“Puerto Rico not sovereign, Supreme Court says”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. top court deals blow to Puerto Rico sovereignty claim.”

At WSJ.com’s “Law Blog,” Jess Bravin has a post titled “Puerto Rico Loses at Double Jeopardy Before the Supreme Court.”

And at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “Opinion analysis: Setback for Puerto Rico’s independent powers.”

“The Murder Of Dan Markel: Wendi Adelson Speaks (Part 3).” David Lat has this post this evening at “Above the Law.”

“1st Circuit to decide who owns copyrights on Ripoff Report reviews”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post today.

“Why should we care about speech restrictions at private universities?” Sasha Volokh has this post today at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“N.J. Supreme Court hands Christie big win on pensions”: Samantha Marcus of NJ.com has this report.

Salvador Rizzo of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey reports that “NJ Supreme Court hands Christie win in pension suit.”

Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “N.J. high court sides with Christie on pension suit.”

The Associated Press reports that “New Jersey’s top court hands Christie win in pension suit.”

And at his “New Jersey Appellate Law” blog, Bruce D. Greenberg has a post titled “Public Employees Lose Again, as Supreme Court Upholds Suspension of Pension Cost of Living Adjustments.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“American Samoans seek full citizenship in Supreme Court appeal”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“California voters to have a say, sort of, over Citizens United”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “Gov. Jerry Brown cleared the way Wednesday for Californians to vote in November on whether to urge their congressional representatives to approve a constitutional amendment repealing the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts on political campaigns.”

“California’s Strict Concealed-Gun Rules Restored by Court”: Bloomberg News has this report.

Maura Dolan and Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times report that “Californians don’t have automatic right to carry concealed weapons in public, appeals court says.”

Courthouse News Service reports that “En Banc 9th Circuit Upholds Tough California Gun Laws.”

And at her “Trial Insider” blog, Pamela A. MacLean has a post titled “Court: No Right to Carry Concealed Weapons in Public.”

You can access today’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court says judges must step aside from cases they once prosecuted”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck of The Philadelphia Inquirer has an article headlined “U.S. Supreme Court: Castille should have recused himself from Pa. death row case.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Top court says judge should have stepped aside in death penalty case.”

And Max Mitchell of The Legal Intelligencer has an article headlined “Castille: Supreme Court’s Recusal Ruling ‘Short-Sighted.’”

“A look at the abortion case before the Supreme Court, by the numbers”: Molly Hennessy-Fiske of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Appeals court suspends ruling that cast doubt on D.C. gun control law”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “A federal appeals court has temporarily suspended an earlier ruling that cast doubt on the constitutionality of a key provision of the District’s gun control law.”

You can view yesterday’s unanimous order of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Kavanaugh: 3 Scalia Dissents Will Become Law of Land”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Donald Trump, Professor Tushnet and the Incredible Disappearing Rule of Law”: Evan Bernick has this blog entry online today at The Huffington Post.

“Resolved: The President Has Usurped the Constitutional Power of Congress.” You can view the video of last night’s Intelligence Squared U.S. Debate, co-hosted by the National Constitution Center, via this link.

Participating in the debate were Michael McConnell, Carrie Severino, Adam Cox, and Eric Posner.

“The Law of Interpretation”: Law professors William Baude and Stephen E. Sachs have posted this article online at SSRN.

“Sacramento legal giant Quin Denvir dead at 76”: The Sacramento Bee recently published this obituary, written by Marjie Lundstrom and Sam Stanton.

The obituary begins, “Quin Denvir, the longtime federal defender in Sacramento who campaigned against the death penalty and orchestrated a deal that kept Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski off death row, died Friday in Sacramento. He was 76.”

“Prisoner Case Underscores Justice Scalia’s Legacy”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay at Justia.com’s Verdict.

And at his “Dorf on Law” blog, he has a related post titled “Does Textualism Have a Bias?”

“Conservatives Say They Want Another Antonin Scalia; They Really Want Another Sam Alito”: Stephanie Mencimer has this article in the May/June 2016 issue of Mother Jones magazine.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court today issued rulings in three argued cases.

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Puerto Rico v. Sanchez Valle, No. 15-108. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Clarence Thomas joined. Justice Thomas issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Dietz v. Bouldin, No. 15-458. Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Anthony M. Kennedy joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court in Williams v. Pennsylvania, No. 15-5040. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined. And Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

In early news coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Justices find judicial bias in Pennsylvania death-row case“; “Supreme Court says judges can recall discharged juries“; and “Justices rule against Puerto Rico in fight over criminal law.”

“The Investigation and your right to know”: The Tallahassee Democrat has an editorial that begins, “There may be a time and place to comment on the horrors of the Dan Markel murder case. At some point, there will be shame to cast on those convicted. And there will be plaudits to grant to those who solved this heinous crime. But not now, not yet, while the investigation is ongoing.”

“The Senate’s Confirmation Shutdown”: Today’s edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, “Remember Merrick Garland, the veteran federal judge President Obama nominated in mid-March to fill the Supreme Court vacancy left by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia?”

And in related news coverage, Marc Caputo and Seung Min Kim of Politico.com today have an article headlined “Rubio breaks silence on female judge; The GOP senator says Mary Barzee Flores, who’s awaiting confirmation to a federal judgeship, was less than forthcoming.”

“Judges must ask about youths’ tribal status under new rule”: The Associated Press has this report.