( June 7, 2024, 8:49 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — The U. S. Supreme Court requested a response from three Texas officials, two of whom had previously opted against filing opposition briefs, to a petition for certiorari in which a journalist and a photographer association claim that a Texas law that curbs the use of drones for aerial photography violates the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. . . .