Good morning and welcome to Supreme Court Brief. The justices could issue the first opinions of 2020 this morning—we’re looking out. The Bridgegate scandal is at the heart of arguments today in a case alleging prosecutorial overreach. Plus: Corporations would like to know if the excessive fines clause applies to them, but the justices took a pass Monday on a Colorado case posing the issue. And: Chief Justice Roberts steps aside from a petition involving a gigantic portrait of Donald Trump.
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