Good morning and welcome to Supreme Court Brief! Despite being in their February “break,” the justices are still making headlines. They upped the ante for next term by granting review in an Alabama redistricting challenge. We write how race may well define the next term. A proposed statue of Justice Clarence Thomas triggered a heated debate in the Georgia Senate this week. We take a walk through some statuary history to see how other justices have fared. And scroll down to read how Justice Amy Coney Barrett may be playing a “long game.”
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Next Term’s Headliner? Race.
If the current term is likely to be defined by what the justices do on abortion, next term may well be defined by two cases involving race.
