“The Supreme Court Will Choose Between Church and State Once Again; The high court will once again wade into a collision between church and state — and choose between two wildly different ideas of religious pluralism”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The campaign to overrule Obergefell”: Ronald Collins has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Trump’s latest ‘voter fraud’ claims may backfire on him in the fall; The pushback against his claims about California’s primaries will inoculate the public against similar unsupported charges in November’s midterms”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this essay online at MS Now.

“The White House is digging in on tariff refunds; The administration has processed more than half the $166 billion it illegally collected but is resisting paying back billions more”: Ari Hawkins of Politico has this report.

“Counting Down the Supreme Court Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“What Judge Wood Did Not Say About Judge Ross’s Misconduct; She says nothing about Judge Ross’s dishonesty, nothing about the private reprimand, and nothing about Pauline Newman”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Sunglass-stomping appeals court judge charged with battery”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US appeals court judge charged in parking lot scuffle faces ethics inquiry.”

“Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight; As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president’s maximalist demands. Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear”: Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

And Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Trump formally nominates Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general; Blanche is likely to face an uncertain confirmation battle in the Senate.”

“Ninth Circuit Reviewing Judge Charged With Misdemeanors”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“How the Drive to Find a Conspiracy Against Trump Rocked the Justice Dept.; The push to investigate what the president’s allies saw as a ‘deep state’ cabal intent on taking him down set off cascading crises, ended careers and undercut the department’s credibility with judges”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Will Ask Supreme Court to Revive $475 Million CNN Suit”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access the extension request at this link.

“Dispatch: Move Fast and Break Things and Nobody Has Standing; No court can stop President Trump’s ballroom, the government says in National Trust for Historic Preservation v. NPS.” Molly Roberts has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Supreme Court Justice Who Ended Up Behind Bars; ‘I have been hunted — I may be hunted — ­like a wild beast'”: Jesse Wegman has this post at his “Major Questions” Substack site.

“Impregnable Citadel of Technicality”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Judicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Number 26‑90153”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued a news release that begins, “All inquiries related to allegations of judicial misconduct concerning Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should refer to the order regarding Judicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Number 26‑90153.”

You can access the referenced order at this link.

“In Judge Ross Case, Council Balances on Constitutional Tightrope”: Diane Wood has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“231. The Death of Purcell’s ‘Principle’: There is no coherent defense of the ‘Purcell principle’ that can be rationalized with the Supreme Court’s behavior over the past six weeks in the Alabama and Louisiana redistricting cases.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Affirmative Action for Mediocre Men”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Judicial Notice (06.07.26): One Angry Judge; A new Biglaw pay raise, a Ninth Circuit judge’s parking-lot fracas, and a double header of D.C. Circuit developments.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“US Supreme Court poised to rule on gun laws and transgender athletes”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“Gorsuch’s Counterfeit Creed; What the justice gets wrong about the founding”: Nicholas Mosvick has this essay online at Modern Age.

“Harassing Supreme Court Justice Barrett at Home; A ‘swatting’ incident underscores the growing threats to judges”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Police: Idaho Falls federal judge knocked off man’s glasses, hurled them across parking lot and stomped on them during confrontation.” Jimmy Hancock of The Idaho State Journal has an article that begins, “U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Ryan Douglas Nelson faces two criminal charges after police say he battered a man by swiping the glasses from his face, tossing them across an asphalt lot and stomping on them during an April confrontation over a parking space in Idaho Falls.”

The Idaho State Journal has also posted “Judge Ryan D. Nelson confrontation video.”

Jacqueline Thomsen and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law report that “Ninth Circuit Judge Nelson Charged With Misdemeanor Battery.”

Ariana Baio of The Independent (UK) reports that “Trump-appointed federal judge criminally charged after confrontation over parking saw him ‘stomp’ on man’s glasses; Video appears to show the federal judge angrily confronting a man who criticized his parking.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Arthur Hellman has a guest post titled “The Criminal Charges Against Judge Ryan Nelson: How Should the Judiciary Respond?“

“The Supreme Court Gives Agencies Too Much Power to Punish”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Raphael Warnock Says the Supreme Court Has Done ‘Violence’ to Democracy”: David Marchese has this interview online at The New York Times Magazine.

“Outrage Over Justice Alito’s Son Distracts From Real Scandals”: Gabe Roth has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Concrete Plans to Restore Law, After Trump; Veteran federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann on Todd Blanche’s impending uphill battle, plus a proposal for a concrete legal antidote to all the lying in American politics”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Seventh Circuit keeps journalists barred from Indiana executions; The appellate panel found that freedom of press does not guarantee rights to the press over those allowed to the general public”: Destiny DeVooght of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Justice Department tells court $1.8 billion payout fund is ‘not going forward’; For the first time, the department pledged in writing that plans for the fund, which became the subject of legal challenges, had been dropped”: Jeremy Roebuck and Katie Mettler of The Washington Post have this report.

“Is Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Slush Fund Dead? Or Is It Undead? And why the answer is less important than you might think.” Anna Bower and Eric Columbus have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn Nominated to Fill Upcoming Vacancy on Delaware Supreme Court”: Mari Lou of The Talk of Delmarva has this report.

Update: In other coverage, Joe Irizarry of Delaware Public Media reports that “Gov. Matt Meyer makes his first appointment to the Delaware Supreme Court.”

“Atlanta Judge Recusal Sought Over Faulty Handling of Civil Cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And in commentary, at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman, Arthur Hellman, and Gabe Roth have a post titled “Congress Needs To Investigate Judge Who Lied About Having Sex With Police Officer.”

“Courts can’t stop Trump’s White House ballroom, Justice Department argues; Only Congress can intervene, an administration lawyer said, as an appeals panel weighs whether to halt the project”: Dan Diamond and Jonathan Edwards of The Washington Post have this report.

George Chidi of The Guardian reports that “No court has authority to block Trump’s White House ballroom, DoJ lawyer says; Trump administration has asked DC circuit court of appeals to reverse lower court decision which blocked construction of $400m ballroom.”

Alex Woodward of The Independent (UK) reports that “Trump could get away with bulldozing Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in ballroom fight; A lawsuit to stop construction of the president’s ballroom project was too late, Justice Department lawyers told appeals court judges.”

Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Trump could also tear down the Statue of Liberty, DOJ argues in defense of White House ballroom; Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.”

Devan Cole of CNN has a report headlined “Takeaways from the appeals court hearing on the White House ballroom project.”

Zach Schonfeld of The Hill reports that “Appeals court majority appears sympathetic to White House ballroom challenge.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit appears unconvinced national security claims justify White House ballroom; An appellate judge likened the government’s position — that no court could block the project or the hypothetical demolition of the Statue of Liberty — to ‘move fast and break things’ to avoid review.”

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Todd Blanche won over his key audience of one. Now come the 100. The acting attorney general has Trump’s confidence to become the nation’s top law enforcement official permanently. Now he needs the Senate’s.” Kyle Cheney, Josh Gerstein, and Erica Orden of Politico have this report.

In commentary, at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site, Jay Willis has a post titled “‘Thank You Very Much, I Love You Sir’ Is Somehow a Real Todd Blanche Quote About Donald Trump; Things at the Justice Department are going to get way, way worse before they get better.”

And at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog, Michael A. Fragoso has a post titled “Todd Blanche Considerations for Senate Republicans.”

“Unconstitutional Drug Pricing Demands Fifth Circuit Intervention”: Online at Bloomberg Law, Alice LaCour has an essay that begins, “I clerked for Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod on the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.”