“John Roberts Strikes a Blow Against Free Speech: A First Amendment tiger for the rights of rich campaign donors, the chief justice frets that ordinary people might bother hardworking officers.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Inside Pete Buttigieg’s plan to overhaul the Supreme Court; No other candidate has made it central to his or her rationale for running and proposed presidential agenda”: Josh Lederman of NBC News has this report.

“Court: Montana ethics complaints are public information.” Matt Volz of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Wednesday.

“Lobbyists still can’t give gifts to Kentucky lawmakers, federal appeals panel rules”: Deborah Yetter of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.

Jack Brammer of The Lexington Herald-Leader reports that “Appellate court upholds state ban of gifts, money to Kentucky lawmakers.”

Bruce Schreiner and Dylab Lovan of The Associated Press report that “Federal panel reverses ruling that tossed Ky. ethics rules.”

And Kevin Koeninger of Courthouse News Service reports that “Sixth Circuit Upholds Kentucky Campaign-Finance Limits.”

You can access Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

“Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question”: Michael Wines had this front page article in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

Tara Bahrampour and Robert Barnes of The Washington Post report that “Despite Trump administration denials, new evidence suggests census citizenship question was crafted to benefit white Republicans.”

In Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, Jess Bravin and Brent Kendall had an article headlined “Trump Administration Misled Court About Census Question on Citizenship, ACLU Says; Commerce Secretary Ross has offered shifting explanations for the origin of the citizenship question.”

Brendan Pierson of Reuters reports that “Groups say U.S. census citizenship question was designed to influence elections.”

Greg Stohr and Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News report that “Supreme Court Gets Census-Case Twist With Evidence of Racial Goals.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Challengers of census citizenship question tell Supreme Court they have new evidence that shows political motivation.”

Amber Jamieson of BuzzFeed News has a report headlined “A Republican Consultant Died. His Progressive Daughter Then Found Documents That Might Affect The Census Citizenship Question.”

In commentary, online at The New York Times, law professor Joshua A. Geltzer has an essay titled “Will the Legitimacy of the Supreme Court Survive the Census Case? Last year, the court overlooked the anti-Muslim animus of the travel ban and ruled for the administration; It should not be taken in again.”

Online at Slate, law professor Richard L. Hasen — author of the “Election Law Blog” — has a jurisprudence essay titled “New Memo Reveals the Census Question Was Added to Boost White Voting Power; Why it won’t matter to the Supreme Court’s conservatives.” And Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The New Trove of Secret Gerrymandering Files Will Be a Nightmare for the GOP.”

Friday’s edition of The New York Times contained an editorial titled “Looks Like the Trump Administration Lied About the Census; The administration said it needed citizenship data to protect voting rights; New documents tell another story.”

Today’s edition of The Washington Post contains an editorial titled “The Supreme Court can’t ignore damning new evidence on Trump’s census manipulation.” And columnist Dana Milbank has an essay titled “New documents on the census confirm: Trump’s raison d’etre is white power.”

And online at The Week, Ryan Cooper has an essay titled “How far gone is the Roberts court?“

“A boy, a chicken sandwich and a federal case over dinner at Colonial Williamsburg”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued Friday.

“How to Convince Americans to Abolish the Death Penalty: The moral argument doesn’t work; Opponents of capital punishment in New Hampshire succeeded with a different approach.” Austin Sarat has this essay online at The New Republic.

“How a Sex Offender’s Case Before the Supreme Court Could Bring Down the Administrative State; It has nothing to do with sex and everything to do with presidential power”: Todd Tucker has this essay online at Politic Magazine.

“Buckle in: Supreme Court prepares for dramatic four-week sprint to end the term.” Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“In state government controlled by men, women on the Supreme Court stand out”: Riley Vetterkind has this front page article in today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal.

“‘Slouching Toward Gilead’: Surveying legislative assaults on the right to choose and what guides the chief justice’s thinking about abortion.” One week ago today, Slate posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

Lithwick’s guests were law professor Melissa Murray and Joan Biskupic of CNN.

“What’s going on with the abortion laws? A state-by-state look; A wave of laws passed in 2019 puts a new spotlight on one of the most divisive issues in America.” Jiachuan Wu and Daniel Arkin of NBC News have this interactive report.

“Oregon Supreme Court throws out nearly 67-year sentences for 15-year-old twins who killed elderly couple in Salem”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report on two rulings (here and here) that the Supreme Court of Oregon issued on Friday.

“In Allentown case, state Supreme Court says police can’t search suspects just because they’re armed”: Peter Hall of The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania has this report.

Friday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a majority opinion and two concurring opinions (here and here).

“Why Mitch McConnell Outmaneuvers Democrats at Filling the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

“For women in Mass. on front lines of the fight to dismantle Roe v. Wade, hope mixes with skepticism”: Deanna Pan has this article in today’s edition of The Boston Globe.

And in commentary, online at The Boston Globe, columnist Yvonne Abraham has an essay titled “A horror informed by the years before Roe v. Wade.”

“The Supreme Court is deciding a gerrymandering case. Here’s the social science that the justices need to know. Evidence shows that partisan gerrymandering is undermining democratic representation. But it can be diagnosed.” Chris Warshaw has this entry at the “Monkey Cage” blog of The Washington Post.

“Congress Weighs Whether to Allow Guantánamo Prisoners to Travel to the U.S. for Medical Care”: Carol Rosenberg will have this article in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

And in Wednesday’s edition of that newspaper, Rosenberg had an article headlined “Former Navy Judge Named to Oversee Guantánamo Military Court.”

“Clarence Thomas’s Dangerous Idea: Does anything link the eugenics of the past to abortion today?” Columnist Ross Douthat will have this op-ed in Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.