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The morning read for Wednesday, March 23

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at [email protected]. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: What to Watch Fo

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Andy Warhol’s artwork, Arizona’s capital sentencing, and more on armed career criminals

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. The Supreme Court has newly relisted six petitions this week, raising three groups of issu

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Justices reverse Wisconsin court ruling that increased majority-Black districts in state legislature

The Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a ruling by the Wisconsin Supreme Court that adopted a redistricting plan submitted by the state’s governor, Democrat Tony Evers, for seats in the state’s legislature. The state court’s plan would have increased th

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Jackson says she’ll recuse herself from case challenging affirmative action at Harvard

The third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson proceeded much like the second. Jackson vowed to respect precedent and to rule “without any agendas.” Democrats portrayed her path to the top of the lega

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