The next cover of the New Yorker featuring Christoph Niemann’s ode to basketball courts at West Fourth Street.

25-581 25-5343 CERTIORARI GRANTED ST. MARY CATHOLIC PARISH, ET AL. V. ROY, LISA, ET AL. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to Questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition. BEAIRD, KENDRICK J. V. UNITED STATES The motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma 2 pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted limited to the following question: Whether Stinson v. United States, 508 U. S. 36 (1993), still correctly states the rule for the deference that courts must give the commentary to the Sentencing Guidelines.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court takes up two new cases for next term, including a case over Colorado’s exclusion of Catholic preschools from public funding.

The case specifically raises a question the court has circled around for years: Whether 1990’s Employment Division v. Smith should be overruled.

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Also spotted at Logan today, a Beijing-bound Hainan Airways 787-9

Rare sighting at Boston Logan of one of the few remaining 747s still in service (arriving from Frankfurt)

The Supreme Court’s shadow docket with A1 above the fold treatment.

Massachusetts Hall in Harvard Yard (built 1720), where John Adams, Elbridge Gerry, and John Hancock all lived while students.

“Listen, my children and you shall hear of the midnight bride of Paul Revere. On the 18th of April in ‘75 . . . “

33 Elmwood Avenue in Cambridge - home of Elbridge Gerry and today the official residence of the president of Harvard.

Diorama in the lobby of the Commander Hotel depicting Washington taking command of the Continental Army in Cambridge, July 1775

200 days until the 2026 midterms.

NEW: The Supreme Court has announced next Wednesday, April 22, as an opinion day.

Only one ruling from #SCOTUS today, in Chevron, Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish.

For an effectively unanimous Court, Justice Thomas holds that a suit against Chevron sufficiently implicates its federal obligations to allow it to remove the case to federal court:

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

With no Callais today, here's what the primary and candidate filing landscape looks like.

No additional opinion days on the calendar yet, but I would expect an opinion day either next Tuesday or Wednesday.

Only one opinion from SCOTUS today. Not Callais.

SCOTUSblog reporting one box of opinions today.

Ahead of today’s SCOTUS opinions, here’s what’s left from the first four sittings of the term (decided cases in gray).

www.scotusblog.com/statistics/

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SCOTUS opinions at 10 ET

Very big news: Minnesota prosecutors just charged a federal immigration agent with assault. It's not easy to bring state prosecutions against federal officers, but the law is clear that there's no absolute immunity from state prosecution. /1 statecourtreport.org/our-work/ana...

And the delay in Florida redistricting is now official.

Monument to Lincoln on Cambridge Common.

Spirit Airlines could liquidate as early as this week, sources say The carrier is facing the added challenge of a spike in the price of fuel. Fuel is airlines' biggest expense after labor.

Spirit Airlines coupd liquidate as early as this week.

www.cnbc.com/2026/04/15/s...

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NEWS — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has the special election to replace Rep. Eric Swalwell for August 18. CA-14 voted Harris +36 in 2024.

NEW: The Supreme Court has announced this Friday, 4/17, as an opinion day.

Looks like the Florida mid-decade redistricting - ostensibly to address Callais - may get moved back.

Vintage doorway, Utica (love the font and the confident, hopeful name)

Canadian Prime Minister Carney secures a majority government with special election wins Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has secured a majority government, allowing his Liberals to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties.

With by-election wins tonight, Canada’s Liberals get a majority government.

apnews.com/article/carn...

United CEO Has Pitched Possible Combination With Rival American United Airlines Holdings Inc. Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby has floated a possible combination with American Airlines Group Inc., according to people familiar with the conversations, an audaciou...

Wait, what . . .

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...