Good morning and welcome to Supreme Court Brief. Will the term’s final stretch bring the usual round of retirement rumors? Don’t look in the direction of Justice Clarence Thomas, two of his former clerks say. They shared some thoughts in a recent discussion about the justice’s tenure on the court. The next chapter in the court’s 2018 controversial union fees decision has arrived. Mark Janus, who won the 2018 decision, now asks the justices for a ruling that allows him to get his “fair share” fees back. Plus: Orrick’s Supreme Court leaders jump into the Harvard admissions case at the First Circuit.

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