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The morning read for Friday, June 30

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: The Supreme Court Overturns Fifty Years of Precedent on Affirmative Action (Jeannie Suk Gersen, The

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Supreme Court strikes down Biden student-loan forgiveness program

This article was updated on June 30 at 4:00 p.m. By a vote of 6-3, the justices ruled that the Biden administration overstepped its authority last year when it announced that it would cancel up to $400 billion in student loans. The Biden administration ha

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Justices take up major Second Amendment dispute

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument next fall in a major gun-rights case challenging the constitutionality of a federal ban on the possession of guns by individuals who are subject to domestic violence restraining orders. The Biden administration ha

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Supreme Court rules website designer can decline to create same-sex wedding websites

The court handed a major victory to business owners who oppose same-sex marriage for religious reasons on Friday. A six-justice majority agreed that Colorado cannot enforce a state anti-discrimination law against a Christian website designer who does not

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