Good morning and welcome to Supreme Court Brief. The justices start their second and final week of telephonic arguments today. On tap this morning, the court returns to the so-called ministerial exception to compliance with job bias laws. We take a quick look at the case and the lawyers who will be on the phone. The chief justice stops an ethics complaint stemming from the retirement of a D.C. Circuit judge. Plus: Another state solicitor general, with two SCOTUS arguments, gets tapped for a court seat. Scroll down for headlines, including new reports about Justice Clarence Thomas’s moment.
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