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The morning read for Friday, April 22

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Supreme Court considers whether high school football coach has right to pray on the field (Mark Walsh, ABA Journal). Supreme Court decision may hurt Puerto Rico residents who need access to federal disability program, expert says (Lorie Konish, CNBC).

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Greater than Holmes? The life and legacy of John Marshall Harlan

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He is also a graduate of Columbia Law School. In the end, though, a large part of the story turned on the question of just what it was that enabled Harlan to see the law so differently from his peers. Harlan also joined a unanimous court in 1889 in rejecting a challenge to the Chinese Exclusion Act. The back story.

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In equal-protection challenge, court will review Puerto Rico’s exclusion from federal safety-net program

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Share Jose Luis Vaello-Madero is an American citizen who was born in Puerto Rico. But when he moved back to Puerto Rico to be closer to his family, Vaello-Madero lost his SSI benefits because, by law, Puerto Rico residents are excluded from the program. The case, United States v. territories.

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Blockbuster Watch

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Jackson Women’s Health Organization , 19-1392 , a case that was originally on track for the court’s Sept. The case involves a Mississippi law that prohibits abortion, with limited exceptions, after 15 weeks’ gestation. California has applied its travel ban to Texas and 10 other states that have similar laws.

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