“Grassley’s court maneuver threatens his legacy, reputation”: Today’s edition of The Des Moines Register contains this editorial.

“The Supreme Court — Slowing down: Why, when it comes to justices, nine are better than eight.” This article appears in the May 14, 2016 issue of The Economist.

“Justice Clarence Thomas encourages Hillsdale graduates to lead by example”: Lauren Slagter of MLive.com has this report.

In today’s edition of The Toledo Blade, Vanessa McCray has a front page article headlined “Justice Thomas sends off Hillsdale College grads.”

The Detroit News reports that “Thomas urges grads to defend conservative values.”

And Breana Noble of Hillsdale College has an article online at The College Fix headlined “Justice Clarence Thomas warns against ‘grievance’ culture, honors Scalia in grad speech.”

You can view the entire Hillsdale College commencement ceremony on YouTube via this link. And the video of Justice Clarence Thomas’s remarks begins at this link.

“What’s Wrong with the Redskins”: Online today at The New Yorker, law professor Jeannie Suk as a post that begins, “In this country we don’t ban ‘Mein Kampf,’ Ku Klux Klan screeds, or objectionable terms for racial groups. It is clear that the government cannot disallow offensive or hateful speech. But the federal trademark law, known as the Lanham Act, has since 1946 barred the registration of marks that may disparage ‘persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute.'”

“NCAA asks US Supreme Court to hear O’Bannon case”: The Associated Press has this report.