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Wed 22 May, 2013
Weekly Roundup, May 22, 2013

Did you miss your Supreme Court news this week? Let our Weekly Roundup help. (To stay on top of the latest Supreme Court happenings, follow ISCOTUS on Twitter.)

Two Obama judicial employees move forward: Jane Kelly and Sri Srinivasan.

May 17 in Supreme Court history: the Court unanimously declared segregation unconstitutional with their decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka on this date in 1954.

The Supreme Court will hear at least one potentially important case regarding the separation of church and state in the next Term.

This week's Supreme Court decisions weren't breaking news - what does that mean for the forthcoming decisions on the big cases? Professor Carolyn Shapiro discusses it in ISCOTUSnow.

Mon 20 May, 2013
What's going on at the Supreme Court?

Today, the Supreme Court issued decisions in four cases. All but one were unanimous as to result, and that one, City of Arlington v. FCC, though important in administrative law, is not a case most members of the public are likely to be following. This may lead some people to wonder what the Supreme Court is doing and when they will issue decisions in the big cases from this Term -- the gay marriage cases (Perry and Windsor), the affirmative action case (Fisher), and the Voting Rights Act case (Shelby County), to name a few.

Wed 15 May, 2013
Weekly Roundup, May 15, 2013

If you follow us on Twitter (@ISCOTUS) or Google+ or like us on Facebook (and we hope you will!), you'll see regular postings about interesting news, commentary, and resources we've found around the web. But once a week, we'll compile all of them into a single post for ISCOTUSnow. (To see this week's full post, click on Weekly Roundup above.)

Justice Sotomayor: Just "Sonia from the Bronx?"

Constitution USA on PBS with Peter Sagal

Sandra Day O'Connor Day of Civic Learning Act

Dahlia Lithwick wins 2013 National Magazine Award

Supreme Court Confidential: PocketJustice app review

Wed 8 May, 2013
Congratulations to Dahlia Lithwick!

Dahlia Lithwick has won a richly-deserved National Magazine Award for Columns and Commentary. The award is specifically for three columns about the Affordable Care Act case. But as courtwatchers know, Dahlia Lithwick's incisive commentary at Slate.com is a must read.

Tue 30 Apr, 2013
Wishes for a speedy recovery to Justice Breyer

Justice Breyer underwent shoulder surgery over the weekend following a bike accident. According to the New York Times, he is expected to recover fully. We wish him a speedy recovery.

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