SCOTUS Order List

The Supreme Court dropped one bit of news along with some odds and ends in today's Order List. 

The Supreme Court took seven cases [and didn't take one that Sotomayor and Jackson wanted them to take and racism in jury selection], which you can mix and match by using the summaries at the Relist Watch. Or use Amy Howe. 

The big case [one of multiple trans cases pending] granted, at the request of the Biden Administration:

Issue: Whether Tennessee Senate Bill 1, which prohibits all medical treatments intended to allow “a minor to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex” or to treat “purported discomfort or distress from a discordance between the minor’s sex and asserted identity,” violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

Chris Geidner and Erin Reed, two people who have kept track of legal and other developments in the trans area, flagged this in a Substack note. They have said and will say more. 

Alito and Barrett were recused in cases without saying why. Kagan (following the liberals' rule) did. The Court also granted/vacated/remanded (GVR) a few cases, clearing cases like the ones recently decided. 

The next opinion day is Wednesday.  There will also be ones on Thursday and Friday. The five opinions on Friday show you can finish things off with three more days.