“In a polarized Supreme Court, even its conservatives are divided on Trump; On the big Trump cases at the Supreme Court, even the conservatives were split; The two that always voted for Trump: Samuel Alito, And Clarence Thomas.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.
“Supreme Court’s Barrett fuels conservative wins while sometimes splitting with Trump”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“John Roberts, the US chief justice playing the long game; Under him the Supreme Court has defied Trump, while at the same time expanding the scope of presidential power”: Ella Lee of Financial Times has this report.
“Trump administration gets final legal OK to install own panels at President’s House, city appeals; The Third Circuit Court of appeals took the final procedural step Friday; It was not immediately clear when the Trump administration would move to install its panels”: Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.
“Supreme Court End-of-Term Media Briefing”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.
“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Alito’s Non-Retirement; Why would Justice Alito assemble a full complement of clerks, including some hired as recently as last month, if he was planning on peacing out?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Advocacy groups gear up for potential Supreme Court nomination battle, continue to call for reform; They’re preparing for a fight within the system as it exists today while urging judicial reform”: Patrick McNeil has this post at his “nomination notes” Substack site.
“How Roberts led a fractured Supreme Court to wins for the right and defeats for Trump”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Injustice Toward Barrett”: National Review has published this editorial.
“The Supreme Court’s not-so-MAGA majority; The justices didn’t do the president’s bidding, and lawmakers can do more than complain about rulings they don’t like”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.
“In Tumultuous Term, Chief Justice Roberts Took Charge of Unruly Supreme Court; The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online today at The New York Times.
“Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod”: Emily Bazelon and David French have this written conversation online at The New York Times.
“Changing the Constitution: Five Proposals for a More Perfect Union; We asked five experts across the political spectrum: What would you change about the U.S. Constitution if you could?” This article appears in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“The Supreme Court’s Constitutional Restoration; The Justices are doing a job worthy of America’s 250th”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“Appeals court sharply limits ICE’s massive expansion of detention; The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ 2-1 ruling concluded that detainees awaiting the outcome of their deportation proceedings must be afforded a bond hearing within 90 days”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.
Uriel J. García of The Texas Tribune reports that “Federal appeals court rules undocumented immigrants deserve hearing before deportation; The 2-1 ruling stems from the detention of three longtime Texas residents; The Trump administration argued they didn’t deserve a bond hearing because the government plans to deport them.”
And Jacqueline Thomsen and Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law report that “Fifth Circuit Panel Rules Against Mandatory Detention Policy.”
You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.
“The Supreme Court Keeps Inviting Trump to Get More Ambitious; The justices don’t give Trump everything he wants; But they are very comfortable giving him a lot”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.
“The sad inevitability of Justice Alito’s birthright citizenship dissent”: Columnist Gustavo Arellano has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Los Angeles-area gas appliance ban upheld by US appeals court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.
You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.
“Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Afroyim Has Got to Go!” Jeremy Christiansen has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site.
“The Wrong Way to Win: Court-packing offers a shortcut that leads nowhere worth going.” Finn McCarthy and Grant Goral have this post at the “Checks & Balances” Substack site.
“Trump v. Barbara and the End of Originalism”: Jeremy Christiansen has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site.
“Weird Islands”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.
“Trump wins court reprieve from restoring slavery, climate park exhibits”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
You can access today’s order of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit at this link.
Update: In other coverage, Maxine Joselow of The New York Times reports that “Court Lets National Parks Keep Removing Signs on Slavery, Climate; The decision was a win for the Trump administration as it pushes to remove material that the president has called inappropriate or ‘woke.’”
“Let Folarin Balogun Play! Calling America’s Other National Team: Lawyers; There’s no chance of appeal to get the USMNT’s suspended star back on the pitch versus Belgium; Or is there?” Columnist Jason Gay has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.
“Why Have Liberals Abandoned a Moral Reading of the Constitution? From slavery to abortion, conservatives and liberals alike have reached for ‘natural law’ to resolve many of the country’s most important cases; But, in recent years, the balance has shifted.” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.
“The Powerful, Resilient, Independent Supreme Court; The vindication of its authority is remarkable”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.
“The Birthright Citizenship Decision Will Not End the Birthright Citizenship Debate; The Chief Justice sought to settle the birthright citizenship debate for the body politic; He likely failed”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at Civitas Outlook.
“Behind the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Transgender Athletes; The decision, unanimous on Title IX but split 6–3 on equal protection, upheld bans in twenty-seven states on transgender female athletes playing on girls’ and women’s teams”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.
“Cooking Up A Mess: Judicial Review of Presidential Action after Trump v. Cook.” Adrian Vermeule has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site.
“Don’t Let the Supreme Court’s Big Decision Fool You. Trump Is Still a Threat to Mail Ballots.” Shirin Ali has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“The GOP’s dirty little secret about the SAVE America Act; The president is demanding the inclusion of mail-voting restrictions that are highly unpopular among some Republicans”: Meredith Lee Hill of Politico has this report.
“Bayer Separation of Glyphosate Seen as Bid to Cap Legal Risk”: Sonja Wind of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Nina Totenberg’s False Report on Alito’s Retirement”: Michael A. Fragoso has this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review.
“Takeaways from a divisive Supreme Court term that expanded Trump’s power”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.
“It Is Time To Revisit Kennedy v. Louisiana; Even if there was an actual ‘national consensus’ against capital punishment for child rape in 2008, the facts are different today”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”