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Conservatives On Supreme Court Very Worried That OTHER Courts Might Be Too Political — See Also

Maybe We Will Have A 2024 Election: Sam Alito fears some supreme court somewhere might become too political. Meanwhile, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson distilled today's independent state legislature case down to various versions of this question and Alito'

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The morning read for Wednesday, Dec. 7

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: The Supreme Court Is

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Federal ban on inducing unlawful immigration for financial gain may get another Supreme Court test

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. After a few slow weeks on the relist front, the Supreme Court came roaring back this week

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Court seems unwilling to embrace broad version of “independent state legislature” theory

The Supreme Court on Wednesday signaled that it may not be ready to adopt a sweeping interpretation of the Constitution, known as the “independent state legislature” theory, that would give state legislatures broad power to regulate federal elections with

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