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Saturday, July 1, 2023

“Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan; The proposed debt cancellation of more than $400 billion would have been one of the most expensive executive actions in U.S. history”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes and Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court rejects Biden student loan forgiveness plan.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court strikes down Biden’s plan to forgive millions of student loans.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student-Loan Forgiveness Plan; Case pushes to the fore different views of executive power espoused by White House and Supreme Court.”

John Fritze, Alia Wong, Chris Quintana, Joey Garrison, and Nirvi Shah of USA Today report that “Supreme Court strikes down plan to forgive student loan debt; Biden vows to use alternate path.”

And Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court shoots down Biden’s student loan forgiveness.”

Posted at 9:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Has Opened the Door to Discrimination. Here’s How States Can Slam It Shut.” Law professor Aaron Tang will have this guest essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

Posted at 8:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court: In filings in the 303 Creative v. Elenis case is a supposed request for a gay wedding website — but the man named in the request says he never filed it.” Melissa Gira Grant of The New Republic has this report, along with a report headlined “The Supreme Court Doesn’t Care That the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Based on Fiction; It still feels unnerving to some, even those caught in the crossfire, to see injuries invented wholesale and lies accepted by the highest court in the land.”

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Another One Bites the Dust: End of 2022/2023 Supreme Court Term Statistics.” Adam Feldman and Jake Truscott have this post at the “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Posted at 8:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage; The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions.” Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court protects web designer who won’t do gay wedding websites.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules Christian web designer can turn away business related to same-sex weddings.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Web Designer Can Refuse Work on Same-Sex Wedding Announcements; 6-3 decision puts First Amendment rights above state nondiscrimination law.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court backs web developer who didn’t want to create same-sex wedding sites.”

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court sides with Christian web designer challenging pro-LGBTQ law.”

Posted at 6:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“Along With Conservative Triumphs, Signs of New Caution at Supreme Court; Chief Justice Roberts delivered both landmark victories for the right and significant rulings in which he forged alliances with the liberal justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 4:06 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court to Hear Major Guns Case Involving Domestic Violence; The court, which has decided very few Second Amendment cases, will consider whether the government may disarm people subject to restraining orders for domestic abuse”: Adam Liptak and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

Jacob Gershman and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Review Domestic-Abuser Gun Ban; Hearing of case to follow court’s blockbuster 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights.”

John Fritze of USA Today has a report headlined “Second Amendment: Supreme Court to decide whether domestic abusers are entitled to guns.”

And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to weigh right of accused domestic abusers to own guns; A major new case tests the scope of the Supreme Court’s ruling a year ago that expanded gun rights outside the home.”

You can access yesterday’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

Posted at 1:22 PM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts warns Supreme Court justices to stop sniping at each other”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has this report.

Posted at 1:05 PM by Howard Bashman