NYTimes (and Bonus) Coverage of the 2021 Term of the Supreme Court

Liptak's Recap of the 2020 Term of the Court New York Times, 2 July 2021
Barnes' Recap of the 2020 Term of the Court Washington Post, 2 July 2021
What Happens if the Court Reverses Roe v. Wade (actually Planned Parenthood v. Casey)? CNN, 24 July 2021
Public Approval of the Supreme Court's Job Drops Washington Post, 29 July 2021
Trump Suits Vis Social Networks Must Climb the First Amendment New York Times, 12 July 2021
In Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Clinic, Mississippi Will Ask Court to Overturn Roe and Casey New York Times, 22 July 2021
Supremes Leave Indiana University Vaccine Mandate Intact New York Times, 12 August 2021
Court Blocks Part of NY Eviction Moratorium New York Times, 12 August 2021
Oklahoma Seeks Reversal of McGirt v. Oklahoma (2020) New York Times, 16 August 2021
Is NYTimes v. Sullivan in Danger of Reversal? New York Times, 18 August 2021
Supremes Uphold Ruling Freezing Trump-Era "Stay In Mexico" Policy New York Times, 24 August 2021
Texas Statute and the End of a Constitutional Right to an Abortion? New York Times, 26 August 2021
Court, on Shadow Docket, Kills Biden's Moratorium on Evictions New York Times, 26 August 2021
Breyer on Retirement and Politics at the Supreme Court New York Times, 27 August 2021
Clinics Seek Injunction Against Texas Law Banning Abortion After Six Weeks New York Times, 30 August 2021
Do Censures of Politicians Violate Their First Amendment Rights? New York Times, 30 August 2021
Do Censures of Politicians Violate Their First Amendment Rights? New York Times, 30 August 2021
Supreme Court, 5-4, Rejects Emergency Injunction Brought Against Texas Abortion Statute New York Times, 2 September 2021
People Are Waking Up to the "Shadow Docket" New York Times, 2 September 2021
The Shadow Docket Grows New York Times, 3 September 2021
Supremes Will Hear Cases in Their Courtroom at Outset of 2021 Term New York Times, 9 September 2021
Texas Execution Stayed and Case Docketed for Argument in Fall 2021 New York Times, 9 September 2021
Justice Breyer on Politics and the Court NPR "Morning Edition," 10 September 2021
Justice Barrett Says Politics Play no Role in Supreme Court Decision Making New York Times, 13 September 2021
Mississippi Abortion Clinics and Doctors Urge Supremes to Strike Restrictive MS Law New York Times, 14 September 2021
Does the First Amendment Require Publication of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Rulings? New York Times, 21 September 2021
Out-Of-State Suits Against Texas Abortion Providers May Make SB8 Justiciable New York Times, 21 September 2021
Texas Abortion Providers Seek Supreme Review of SB8 via Certiorari before Judgment" New York Times, 23 September 2021
Public Support of Supreme Court Crashes; Lowest Historical Standing Washington Post, 26 September 2021
Justice Sotomayor Fires Public Shot at Likely Direction of the Court CNN, 30 September 2021
Justice Alito Joins the Fray CNN, 1 October 2021
Senator Cruz Returns to the Supreme Court... as Does Boston in Christian Flag Dispute New York Times, 1 October 2021
Justice Alito Defends the "Emergency Docket" - the "Shadow Docket" - from Critics New York Times, 1 October 2021
Justice Kavanaugh Contracts Covid-19 New York Times, 1 October 2021
And.... They're Off: Adam Liptak New York Times, 4 October 2021
And.... They're Off: Nina Totenberg NPR, "Morning Edition," 4 October 2021
And.... They're Off: Robert Barnes Washington Post, 4 October 2021
And.... They're Off: Ariane de Vogue CNN, 4 October 2021
The Court Begins Its 2021 Term New York Times, 5 October 2021
Any Port in a Storm: Pro-Life Forces Turn to Other Countries' Laws in Support of Their Position New York Times, 5 October 2021
Gitmo Detainee Ties Up the Justices... and the Department of Justice New York Times, 6 October 2021
Can KY AG Defend State Abortion Statute when Prior AG Decided Not To? New York Times, 12 October 2021
Justices Ponder Whether the Boston Marathon Bomber Got a Fair Sentencing New York Times, 13 October 2021
Panel Studying the Court Moving Toward Its Conclusion New York Times, 14 October 2021
Justice Department Will Appeal 5th Circuit Court Decision on Texas Abortion Statute New York Times, 15 October 2021
Justice Breyer on Court Procedures CNN, 17 October 2021
Justice Sotomayor Says New Oral Argument Procedures Combat Sexism CNN, 17 October 2021
Justice Department Asks Supremes to Stay Texas SB-8... the "Abortion Bill" New York Times, 18 October 2021
Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Stay SB-8, the "Texas Abortion Bill" New York Times, 18 October 2021
One Word, Huge Consequences for Protection of Property Rights in the Hay Day of Laissez-Faire New York Times, 18 October 2021
Court Maintains Doctrine of Qualified Immunity from Suit for Police Officers New York Times, 19 October 2021
Former President Trump Sues to Block Release of White House Files Relating to 6 January 2021 New York Times, 19 October 2021
Echoes of Richard Nixon: Executive Privilege Back in the News New York Times, 20 October 2021
Charlie Savage's Primer on Executive Privilege New York Times, 20 October 2021
The Supremes Refuse to Stay Texas' SB8, but Grants Cert and  Expedites Hearing New York Times, 22 October 2021
One Take on Justice Thomas: An "Influencer" CNN, 22 October 2021
S.B.8 Case Expedited in Briefing and Arguments New York Times, 27 October 2021
Supremes Lift Stay; Oklahoma Executes Inmate New York Times, 28 October 2021
Court to Hear Case Testing E.P.A. Authority to Limit Carbon Emissions New York Times, 29 October 2021
Supremes Let Maine Vaccine Mandate Stand, 6-3 New York Times, 29 October 2021
Justice Kavanaugh and the Texas S.B.8 Case New York Times, 31 October 2021
Overview of Oral Arguments to Come in S.B.8 New York Times, 1 November 2021
Court's New Rules for Oral Argument an Effort to Civilize Exchanges New York Times, 1 November 2021
Oral Arguments in S.B.8 Suggest Justices Leery of Immunizing the Law from Review New York Times, 1 November 2021
Will Kavanaugh Change His Position on S.B.8? New York Times, 1 November 2021
A Break in Conservative Ranks in Amicus Brief Filed with the Court New York Times, 2 November 2021
Justices Poised to Hear Major Second Amendment Case New York Times, 2 November 2021
Does the First Amendment Prevent Elected Governmental Bodies from Censuring Their Members New York Times, 2 November 2021
New York Gun Law Faces Skeptical Justices New York Times, 3 November 2021
Does "State Secrets Privilege" Immunize FBI from Producing Evidence in Trial... or the Trial Itself? New York Times, 8 November 2021
Puerto Ricans, Social Security Benefits, and Territorial Status Before the Court New York Times, 9 November 2021
Does Free Exercise Clause Require States to Accede to Capital Offenders' Wishes to Have Clergy Touch Them? New York Times, 9 November 2021
Appeals Filed Urging Supremes to Take Harvard and UNC Cases and Strike Down Affirmative Action New York Times, 11 November 2021
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Stays Biden/OSHA Vaccine Requirement New York Times, 12 November 2021
The Justices Are Increasingly Hostile to Capital Punishment Appeals New York Times, 15 November 2021
Biden Supreme Court Commission Nearing Its Final Report New York Times, 19 November 2021
Debate in Dobbs: How Viable is the Viability Line from Roe and Casey? New York Times, 28 November 2021
Does Flying a Christian Latin Cross Flag on a Flagpole in Front of Boston City Hall Violate the Constitution New York Times, 28 November 2021
Roe and Casey's Fate Rests with a Small Group of Justices New York Times, 1 December 2021
Is Dobbs a Critical Juncture for the Supreme Court's Legitimacy in the Eyes of the People? New York Times, 4 December 2021
Biden's Supreme Court Commission Issues 288 Page Report Making No Recommendations New York Times, 7 December 2021
Justices Skeptical of Ban of State Aid to Pay for Education at Religious Schools New York Times, 8 December 2021
D.C. Court of Appeals Rejects Trump's Executive Privilege Argument Over Jan 6 Materials New York Times, 10 December 2021
Supremes Dismiss Federal Suit, 5-4 Allow Texas Abortion Bill to Stand... but Be Litigated New York Times, 10 December 2021
Wither John Roberts? CNN, 10 December 2021
Roe, Casey, Stare Decisis, and the Court New York Times, 13 December 2021
Over a Stinging Gorsuch Dissent, Court 6-3 Upholds New York State Vaccine Mandate New York Times, 13 December 2021
Trump and Congress Lawyers Argue Subpoena Power Before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals New York Times, 13 December 2021
Supremes Expedite to Hear Biden/OSHA Vaccine Mandate Case New York Times, 22 December 2021
Former President Trump Takes Executive Privilege Argument with Congress to the Supremes New York Times, 23 December 2021
Chief Justice Roberts Focuses on Judicial Independence in State of the Judiciary Comments New York Times, 31 December 2021
Capital Case from Georgia Presents Court with Issue of Standard of Proof of Intellectual Disability New York Times, 3 January 2022
Supremes Ponder Biden/OSHA Vaccine Mandate in Unusual Friday Session New York Times, 7 January 2022
The Court Hears Arguments Over the Biden Administration's Covid Requirement New York Times, 8 January 2022
Are Migrants Held in Custody Pending Deportation Decisions Due Hearings for Bond-Based Relief? New York Times, 11 January 2022
A 6-3 Supreme Court Blocks Biden Vaccine Mandate for Private Bizs but Upholds It for Healthcare Workers New York Times, 13 January 2022
Can High School Football Coaches Lead Their Players in Prayer? New York Times, 14 January 2022
The Gender Gap in Supreme Court Advocacy New York Times, 17 January 2022
City Hall, Honorary Flag Flying, and Religious Symbols Before the Court New York Times, 18 January 2022
Scorpions in a Bottle? Tensions Within the Marble Palace NPR, 18 January 2022
Supremes Reject Former President Trump's Request to Invoke Executive Privilege vis January 6th Investigation New York Times, 19 January 2022
Masking Draws Comment from Roberts, Sotomayor, and Gorsuch New York Times, 19 January 2022
Court Poised to Further Limit Campaign Finance Regulations New York Times, 19 January 2022
6-3 Court Sustains Fifth Circuit's Decision Not to Return Texas Abortion Case to the Federal District Court New York Times, 20 January 2022
Supremes to Revisit McGirt to Assess Its Scope New York Times, 24 January 2022
The New Supreme Court Takes on Harvard and UNC Affirmative Action Plans New York Times, 24 January 2022
This Will Be Interesting: Beyer to Retire from the Supreme Court New York Times, 26 January 2022
Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Insurrection, and Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment: Election Disqualification? New York Times, 26 January 2022
Totenberg on Breyer NPR "Morning Edition, 27 January 2022
President Biden Says His Nominee Will be a Black Woman New York Times, 27 January 2022
President Biden Promises a Nominee by the End of February New York Times, 27 January 2022
Reagan and O'Connor - Presidential Selections New York Times, 27 January 2022
The Faces will Change, but the Balance Will Remain New York Times, 27 January 2022
Possible Candidates for Nomination to Justice Breyer's Seat New York Times, 27 January 2022
Breyer's Hypotheticals Will be Leaving With Him New York Times, 31 January 2022
Potential Biden Picks to Replace Breyer: Ketanji Brown Jackson New York Times, 31 January 2022
Court Stays 3-Judge District Court Order for Alabama to Add a Second Majority-Minority Congressional District New York Times, 7 February 2022
Judge Childs Brings a Different Kind of Diversity to the Table New York Times, 10 February 2022
Linda Greenhouse on the Alabama Districting Case and Coalition Dynamics on the Supreme Court New York Times, 10 February 2022
Texas Inmate in Solitary Confinement for Twenty-Seven Years Asks for Help New York Times, 14 February 2022
Court Will Hear Biden Appeal of Case Involving Trump Administration "Stay in Mexico" Policy New York Times, 18 February 2022
Supremes Take an Opportunity to Take A Further Bite Out of a Masterpiece Bakeshop Cake: Web Designer and Weddings New York Times, 22 February 2022
If Confirmed, Judge Jackson Likely to Have Little Impact on Most Divisive Cases New York Times, 25 February 2022
Liptak on Nominee Jackson's Lower Court Rulings New York Times, 28 February 2022
Supremes Grant Cert. to Native American Adoption Case New York Times, 28 February 2022
Court to Hear Case Testing E.P.A. Capacity to Broadly Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions New York Times, 28 February 2022
Justices Express Skepticism Over Scope of E.P.A. Rule-Making Authority New York Times, 28 February 2022
Court Assesses Claims of "Good Faith" from Doctors Accused of Massive Overprescription New York Times, 1 March 2022
Fractured Court Denies Gitmo Prisoner's Request to Subpoena Info About His Torture with "State Secrets" Privilege as Shield New York Times, 3 March 2022
8-1 Court Holds Kentucky A.G. Can Appeal Lower Court Ruling Against the State's Abortion Regulation New York Times, 3 March 2022
Supreme Court Reinstates Death Penalty for the Boston Marathon Bomber New York Times, 4 March 2022
Unanimous Court Narrowly Holds that FISA Act Not Trump "State Secrets" Privilege New York Times, 4 March 2022
Court Holds 10 Burglaries Can Count as One Crime for Purposes of Sentencing Guidelines New York Times, 7 March 2022
NYC Sex Offender Law de facto Creates Potentially Limitless Incarceration New York Times, 7 March 2022
Supremes, with Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch Disagreeing in Part - Leave North Carolina and Pennsylvania Districting Maps Stand New York Times, 7 March 2022
Texas Supremes Foreclose Federal Suits to Challenge Senate Bill 8 New York Times, 11 March 2022
Justice Thomas Hospitalized New York Times, 20 March 2022
Judge Jackson Has Danced this Dance Before... though the Band Will Play at a Much Quicker Tempo New York Times, 21 March 2022
Judge Jackson on First Amendment and the Press New York Times, 23 March 2022
Supremes Side with Wisconsin Republicans on Redistricting Issue New York Times, 23 March 2022
The Increasingly Political Nature of Confirmation Hearings New York Times, 23 March 2022
8-1 Court Holds that Texas Must Allow Some Kind of Contact with Minister During Execution New York Times, 24 March 2022
Elected Bodies Don't Violate the First Amendment when they Censure Members New York Times, 25 March 2022
Court Rules Against SEALS in Vaccine Mandate Case New York Times, 25 March 2022
Justice Thomas and Wife-Based Recusals? New York Times, 25 March 2022
Court to Hear Warhol/Prince/Fair Use Case New York Times, 28 March 2022
Justices Will Consider California Law Dealing with Humane Treatment of Pigs New York Times, 28 March 2022
Burn Pits Raise War Powers Issues Before the Justices New York Times, 30 March 2022
Can C.J. Roberts Do Anything About Virginia Thomas? (No) New York Times, 31 March 2022
The Role Played for Some Justices by "Personal Precedents" New York Times, 4 April 2022
6-3 Court Broadens Power of Unjustly Accused and Detained Citizens to Sue Police for Malicious Prosecution New York Times, 4 April 2022
A Justice-in-Waiting: Ketanji Brown Jackson in Something of a Limbo Until the End of the 2021 Term of the Court New York Times, 7 April 2022
The Sixth Woman Confirmed to the Court Shifts the Gender Ratio to 5/4... but Don't Expect Much Decisional Change New York Times, 7 April 2022
Do S.E.C. Non-Disclosure Requirements for Settled Disputes Violate the First Amendment? New York Times, 18 April 2022
6-3 Shadow Docket Decision Rejects Air Force Officer Free Exercise Challenge to Mandatory Vaccination New York Times, 19 April 2022
6-3 (different coalitions) Shadow Docket Decision Rejects Appeal of Death Sentence Possibly Tainted by Prejudiced Juror New York Times, 19 April 2022
Miranda (1966) Back Before the Court New York Times, 21 April 2022
Stolen Art, Signs, and the Status of Puerto Rico are Addressed by the Court New York Times, 21 April 2022
A Public High School Football Coach, Post-Game Praying, and the Intersection of Speech and Religious Rights New York Times, 23 April 2022
Oral Argument Suggests Coach will Prevail... Although How is Not so Clear New York Times, 25 April 2022
Biden, the Court, and "Remain in Mexico" New York Times, 26 April 2022
Justice Breyer's Last Day Sees the Court Pondering Revisiting McGirt New York Times, 27 April 2022
Justices Split 6-3 on Appropriate Relief for Violations of Federal Civil Rights Laws New York Times, 28 April 2022
Unanimous Court Rejects Boston's Rejection of Flying a Private Religious Flag New York Times, 2 May 2022
Justice Gorsuch Calls for Overturning The Insular Cases New York Times, 3 May 2022
WOW! Draft of Dobbs Leaked to Politico New York Times, 3 May 2022
And the Court Struggles with the Leak New York Times, 3 May 2022
Leaked Dobbs Draft Draws on Well-Worn Arguments New York Times, 4 May 2022
The "Conservative" Legal Movement Nears a Signal Victory in a Core Area of Concern New York Times, 4 May 2022
Dobbs Draft Annotated Washington Post, 4 May 2022
Alito and Roberts Working at Cross Purposes? New York Times, 4 May 2022
So If the Roe/Casey Thread is Pulled, Do the Rest of the Sexual Autonomy Precedents Fall Off the Constitutional Fabric? New York Times, 5 May 2022
If Dobbs Draft Largely Holds, What Else Could Go? New York Times, 8 May 2022
The NYT Reacts to a Late Breaking Story: Handling the Dobbs Draft Leak New York Times, 8 May 2022
A "Plain-Language" Approach to Dismantling Affirmative Action Programs Proposed in Amicus Brief New York Times, 23 May 2022
6-3 Court Restricts Ineffective Counsel Challenges New York Times, 24 May 2022
Supremes Let Stand Biden Administration Assessment of Greenhouse Emissions New York Times, 26 May 2022
Supremes Uphold Stay Against "Novel" Texas Regulation of Expression on Social Media Sites New York Times, 31 May 2022
Supremes to Decide Whether to Decide the Constitutional Status of the  "Independent State Legislature Doctrine" in Elections Cases New York Times, 7 June 2022
Dobbs Draft Leak Fouling the Air at the Court "Morning Edition," NPR, 8 June 2022
Five Looming Potential Blockbuster Cases Still before the Court New York Times, 8 June 2022
Border Agent Cleared from Suit Claiming Violation of Constitutional Rights New York Times, 8 June 2022
6-3 Supreme Vote to Allow Undated PA Absentee Ballots New York Times, 9 June 2022
Supreme Court Holds that Federal Law Doesn't Require Bail Hearings for Long-Detained Undocumented Immigrants New York Times, 13 June 2022
Court DIG's State Effort to Forestall Changes in Trump Immigration Plan New York Times, 15 June 2022
Justice Sotomayor Thinks Court Can Regain Public Confidence New York Times, 17 June 2022
Public Opinion and the Court: Sometimes but not Always New York Times, 21 June 2022
Maine Must Provide Tuition for Religious Schools if it Provides Tuition for Non-Sectarian Private Schools in Areas without Public Schools New York Times, 22 June 2022
The Most Pro-Religious Exercise Supreme Court in Modern History New York Times, 22 June 2022
Court Limits Recovery from Miranda Violations and, 5-4, Holds for Inmate Who Sought Firing Squad New York Times, 23 June 2022
6-3 Court Strikes Down New York Limitations on Carrying Guns New York Times, 23 June 2022
Roe/Casey Go Down 6-3 New York Times,  25 June 2022
Dobbs v. Jackson Woman's Health Organization: Chief Justice Roberts has Lost "His" Court New York Times, 24 June 2022
Justice Alito's Long-Running Battle Against Abortion New York Times, 25 June 2022
The Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses Mean Coach Kennedy Can Pray New York Times, 27 June 2022
Pill Mill Doctors Get a Reprieve as Court Holds State Must Show More Than Violating "Objective Standards" New York Times, 27 June 2022
David Leonhart on What Shoes Might Drop Next with Emboldened Court Majority New York Times, 28 June 2022
6-3 Court Reinstates Republican Drawn Districts in Louisiana Over Voting Rights Objections New York Times, 29 June 2022
Supremes Hold State Courts in Oklahoma Have Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Some Crimes on Indian Land New York Times, 29 June 2022
Sovereign Immunity Takes a Hit in Iraqi Burn Pits Case, 5-4 New York Times, 29 June 2022
It's Official: Justice Breyer Sends Letter Resigning at Noon on 30 June CNN, 30 June 2022
Court Holds, 5-4, that Biden Can End Trump's "Stay in Mexico" Policy New York Times, 30 June 2022
The "Major Questions" Doctrine in W.VA v. EPA New York Times, 30 June 2022
6-3 Court Limits EPA Rule-Making Authority New York Times, 30June 2022
Supremes Accept Major North Carolina Districting Case New York Times, 30 June 2022
Justice Thomas, Joined by Alito and Gorsuch, Dissent from Cert Denial of Case Combining Covid and Abortion Politico, 30 June 2022
Kobylka - Know Him? - on the 2021 Term of the Court The Hill, 30 June 2022
The Court and Climate: Find a New Fix, If Fix There Is New York TImes, 1 July 2022
Liptak on the 2021 Term That Was New York TImes, 1 July 2022
Robert Barnes on the 2021 Term of the Court Washington Post, 2 July 2022
And the Court Drops in Public Esteem/Approval Washington Post, 23 June 2022
Congressional Inaction Fuels Court's Move to Adjust Policy New York Times, 2 July 2022
Major Decisions of the 2021 Term of the Court New York Times, 24 June 2022
Liptak on "The Mood" of the Court After a Charged Term New York Times, 3 July 2022

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