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Supreme Court will weigh in on effort to found nation’s first religious charter school

By Amy Howe on Jan. 24 at 5:49 p.m.

On Friday afternoon, the justices agreed to consider a Catholic school’s effort to become the nation’s first religious charter school after the Oklahoma Supreme Court rejected the move on the grounds that it would violate the Constitution by using public money to fund a religious institution. The school and charter school board, however, argue that the state supreme court’s ruling “unconstitutionally punished the free exercise of religion.”

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The court will hear Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis and Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond in the spring. (Katie Barlow)

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Outside attorneys appointed to argue in two cases

By Amy Howe on Jan. 28 at 8:33 p.m.

On Tuesday afternoon, the justices appointed two attorneys to step in for arguments in a pair of cases that will be argued this spring. Michael Huston and Christopher Mills will defend the lower-court decisions in the cases in which the responding party, here the federal government, had urged the justices not to take the cases and then declined to defend the judgment below.

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Trump asks justices for pause in four cases to reconsider Biden policies

By Amy Howe on Jan. 24 at 6:28 p.m.

Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris told the justices on Friday that, with the change in administrations, government officials had determined that the EPA and the Department of Education should take another look at the regulations, agency determinations, or actions at the center of four cases before the justices weigh in.

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Justices take up case on right to sue over mistaken SWAT raid

By Amy Howe on Jan. 27 at 6:09 p.m.

The court added another case to its docket on Monday afternoon. The justices fast-tracked briefing for a dispute over an FBI SWAT raid on the wrong house and the right to sue the federal government for error. Martin v. United States will likely be argued in April, before the end of the 2024-25 term.

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The morning read for Wednesday, Jan. 29

By Ellena Erskine on Jan 29, 2025 at 9:05 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

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The morning read for Tuesday, Jan. 28

By Ellena Erskine on Jan 28, 2025 at 10:49 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:

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Justices decline to reinstate Ohio man’s attempted murder conviction

By Amy Howe on Jan 27, 2025 at 2:04 pm

The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a plea to reinstate an Ohio man’s conviction for attempted murder. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s announcement that it would not intervene in the case, in an eight-page opinion joined by Justice Samuel Alito.

Thomas was sharply critical of the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, which had thrown out David Smith’s 22-year conviction and sentence for a brutal attack on Quortney Tolliver in 2016. He called the court’s ruling the “latest example of the practice” of “disregarding” the stringent limits that federal law places on the power of federal courts to invalidate state criminal convictions.

The justices’ denial of relief in Davis v. Smith came as part of a list of orders released from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Jan. 24. The justices added three new cases, two of which were consolidated, to their docket for the 2024-25 term on Friday afternoon. As expected, they did not grant review in any additional cases on Monday morning.

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The morning read for Monday, Jan. 27

By Ellena Erskine on Jan 27, 2025 at 9:20 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

Petitions of the week

Mississippi’s permanent felony voting ban returns to the court

By Kalvis Golde on Jan 25, 2025 at 8:34 am

The Petitions of the Week column highlights some of the cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here.

In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution generally permits states to strip people convicted of felonies of their right to vote. Widespread at the time, that practice has since fallen out of favor in many states, although a minority still disenfranchise people who commit serious, non-election-related crimes. This week, we highlight petitions asking the court to consider, among other things, whether a provision of Mississippi’s constitution that permanently bars anyone convicted of a laundry list of nonviolent felonies from voting violates the federal Constitution.

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