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Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to Alaska campaign finance laws

on Nov. 18 at 11:09 a.m.

The court did not add any cases to its docket on Monday for the 2024-25 term. The justices turned down several dozen petitions in a list of orders, including petitions on the constitutionality of two campaign finance laws enacted by Alaska voters in 2020 and an Alabama man’s death sentence appeal. The court did not act of a handful of high-profile petitions the justices have been considering at their private conferences.

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The justices have yet to fill in the final three argument sessions of the term. (Aashish Kiphayet via Shutterstock)

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Trump taps lawyer who argued his immunity case for solicitor general

By Amy Howe on Nov. 15 at 12:18 p.m.

President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he will nominate D. John Sauer for solicitor general. Sauer argued and won Trump’s case in the Supreme Court earlier this year that earned him entitlement to broad immunity from prosecution. In private practice and as solicitor general of Missouri, Sauer has championed conservative causes including the death penalty, efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and laws to bar transgender women and girls from competing in school sports.

ARGUMENT ANALYSIS

Justices debate particularity of complaint in NVIDIA securities fraud suit

By Ronald Mann on Nov. 14 at 11:48 a.m.

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a dispute over the standard for evidence in a securities fraud class action based on allegedly false statements. The dispute involves statements by NVIDIA about the extent to which its profits depended on sales to the volatile crypto-mining market. For the most part, the justices who spoke seemed to think the dispute was too fact-specific to warrant their attention.

Advocates in Conversation

David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act when it imposes generic prohibitions in a permit for a city’s water discharges, without specifying explicit standards for discharges.

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WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Tuesday, Nov. 19

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 19, 2024 at 10:16 am

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

Coming up: On Friday, Nov. 22, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term.

WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Monday, Nov. 18

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 18, 2024 at 10:36 am

Mark your calendars, the court announced on Friday that the first opinion day of the term will be Nov. 22. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:

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The morning read for Friday, Nov. 15

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 15, 2024 at 10:32 am

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

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The morning read for Thursday, Nov. 14

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 14, 2024 at 11:19 am

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

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The morning read for Wednesday, Nov. 13

By Ellena Erskine on Nov 13, 2024 at 9:48 am

The world’s most valuable company is before the justices today for oral arguments in NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB. 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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