“There’s A Standoff Between States And The Feds Over Illegal Execution Drugs; It’s been nearly a year since the federal government seized thousands of vials of lethal injection drugs on their way to death penalty states; The states want their drugs, and neither side is showing signs of backing down”: Chris McDaniel of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Lyle Denniston Leaving SCOTUSBlog”: Doug Mataconis has this post today at “Outside the Beltway.”
And my coverage from yesterday appears at this link.
“How race-based affirmative action could return to UC”: Law professor Vikram Amar has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
Access the newest posts at Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table”: Dahlia Lithwick has a post titled “Does authoritarianism count as executive overreach?”
Dawn Johnsen has a post titled “The only good ruling would strike down Texas’ terrible laws.”
And Walter Dellinger has a post titled “Yes, this ruling matters.”
“On Eve of SCOTUS Abortion Decision, Texas Accused of Suppressing Key Data”: Irin Carmon of NBC News has this report.
“On Its Last Day, Ideologically Split Court Is Set to Issue Three Rulings; Post-Scalia standoff is likely to affect outcome of Texas abortion clinic case”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
And Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Outside Supreme Court, Activists Make Their Cases; Demonstrators compete for real estate, best camera angles in tightly regulated area.” You can freely access the full text of this article via Google.
“Supreme Court Expected To Rule On Abortion Case”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”
“Supreme Court set to rule on abortion clinic restrictions”: Bill Mears of FoxNews.com has this report.
Access the newest posts at Slate’s “Supreme Court Breakfast Table”: Seventh Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner has a post titled “The immigration decision won’t do much.”
And law professor Dawn Johnsen has a post titled “How can a judge dismiss the importance of the Constitution?”
“The Supreme Court Smiles on Diversity”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.
“U.S. Supreme Court to rule on ex-Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell’s corruption conviction”: Andrea Noble of The Washington Times has this report.
“Supreme Court limps to finish”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has this report.
“Supreme Court set to close out current term with 3 big cases”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.
“U.S. Supreme Court poised to issue major abortion ruling”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.
“Browse free or die? New Hampshire library is at privacy fore.” Lynne Tuohy of The Associated Press has this report.
“One year after the supreme court’s same-sex marriage ruling, the fight continues; Anti-LGBT legislation ‘designed to undermine’ has proliferated since Obergefell v Hodges, but for one Alabama couple there’s a semblance of normalcy”: Matthew Teague of The Guardian (UK) has this report.
“Police Gains Come at Fourth Amendment’s Expense”: Kenneth Jost has this post today at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”
“Goodbye, General! On his last day in office, U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli talks about what it’s been like to argue some of the government’s biggest cases at the high court; Also — affirmative action, saved.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.
“Divided court draws plaudits and brickbats, but Kennedy’s role remains constant — for now”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.