Friday round-up

After a series of late Thursday-night orders that cleared the way for the federal government to carry out the latest execution of a person on death row, the Supreme Court meets Friday morning for its weekly private conference to consider pending petitions seeking the court’s review. Among the petitions slated to be discussed are two that were relisted from last week’s conference: one involving the “community caretaking” exception to the Fourth Amendment, and the other involving the authority of Native American police officers to detain and investigate non-tribe members. Also on the agenda is a case involving the legality of programs in Medicaid that impose work requirements on recipients as a condition for maintaining health coverage. For a list of all the significant petitions we’re watching, see our petitions page.

Here’s a round-up of other Supreme Court-related news and commentary from around the web:

• The Supreme Court will hear a new attack on unions. The implications are profound. (Ian Millhiser, Vox)
• When cops and America’s cherished gun rights clash, cops win (Lawrence Hurley, Andrew Chung & Andrea Januta, Reuters)
• Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Significant Land Use Case (Lisa Soronen, National Conference of State Legislatures)
• Fulton v. Philadelphia: The Future of Church-State Cooperation in the Social Welfare Arena (Helen Alvaré, Institute for Family Studies)
• Obamacare Case Argued at High Court: Colorado’s healthcare system faces shock if ACA tossed (Hank Lacey, Law Week Colorado)
• “This is the Way”— A Practical Roadmap Towards Constitutional Electoral College and Redistricting Reform (Michael Wein, Maryland Appellate Blog)

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