WHAT WE'RE READING

The morning read for Friday, Oct. 21

By SCOTUSblog
on Oct 21, 2022 at 9:49 am

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com.

Here’s the Friday morning read:

• Should Supreme Court Justices Have Term Limits? That ‘Would Be Fine,’ Breyer Says at Harvard IOP Forum (Emily L. Ding, Azusa M. Lippit, and Thomas J. Mete, The Harvard Crimson)
• The Chief Justice Who Isn’t (Matt Ford, The New Republic)
• Activists push for disclosure of clients and income of judges’ spouses (Hailey Fuchs, Politico)
• ACLU asks supreme court to overturn Arkansas’ anti-boycott law against Israel (Chris McGreal, The Guardian)
• U.S. Supreme Court poised to give companies new power to sue over strikes (Hassan Kanu, Reuters)

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6 minute read | October 20, 2022 | 1:36 PM EDT | Last Updated 4 days ago

U.S. Supreme Court poised to give companies new power to sue over strikes

By Hassan Kanu

(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court appears set to deliver on another longstanding conservative policy goal in its first major labor law case this term, with a ruling that could hobble workers’ right to strike, amid a resurgence of worker organizing and a cost-of-living crisis.

The justices decided on Oct. 4 to consider whether businesses can sue unions in state court for the economic consequences of strikes and other employee protests, like spoiled products.

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