“Trump’s Strategy in Law Firm Cases: Lose, Don’t Appeal, Yet Prevail; The handful of notable firms that were targeted by the president for punishment but chose to fight have uniformly won; Nine others have nonetheless pledged almost $1 billion in free legal work.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court faces new headwinds with roughly two weeks left in the term”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Can Trump Mobilize the Military Without California’s Consent?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Americans don’t see Supreme Court as politically neutral, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds”: Andrew Goudsward, John Kruzel, and Jason Lange of Reuters have this report.

“Supreme Court justices get snippy as key decisions loom”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Judicial Notice (06.15.25): Another One Bites The Dust; Another resigning official fires a parting shot at Trump, another Biglaw firm creates a non-equity tier, and another partner group leaves a settling firm.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“How Amy Coney Barrett Is Confounding the Right and the Left; President Trump appointed her to clinch a conservative legal revolution; But soon after arriving at the Supreme Court, she began surprising her colleagues”: Jodi Kantor of The New York Times has this report.

“Judge allows Trump administration to continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil; The same judge ruled earlier this week that the foreign policy grounds for Khalil’s detention are insufficient and likely unconstitutional”: Kimmy Yam of NBC News has this report.

“Kilmar Abrego Garcia Pleads Not Guilty to Human-Smuggling Charges; Judge is weighing whether mistakenly deported man returned to U.S. should remain in custody pending trial”: Mariah Timms of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Maria Sacchetti and Steve Thompson of The Washington Post report that “Kilmar Abrego García pleads not guilty to human smuggling charges; Abrego García, who was wrongly deported to El Salvador in March, was returned to the United States last week to face allegations that he participated in a human smuggling ring.”

“Judge Blocks Trump’s Use of National Guard to Deal With Protesters; Judge Charles Breyer ordered the administration to return control of the National Guard to the California governor; But he also ruled that it was premature to restrict the use of active-duty Marines”: Charlie Savage, Kellen Browning, and Laurel Rosenhall of The New York Times have this report.

Caroline O’Donovan, Karin Brulliard, and Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Judge says Trump acted illegally in dispatching National Guard in California; The state claimed the president improperly deployed the Guard and Marines to Los Angeles without the governor’s consent or input amid immigration protests.”

Michael Wilner, Laura J. Nelson, and Queenie Wong of The Los Angeles Times reports that “National Guard troops will stay under Trump’s control, for now, under 9th Circuit order.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Trump exceeded powers by sending National Guard to L.A., judge rules.”

Jess Bravin and Xavier Martinez of The Wall Street Journal report that “Judge Orders Trump to Return California National Guard to Newsom; California had sought to stop the president from sending guardsmen without the governor’s approval.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to help with L.A. protests.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California at this link.

And you can access tonight’s stay order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Woman accused of being a witch in Brazil can seek asylum in U.S., court rules”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Trump-Newsom Legal Fight Over Troops Has Little Modern Precedent; A judge will explore new territory in California governor’s bid to limit president’s use of the military in Los Angeles protests”: Jess Bravin and Annie Linskey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Bonus 157: Why the Supreme Court Keeps Granting Stays to President Trump. The justices have granted at least some of the relief the Justice Department has sought in each of its last 10 applications. There are some obvious reasons why, but also some less obvious ones.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Supreme Court press corps asks chief justice to live-stream court’s opinions”: NPR has this report.

You can view the letter at this link.

“Georgia high court rejects election board rules for hand counts, inquiries; Republican-controlled State Election Board tried to alter ballot-counting rules ahead of presidential election”: Mark Niesse of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

And Jeff Amy of The Associated Press reports that “Georgia Supreme Court overturns some election rules, curbing State Election Board’s power.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

“Federal appeals court to hear arguments in Trump’s long-shot effort to fight hush money conviction”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

Patricia Hurtado, David Voreacos, and Anika Arora Seth of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Seeks Quick Path to Supreme Court in Hush Money Appeal.”

And Peter Charalambous of ABC News reports that “Appeals court to take up Trump’s challenge to his criminal hush money conviction; The Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit will hear oral arguments Wednesday.”

“Muscogee Nation Supreme Court to decide if Creek Freedmen descendants can be citizens”: Alexia Aston of The Oklahoman has this report.

“Nine reasons for cautious optimism about individual liberty: The pernicious emphasis on group rights over individual rights ran into a unanimous Supreme Court.” Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The consummate public servant”: Paul Clement has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“State Supreme Court strikes down 2021 abortion restrictions; The challenged laws would have barred telemedicine abortions, prohibited procedures after 20 weeks and mandated the offer of ultrasounds”: Mara Silvers of Montana Free Press has this report.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Montana at this link.

“U.S. Court Agrees to Keep Trump Tariffs Intact as Appeal Gets Underway; The appeals court’s decision delivered an important but interim victory for the Trump administration”: Tony Romm of The New York Times has this report.

And James Fanelli of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Appeals Court Keeps Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs in Place for Now; Court will hear fast-track oral arguments this summer.”

“Trump to ramp up transfers to Guantánamo, including citizens of allies; The administration is preparing to send thousands of foreigners to the infamous detention facility, including people from Britain, France and Italy, with no plans to notify their home governments, officials said”: John Hudson and Alex Horton of The Washington Post have this report.

“US judicial panel tweaks amicus brief disclosure rule, seeks public views on AI”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“‘The Stakes Could Not Be Higher’: SCOTUS to Consider Roundup Petition This Month; On Monday, Monsanto waived a 14-day waiting period to distribute a Roundup case for the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 conference”: Amanda Bronstad of Law.com has this report.

You can access the filings in the case via this link.

“Southern Baptists Endorse Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage; The nation’s largest Protestant denomination was motivated by conservative Christians’ success in reversing Roe v. Wade”: Ruth Graham of The New York Times has this report.

“Appeals Court Pauses Ruling Ordering Due Process for Deported Venezuelans; The court’s pause on a judge’s order came a day before the Trump administration was supposed to outline how to allow nearly 140 Venezuelans deported to El Salvador to challenge their expulsion”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report on an order that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Trump Tariffs Can Remain in Effect, US Appeals Court Says”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report on an order that the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued today.

“Should the Seventh Amendment Civil Jury Trial Right Apply to the States? The right to a civil jury trial is far more deeply rooted in American history and tradition than is the right to own guns, which the Supreme Court was right to incorporate.” Steven Calabresi has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Going Mainstream: How a little-known Orthodox Jewish law professor in Ireland became a prominent legal voice in the Trump era.” Online at Ami Magazine, Rabbi Yitzchok Frankfurter has this interview with law professor Seth Barrett Tillman.

“Bradley Bondi, brother of attorney general, loses bid to lead D.C. Bar; Bondi, running for Bar president, received just 9 percent of the vote, while another lawyer connected to the Trump administration lost her race to become treasurer”: Keith L. Alexander of The Washington Post has this report.

“Trump asks the Supreme Court to neutralize the Convention Against Torture; Trump’s lawyers claim they’ve found a loophole that will allow Trump to ship immigrants overseas to be tortured”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Maryland Supreme Court upholds gun possession ban in some non-felony cases”: Maryland Matters has this report on a 6-to-1 ruling that the Supreme Court of Maryland issued last Friday.

“Dan Markel murder: Jail policy change prompts Donna Adelson relocation; Adelson has long complained about her treatment at the Leon County Detention Facility, alleging ‘cruel and unusual punishment.’” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Supreme Court rejects Fane Lozman’s latest bid to force Riviera Beach to pay him millions; Fane Lozman sued Riviera Beach in 2022 over the $49 million he claimed city officials robbed him of when they made his submerged land off-limits to developers”: Hannah Phillips of The Palm Beach Post has this report.

“The incomparable Ed Kneedler”: Gregory Garre has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”