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Sotomayor Grills Government Lawyer Over Law 'Criminalizing Words Related to Immigration'

The Supreme Court justice seemed willing to invalidate the federal law on First Amendment grounds.

Reason

Immigration fraud case brings tough First Amendment questions to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court heard arguments Monday in a case about whether a federal law that prohibits inducing unlawful immigration violates the First Amendment.

WEKU

Supreme Court scrutinizes free speech limits of immigration law - Roll Call

The Supreme Court debated Monday whether a criminal law meant to punish those who encourage illegal immigration infringes on free speech.

Roll Call

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Is bringing back firing squads for executions a good idea?

The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison into the chest of a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era

The Independent UK

Jack Daniel's v. poop-themed dog toy in a trademark case at the Supreme Court

At Wednesday's argument, the justices struggled to reconcile their own previous decisions enforcing the nation's trademark laws and what some of them saw as a potential threat to free speech.

WEKU

The Supreme Court Tackles the First Amendment Right To Encourage Illegal Immigration

Understanding what’s at stake in United States v. Hansen

Reason

SCOTUS Questions the Government's Absurdly Broad Definition of 'Aggravated Identity Theft'

According to the Justice Department's reading of the law, the crime need not involve impersonation or even fraud.

Reason

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Supreme Court conservatives could spike Biden’s plan to cancel student loan debt

More than 40 million Americans are eligible for relief under president’s plan, which has been blocked for months as Republican officials and conservative activist groups take their cases to nation’s high court

The Independent UK

Supreme Court airs doubts on student loan forgiveness program - Roll Call

The program would forgive up to $20,000 for individual borrowers and cost up to $400 billion — amounts that gave several justices pause.

Roll Call

Justice Thomas wrote of 'crushing weight' of student loans

The Supreme Court won’t have far to look for a personal take on the “crushing weight” of student debt that underlies the Biden administration’s college loan forgiveness plan

The Independent UK

Unlikely alliances in Supreme Court opinions on overtime, death penalty

The cases involved who qualifies for overtime pay, and Arizona's refusal to apply a Supreme Court precedent in death penalty jury instructions.

WEKU

Another Dissent from Denial of Certiorari from Justice Jackson

For the second time, Justice Jackson dissents from the Supreme Court's refusal to hear a case.

Reason

A diverse Supreme Court grapples with affirmative action, with its justices of color split sharply on the meaning of 'equal protection'

The United States Supreme Court is deciding a pair of cases that could end affirmative action programs that consider race in college admissions.

The Conversation

Commentary: Abortion bans undermine church-state separation

Abortion bans impose on everyone the narrow religious doctrine of a few. These bans violate the separation of church and state.

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SUPREME COURT NOTEBOOK: Justices yet to decide any cases

The Supreme Court is off to a historically slow start in failing to resolve any cases in which it has heard arguments since early October

Reason

The Supreme Court Weighs State Sovereignty and the Status of Puerto Rico

The justices heard oral arguments in Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo.

Tribune News Service

Ketanji Brown Jackson book deal joins trendy Supreme Court side hustle

WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson’s new book deal adds to what has become a phenomenon at the U.S. Supreme Court: Justices looking to craft their own images and perhaps score a hefty payday along the way.

Reason

Just Ketanji Brown Jackson Lands Major Book Deal for Her Memoir

It is becoming a pattern for Supreme Court justices to make significant amounts of money by publishing books.

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Justice Sotomayor Tells Law Professors She Felt "Shell Shocked" After Last Supreme Court Term

A brief report on Justice Sonia Sotomayor's remarks to the Assocation of American Law Schools conference.

The Independent UK

Justice Jackson working on a memoir, titled 'Lovely One'

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is working on a memoir

Tribune News Service

Jonathan Bernstein: 5 big political questions for 2023

Political prognosticators are facing a mountain of unknowns for the coming year, starting with whether President Joe Biden will seek a second term. There are other cliffhangers, including whether former President Donald Trump will be indicted and whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy will succeed in getting elected speaker of the House.…

Reason

Should Justices Sotomayor and Kagan Retire?

A progressive makes the case the two justices should step down within the next two years so that President Biden may appoint their successors with a Democratic Senate.

Chicago Sun-Times

Religion, LGBTQ rights collide in Supreme Court case

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is sounding sympathetic to a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples.

Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court hears arguments challenging LGBTQ rights law

A Colorado website designer has requested exemption from a state law that could compel her to serve same-sex marriages.

Roll Call

Supreme Court hears arguments in same-sex wedding website clash - Roll Call

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday in a case that could broaden free speech exemptions to anti-discrimination laws nationwide.

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