“William Barr is Trump’s Roy Cohn, But Are Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh His Warren Burger, Harry Blackmun, and Lewis Powell?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Retired Supreme Court Justice: Trump ‘exercising powers that do not really belong to him.'” Caroline Kelly of CNN has this report.

“Indiana Law Prof Ian Samuel Resigns After Misconduct Probe; ‘I lost — through my own grievous fault — the straightforward path, my sense of right and wrong. It behooves me now to take another road,’ the former Supreme Court clerk said in a letter posted Friday.” Tony Mauro of the National Law Journal has this report.

“Ex-‘First Mondays’ Host Ian Samuel Resigns from Law School”: Melissa Heelan Stanzione of Bloomberg Law has this report.

In today’s mail: I received a copy of law professor Lawrence Lessig‘s new book, “Fidelity & Constraint: How the Supreme Court Has Read the American Constitution.”

“Watching for the Supreme Court to set the terms for the eventual Roe v. Wade showdown”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Why the Golden State Killer May Keep California’s Death Penalty Alive”: Tim Arango has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Reflections Of An Editor Emeritus: Above The Law, 2006-2019; As I hang up my keyboard as an active ATL editor, I reflect upon the site and its evolution over time.” David Lat recently had this post at “Above the Law.”

Ian Samuel has resigned his employment as an Associate Professor of Law at the Maurer School of Law of Indiana University Bloomington: Samuel has posted his letter of resignation on Twitter at this link.

“Document: Petition for En Banc Rehearing in McKeever v. Barr.” Mikhaila Fogel has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“John Paul Stevens Worries About the Court: A retired Supreme Court justice wants his former colleagues to adhere to precedent and the president to comply with subpoenas.” Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Suspense builds for Supreme Court moves on abortion, LGBT cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill has this report.

“Jessica Wagner ’15 Will Clerk for Supreme Court Justice Alito”: Eric Williamson of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Judge: Wendi Adelson doesn’t have to give defense deposition.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

And in related coverage, earlier this week, Etters had an article headlined “One continuance in Dan Markel trial denied, another still in limbo.”

“Justice John Paul Stevens Talks History, His New Book, And Pingpong”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition.” NPR’s web page for the segment also contains a link to this YouTube video of the retired Justice playing ping-pong.

“Federal judges have a way to make investigations disappear”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The fastest way for federal judges facing investigation by their peers to make an inquiry go away is to utter two words: ‘I quit.'”