of the term
SCOTUSblog: "The end of the term is in sight, though with 24 decisions in argued cases remaining [June 17], much work is left to do." -
U.S.: Tension in the Court
ABA Journal: "As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the busy month of June, when it releases the final block of its decisions, there is a sense that the justices have succeeded in keeping their merits docket relatively low-key this term." -
U.S.: Blackbeard's famed pirate ship, grounded three centuries ago, sails toward Supreme Court
USA Today: "The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The case, to be heard in the court's next term beginning in October, pits North Carolina against a video production company documenting the salvaging of the shipwreck." -
U.S.: Supreme Court scholars’ new paper sparks debate over influence of blogs, podcasts
Reuters: "Law professors Jeffrey Fisher of Stanford and Allison Orr Larsen of William & Mary have spent the last couple of years studying the rise of blogs, podcasts and social media dedicated to litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court. They know as well as anyone how quickly new ideas about the court are picked up and chewed over." -
U.S.: Supreme Court signals more openness to state abortion rules
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is more open to state restrictions on abortion, upholding an Indiana law supported by abortion opponents that regulates the disposal of fetal remains." -
U.S.: 6 themes to pay attention to in upcoming Supreme Court decisions
NPR News: "It's decision season at the U.S. Supreme Court, and there are a host of consequential cases the justices are deciding, from a controversial Trump administration proposal to adding a citizenship question to the census to gerrymandering and a question of separation of church and state." -
U.S.: High court sides with Crow tribe member in hunting dispute
Associated Press: "The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a member of the Crow tribe who was fined for hunting elk in Wyoming’s Bighorn National Forest, giving him a good chance to get a more than $8,000 fine against him overturned." -
U.S.: Thomas blasts refusal to close 70-year-old federal tort loophole
Courthouse News Service: "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasted his colleagues Monday for refusing to hear a tort case brought against the United States by the husband of a Navy lieutenant who died during childbirth at a naval hospital." -
Abortion restrictions? Partisan election maps? Same-sex wedding cakes? Supreme Court has heard it all before
USA Today: "Same-sex wedding cakes are on the menu at the Supreme Court. Again. So are partisan election maps. And naughty trademarks. And an abortion restriction the high court struck down three years ago."