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The morning read for Monday, Aug. 9

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Monday morning read: Antiabortion activists at Supreme Court cite an unlikely authority for overturning Roe v. Oklahoma attorney general urges Supreme Court to overturn McGirt (Chris Casteel, The Oklahoman). Supreme Court decision could set off gerrymandering ‘arms race’ (John Kruzel, The Hill).

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5 Recent ERISA Decisions Attorneys Should Know

Law 360

Appellate courts issued a bevy of important decisions applying federal benefits law in 2023, including a recent Second Circuit ruling in favor of Cornell University that deepened a circuit split and a Tenth Circuit finding that an Oklahoma law regulating pharmacy benefit managers was preempted.

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The long conference’s relists

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Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions. First Amendment The current court is very solicitous of First Amendment rights. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit upheld that ruling in part, holding that as applied to “newsgathering” efforts by PETA and the other groups, the recording ban is unconstitutional.

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SCOTUS Kicks Off New Term With …

Constitutional Law Reporter

Oklahoma: The death penalty case has the support of Oklahoma’s attorney general who agrees that Gossip should be granted a new trial. The post SCOTUS Kicks Off New Term With … appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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US Supreme Court to rule on legality of gender-affirming care bans for transgender youth

JURIST

In the immediate aftermath of the law’s passage, the families of three transgender teenagers sued Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, the state’s health department, its medical board, and several other officials. The law also curtailed then-ongoing gender-affirming care for minor patients.

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Blockbuster watch: Affirmative action, same-sex weddings, and other big relists

SCOTUSBlog

The court has an unusual number of relists this week, including an unusual number of cases that would be blockbusters if the court decides to take them. Oklahoma cases as a single case — that I have to be extremely summary. The court faced but did not decide the issue of whether to overrule Smith in last term’s Fulton v.

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Supreme Court to decide if Oklahoma must execute Richard Glossip

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Share Twice in the past decade the Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing Richard Glossip. But even with the Oklahoma’s rare confession of error, both the state’s highest court for criminal cases and the state’s pardon and parole board turned down Glossip’s pleas for relief. 9, two former U.S.

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