Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. The justices yesterday began picking up the pace of decisions by issuing four and more are expected this morning. One of those decisions, involving a cross-border shooting, may spell the end of the “Bivens remedy.” In the Appalachian Trail-pipeline arguments Monday, advocate Michael Kellogg had the not-so-delicate experience of trying to correct the chief justice. And, the Justice Department salutes the late veteran advocate Lawrence Wallace.

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