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The morning read for Wednesday, Feb. 22

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: Supreme Court Seems Wary of Limiting Protections for Social Media Platforms (Adam Liptak, The Ne

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In lawsuit against tech companies, justices debate what it means to “aid and abet” terrorism

The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared wary of a lawsuit seeking to hold Twitter, Facebook, and Google liable for aiding and abetting international terrorism based on ISIS’s use of the companies’ platforms. But during nearly three hours of oral argument,

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The morning read for Thursday, Feb. 23

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read: Supreme Court seems to favor tech giants in terror case (Jessica Gresko & Mark Sherman,

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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. There were no new cert grants from our last installment of relisted cases. But in one of t

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