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Robe & Gavel: SCOTUS closes its April 2023 sitting

Welcome to the April 24 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

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How rich are the US Supreme Court justices?

WASHINGTON — The nine Supreme Court justices in total are worth at least $24 million. Or it might be closer to $68 million.

Tribune News Service

U.S. Supreme Court lets Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed pursue DNA testing in bid to prove innocence

Reed has long said he was wrongfully convicted for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. His lawyers will now be able to renew their legal fight for testing of crucial crime scene evidence.

The Texas Tribune

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Supreme Court rejects Turkish bank's main immunity claim

The Supreme Court has rejected a Turkish bank’s main arguments for dismissing a lawsuit accusing it of helping Iran evade U.S. sanctions

The Independent UK

Kavanaugh v. Gorsuch—The Return

Today's opinions are a requel to prior splits among the most recent Republican appointees to the Supreme Court.

Reason

The Fox-Dominion Settlement Isn't a Good Argument for Cable News Speech Restrictions

Plus: Graphic novels at forefront of library culture wars, monopoly myths, and more...

Reason

Supreme Court conservatives seem divided in major religion case

The justices heard arguments Tuesday in a case about how far employers must go to accommodate the religious views of their employees.

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New Jersey wins Supreme Court dispute against New York

The Supreme Court says New Jersey can withdraw from a commission the state created decades ago with New York to combat the mob’s influence at their joint port

The Independent UK

Nine Black Robes review: how Trump turned the supreme court right

Joan Biskupic of CNN delivers an assured history of the conservative takeover that threatens to reshape America

The Guardian - US

Watchdog: Leo profits from non-profit

Campaign for Accountability complaint calls for IRS investigation into tax-exempt groups linked to Leonard Leo

Salon

Roberts rankled colleagues as his hold on Supreme Court slipped, book says

A new book details how Chief Justice John Roberts lost control of an increasingly conservative U.S. Supreme Court as it moved to overturn the constitutional right to abortion last year.

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Even as mass shootings multiply, federal judges are erasing gun safety laws

Once again a mass shooting is in the headlines — this time in Nashville, with three children among the six victims. This latest horrific tragedy is prompting renewed calls for gun reform, but what most Americans don’t know is that a different kind of gun revolution is already underway.

Los Angeles Times

Why some Texans feel targeted by bills banning land ownership from China, Iran and Russia

Jerry Pi identifies as a conservative and has donated to Republican candidates for years. He recalled how he started leaning into politics during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s senate confirmation hearings in 2018.

Tribune News Service

Supreme court justices felt tricked by Trump at Kavanaugh swearing-in – book

CNN analyst Joan Biskupic cites unnamed justices saying a White House celebration of Trump’s pick turned overtly political

The Guardian - US

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Supreme Court grapples with use of confession in joint trial

The Supreme Court is grappling with whether a man serving a life sentence for his role on an international “kill team” should get a new trial

Reason

More Elite Law Student Foolishness, This Time at Columbia

Apparently jealous of all the attention that Yale and Stanford law students have gotten for acting like imperious children, Columbia law students, represented by BALSA, LALSA, NALSA, EWOC, OutLaws, QTPOC, IfWhenHow, APALSA, and SALSA (no, I'm not familiar with all of these acronyms), have been throwing a collective hissy fit.…

Reason

Joan Biskupic's Barely-There Exclusives

Gone are the days that Biskupic told us things we didn't already know.

Tribune News Service

Coordinated focus let House Jan. 6 panel grab the public’s attention

WASHINGTON — Through more than a dozen hearings, an 18-month investigation and a more than 800-page final report, the bipartisan House Jan. 6 select committee did something rare — it presented a single argument to the public.

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Judge signals he could rule to halt sales of common abortion pill

During a four-hour hearing last week that could eliminate nationwide access to a common and widely used abortion pill, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, of the Northern District of Texas, signaled his conservative Christian beliefs early and often.

Roll Call

Coordinated focus let House Jan. 6 panel grab the public's attention - Roll Call

The House Jan. 6 committee conveyed information to the public in innovative ways, with a coordinated presentation and unified narrative.

The Independent UK

Judge who could decide Trump’s fate once lived with Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh

James Boasberg, an Obama appointee, is taking over as DC chief judge and will oversee DOJ’s special counsel investigations

Reason

The Supreme Court Tackles the First Amendment Right To Encourage Illegal Immigration

Understanding what’s at stake in United States v. Hansen

The Guardian - UK

Padma Lakshmi: ‘Nobody wants to talk about their vagina. But I was so angry’

She is back on our screens with Top Chef, but there is much more to the former supermodel than her successful TV career. She discusses scars, sexual assault, endometriosis – and the healing power of food

Tribune News Service

She secretly traveled 2,000 miles for her abortion. Why patients from the South are coming to Washington state

SEATTLE — The Texas woman's apartment has thin walls. Could neighbors hear her talking about her imminent flight to Washington for an abortion? Or could data from her phone be tracked, revealing she had searched for a way to end her pregnancy?

Salon

Student debt relief threatened by SCOTUS

Only Barrett and Kavanaugh asked questions that seemed to express any doubt about the plaintiff's case

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