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The justices will start off oral arguments this morning with Thompson v. U.S., a member of Chicago’s most famous political dynasty’s challenge to his conviction on charges that he made “false statements,” about loans he hadn’t paid, to influence a financial institution. The court will then hear a former Halliburton employee’s effort to renew his age discrimination suit against the energy company in Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services. Listen live at 10 a.m. EST.
Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Tuesday morning read:
- Supreme Court Clears a Path for Climate Lawsuits to Proceed (Karen Zraick, The New York Times)
- Supreme Court rejects Utah’s push to wrest control of public land from the federal government (Lindsay Whitehurst & Hannah Schoenbaum, The Associated Press)
- US supreme court curbed public scrutiny as it boosted security before Roe ruling (Jason Wilson, The Guardian)
- How Religious Schools Became a Billion-Dollar Drain on Public Education (Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker)
- US Supreme Court weighs retirees’ ability to sue for disability bias (Daniel Wiessner, Reuters)
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