<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/tA0BlvNnD-Mh8zoh40MJE3n9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Monday, March 31" title="The morning read for Monday, March 31"> <img width="150" height="150" src="https://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Banner200115r-1-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The morning read for Monday, March 31" title="The morning read for Monday, March 31" style="float:right;" decoding="async" /><p><a class="a2a_button_facebook" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_linkedin" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/linkedin?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="LinkedIn" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_email" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="Email" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_printfriendly" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/printfriendly?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&linkname=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" title="PrintFriendly" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_no_icon addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scotusblog.com%2F2025%2F03%2Fthe-morning-read-for-monday-march-31%2F&title=The%20morning%20read%20for%20Monday%2C%20March%2031" data-a2a-url="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/the-morning-read-for-monday-march-31/" data-a2a-title="The morning read for Monday, March 31">Share</a></p><p>The justice will hear oral arguments in <em><a class="case-title" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/catholic-charities-bureau-inc-v-wisconsin-labor-industry-review-commission/">Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission</a></em> and <em><a class="case-title" href="https://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/rivers-v-lumpkin/">Rivers v. Guerrero</a></em> this morning. <em>Catholic Charities </em>is one of three religious rights cases the justices will hear in the final weeks of the 2024-25 term’s arguments. The social ministry arm of the Catholic diocese in Wisconsin <a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/03/supreme-court-considers-catholic-charity-groups-bid-for-tax-exemption/">urges the justices to rule</a> that the state violated the group’s constitutional rights when Wisconsin failed to give it a religious tax exemption from state unemployment tax. </p>
<p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-wisconsin-catholic-groups-claim-religious-tax-exemption-rcna198569">Supreme Court hears Catholic groups’ claim for religious tax exemption</a> (Lawrence Hurley, NBC News)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/30/supreme-court-catholic-unemployment-tax-exemptions-wisconsin/82707581007/">Is helping people with disabilities a religious act? The core question in a Supreme Court case</a> (Maureen Groppe, USA Today)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/politics/supreme-court-religion.html">Will Religion’s Remarkable Winning Streak at the Supreme Court Continue?</a> (Adam Liptak, The New York Times)</li>
<li><a href="https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-trump-deportations-birthright-citizenship-0787cdf8bd36b964c7974ed032717ed4">Trump increasingly asks the Supreme Court to overrule judges blocking key parts of his agenda</a> (Mark Sherman & Lindsay Whitehurst, The Associated Press)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-for-power-to-resume-deportation-flights-645baa37?st=ZxoRxj&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink">Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court for Power to Resume Deportation Flights</a> (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)</li>
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<p><strong>Coming up</strong>: On Wednesday, April 2, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. We’ll be live at 9:45 a.m. EDT.</p>
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The justice will hear oral arguments in Catholic Charities Bureau v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission and Rivers v. Guerrero this morning. Catholic Charities is one of three religious rights cases the justices will hear in the final weeks of the 2024-25 term’s arguments. The social ministry arm of the Catholic diocese in Wisconsin urges the justices to rule that the state violated the group’s constitutional rights when Wisconsin failed to give it a religious tax exemption from state unemployment tax.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Monday morning read:
<img src="https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-loaded/v1/1wXmLA2ljeDyD1RXHZ9zBHn9ye8UNv30" border=0 width="1" height="1" alt="The morning read for Tuesday, May 13" title="The morning read for Tuesday, May 13"> <p>Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:</p> <ul class="wp-block-list">
<li><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/birthright-citizenship-case-us-supreme-court-gets-two-controversies-one-2025-05-13/">In birthright citizenship case, US Supreme Court gets two controversies in one</a> (Andrew Chung, Reuters)</li> <li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/supreme-court-venezuelan-detainees.html">Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Venezuelan Deportations to Resume</a> (Abbie VanSickle, The New York Times)</li> <li><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-birthright-citizenship-supreme-court-injunctions-1235337779/">What’s At Stake As Trump’s Assault On Birthright Citizenship Heads To The Supreme Court</a> (Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone)</li> <li><a href="https://theconversation.com/trumps-bid-to-end-birthright-citizenship-heads-to-the-supreme-court-248819">Trump’s bid to end birthright citizenship heads to the Supreme Court</a> (Jean Lantz Reisz, The Conversation) </li> <li><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/12/supreme-court-trump-transgender-military-ban/83499410007/">With Trump’s ban on trans troops in effect, US tests lawful discrimination</a> (Sara Pequeño, USA Today)</li>
</ul> <p><strong>Coming up:</strong> On Thursday, May 15, the court expects to issue one or more opinions from the current term. The justices will then hear oral arguments in <em><a href="https://www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-files/trump-v-casa-inc/">Trump v. CASA</a></em>. We’ll be live at 9:30 a.m. EDT for the opinions and argument.</p>
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