Welcome to Supreme Court Brief and the final week of the December argument session. A number of advocates are making their first arguments before the justices and the number of female advocates continues to be strikingly low. The justices last week added another contentious Trump administration policy to their decision docket, this one involving work requirements for certain Medicaid beneficiaries. An acting solicitor general and a former acting solicitor general are opponents in the Medicaid appeal. Headlines: the incoming Biden administration is pushed to consider a female solicitor general.

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