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How long do Supreme Court justices serve and what is the current political balance?

Newly confirmed Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will sit on high court following retirement of Stephen Breyer

The Independent UK

It’s Jackson’s SCOTUS hearing. But GOP can’t stop talking about Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett - Roll Call

Republicans are still sore about the tone of past hearings that scored conservatives a 6-3 majority on the Supreme Court.

Roll Call

The Legal Battle Over Texas SB 8 is Far From Over

Opponents of this dangerous law have a variety of options left to pursue in state and federal courts, despite their recent defeat in the Texas Supreme Court.

Reason

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Why dissent by conservative justices in voting rights cases is alarming

Democrats won two major victories, but a dissenting opinion from three of the court’s conservative justices set off alarm bells

The Guardian - US

Supreme Court Rules the CIA Can Keep Mouths Shut About Its Post-9/11 Torture Black Sites

All of this is a transparent effort to stop lawsuits from those who have been tortured.

Reason

Separation of church and state? Get real

Jefferson's "wall of separation" is history. There are other, better ways to fight the Christian right's onslaught

Salon

Editorial: Partisanship on the Supreme Court is damaging. A code of conduct could help

Supreme Court justices adamantly declare they are above the grubby machinations of partisan politics. But that narrative is contradicted by events like last week’s speech by Justice Neil Gorsuch to a closed-door gathering of the conservative Federalist Society that also included such Republican luminaries as former Vice President Mike Pence…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Editorial: Americans deserve to know if Gorsuch has forced Sotomayor to work remotely

In an era in which everyone’s a media critic, Nina Totenberg has been getting some exceptionally rough reviews lately. NPR’s veteran Supreme Court watcher last week reported that conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch refuses to wear a mask while sitting next to liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who is diabetic, thus causing…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Commentary: Religious freedom matters but so do public health and voting rights

On Dec. 13, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court denied an application from 20 New York health care workers to be exempted on religious grounds from the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The challengers, all but one of whom were Catholic, had claimed that because the three available vaccines had…

Tribune News Service

How Many Supreme Court Justices Must Deny NPR's Reporting Before Media Outlets Believe Them?

John Roberts, Neil Gorsuch, and Sonia Sotomayor have all denied Nina Totenberg's story about a SCOTUS dispute over masking.

Reason

Justice Neil Gorsuch, the anti-masker on the Supreme Court

When a Harvard Law School graduate sitting on the highest court of the land refuses to protect a vulnerable co-worker from a deadly virus, it tragically illustrates the crippling arrogance and selfishness that has infected the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

Debate over masks reaches the halls of the US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Chief Justice John Roberts and two other U.S. Supreme Court justices issued unusual statements Wednesday over what is for many Americans a common refrain — whether their coworkers should wear a mask amid the COVID-19 surge.

Tribune News Service

Inside the Supreme Court's mask drama

Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch chose to remain the high court's only unmasked member — causing a flurry of drama

Salon

Sotomayor, Gorsuch deny report they were at odds over masks

Two Supreme Court justices say a media report they were at odds over the wearing of masks during the surge in coronavirus cases is false

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Justices Gorsuch and Sotomayor seek to play down mask row – but without addressing accusation

A statement from the two justices fails to address a key claim in a story alleging conflict between them over coronavirus masks

The Guardian - US

Republicans block voting rights protections from advancing – as it happened

Chamber expected to reject Democrats’ voting rights bill – follow the latest

Reason

Leaks from SCOTUS About Maskgate!? (Updated with statements from Gorsuch, Sotomayor, and Roberts)

I hope these leaks do not augur further leaks about Dobbs and other cases.

The Independent UK

Diabetic Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor forced to work remotely because Gorsuch refuses to wear mask

Sotomayor has type one diabetes.

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Are the Supreme Court Justices "Happy Campers"?

Nina Totenberg reports on potential strains among the justices and Justice Gorsuch's decision not to wear a mask at argument.

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