On August 4, the U.S. Supreme Court asked the Minnesota Secretary of State to file a response brief in Minnesota Voters Alliance v Mansky, 16-1435.  This is the case over Minnesota’s law that bans any clothing or badges that has a political context, regardless of whether anything on the ballot relates to that clothing or badge.  The lower federal courts had upheld the law.

When the Court asks for a response from the side that did not file the cert petition, that is a sign the Court is very interested in the case, and there is probably a 50% chance that the Court will accept the case.