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Two cases. Three hours of arguments. Four sets of lawyers. Fifty mentions of abortion. One pair of red socks.

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As with the October sitting , the general public remains left out of the courtroom, with credentialed Supreme Court reporters and justices’ law clerks spaced apart in the public gallery. Roberts next recognizes Fletcher, thanking him for his service as acting solicitor general. navy blue or charcoal gray).”

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In-person arguments come out of storage

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After a particularly busy and newsy couple of months for the Supreme Court and its shadow — er, emergency — docket and for some individual justices and their public appearances, the focus shifts back to the regular merits docket today. He then welcomes Curley and says “we wish her well in her service as the court’s 11th marshal.”.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) decision denying a petition to delist the golden-cheeked warbler was arbitrary and capricious because the FWS applied “an inappropriately heightened” standard to its review of the delisting petition. Richardson v. Clarno , No. 20CV01920 (Or.