“Ruling virtually, Supreme Court decides cases on insanity defense, discrimination and copyright”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Lawmakers Can Narrow Insanity Defense, Supreme Court Rules; The court left open the possibility of a future challenge under the Eighth Amendment, which forbids cruel and unusual punishments.” And Bravin and Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “Supreme Court Rules on Race, Copyright and Deportation; The bench was vacant Monday, as the justices, following guidance for social distancing, issued their decisions remotely.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today has articles headlined “Supreme Court says states can limit scope of insanity defense“; “Supreme Court affirms strict standard to prove race discrimination in contracting“; and “Ahoy! Supreme Court protects states from copyright lawsuits in Blackbeard pirate ship case.”

Christian Hetrick of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “The Supreme Court sides with Comcast in Byron Allen’s racial discrimination case.”

Andrew Chung and Lawrence Hurley of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court lets states bar insanity defense.” And Chung also has reports headlined “U.S. Supreme Court hinders comedian-businessman’s race-bias suit against Comcast” and “U.S. Supreme Court maroons filmmaker in Blackbeard video piracy fight.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has reports headlined “Supreme Court Orders New Look at Byron Allen’s Comcast Bias Suit” and “States Shielded From Copyright Suits, Supreme Court Rules.”

Ariane de Vogue and Devan Cole of CNN report that “Supreme Court says states can bar insanity defenses.”

Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court hands win to Comcast in $20 billion racial discrimination suit.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court raises bar for racial discrimination claims in contracts.”

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has posts titled “Supreme Court Vacates Ruling Allowing Bias Case Against Comcast” and “Supreme Court Decides North Carolina Is Immune from Filmmaker’s Copyright Suit.”

“Darius Swann, lead plaintiff in Supreme Court busing case, dies at 95”: Harrison Smith of The Washington Post has written this obituary.

“White House suspension of reporter’s press credential at issue in First Amendment lawsuit”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Court grapples with White House’s right to suspend press passes; One judge calls the Trump administration’s stance ‘astounding.’”

And Megan Mineiro of Courthouse News Service reports that “In Phone Hearing, Panel Takes Up Revoked White House Press Pass.”

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

“Five GA Supreme Court justices remove themselves from election dispute”: Bill Rankin of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has an article that begins, “Five of the eight justices on the Georgia Supreme Court on Monday disqualified themselves from a case calling for an open election for Justice Keith Blackwell’s seat.”

And R. Robin McDonald of The Daily Report of Fulton County, Georgia reports that “State Supreme Court Splits on Recusing in Fight Over Justice Blackwell’s Seat; The court named five superior court judges to hear the case alongside the three remaining justices.”

You can access today’s five-page order of the Supreme Court of Georgia at this link.

“Trump cannot block critics on Twitter, federal court affirms in ruling”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Federal court won’t rehear Trump’s argument for blocking Twitter critics.”

Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court last chance for Trump to block Twitter critics.”

Katelyn Polantz of CNN reports that “Appeals court won’t revisit ruling saying Trump can’t block Twitter users.”

Leah Nylen of Politico reports that “Appeals court won’t review Trump Twitter case; The request came from the Justice Department, which can still appeal to the Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions respecting and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Back at Work but Not on the Bench, Supreme Court Issues 3 Major Opinions; The court ruled in cases on the insanity defense, race discrimination and copyright infringement”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court limits race-bias lawsuits in a setback for L.A. TV producer Byron Allen.”

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

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African-American Owned Media, No. 18-1171. And Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in large measure in Allen v. Cooper, No. 18-877. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. And Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued an opinion, in which Justice Ginsburg joined, concurring in the judgment. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Kagan also delivered the opinion of the Court in Kahler v. Kansas, No. 18-6135. Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court in Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr. No. 18-776. Justice Thomas issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined in large measure. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Divided Pa. Supreme Court rejects challenges to Gov. Wolf’s business shutdown order over coronavirus”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Divided PA Supreme Court: Governor can shut down firearms dealers during Coronavirus emergency.”

Yesterday’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consisted of a per curiam order and a concurring and dissenting statement in which three of the Court’s seven Justices joined.

“A Judicial Takeover of Asylum Policy?” Thomas Ascik has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“We See You, Steve”: You can access via this link today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast featuring law professors Melissa Murray, Kate Shaw, and Leah Litman.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

The Court issued a per curiam decision vacating the judgment of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Davis v. United States, No. 19–5421.

And in Avery v. United States, No. 19–633, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.