“How the Republican Party Took Over the Supreme Court: The 50-year effort to advance a conservative legal agenda.” Law professor John Fabian Witt has this book review essay in the April 2020 issue of The New Republic.

“Chief justice of Maine Supreme Judicial Court to lead University of Maine law school; Chief Justice Leigh Saufley will step down from the state’s high court on Tuesday to become dean of the University of Maine School of Law in Portland”: Scott Thistle of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

“Never Forget Wisconsin: One of the most shameful chapters in America’s long history of voter suppression.” Sherrilyn Ifill has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Pressure mounts on Supreme Court to reconvene virtually, hear case over Trump’s tax returns”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Abortion providers in Texas seek exemptions from governor’s pandemic order”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“Could the Pandemic Prompt Federal Judiciary to Allow the Public and Press to View Conferenced Proceedings?” Tony Mauro has this post at Freedom Forum.

“For Supreme Court, COVID-19 response is ‘pretty challenging’: ex-Roberts clerk.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“The Federal Government’s ‘Police Power’ and the Takings Clause: Part III; The statute that authorizes the bump stock regulation lacks a jurisdictional hook.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“We Can Do Better Than the Framers’ Constitution”: F.H. Buckley has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Courtroom access: Final trip to see justices before enlistment nearly thwarted by shifting line.” Kalvis Golde has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Jacobson v. Massachusetts (1905) and Lochner v. New York (1905) in April 2020; It is anachronistic to retroactively graft modern Supreme Court precedents onto Progressive Era Precedents”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“How To Fight A Politicized Supreme Court The American Way: When the Court is far enough out of step, the elected branches can use a range of constitutional hardball tactics to induce the Court to change direction.” Law professor Joseph Fishkin has this essay online at TPM.

“Americans Want the Supreme Court to Function Remotely, And That Includes Hearing Arguments; New poll by PSB Research shows wide margins of support for remote SCOTUS and televised hearings”: The organization Fix the Court issued this news release today.

You can access the complete PSB Research polling results issued today at this link.

“The Supreme Court Has Chosen Reckless Partisanship: The conservative majority asked citizens in Wisconsin to risk their lives in order to vote — to the benefit of the Republican Party.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.