“How Abortion, Guns and Church Closings Made Coronavirus a Culture War; Flattening the curve is now one of the most contentious issues in politics”: Jeremy W. Peters of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump’s Judicial Picks On Ice As Pandemic Ties Up Senate”: Andrew Kragie of Law360 has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Decision Striking Down Split Jury Verdicts Is Weirder Than It Looks; The justices are shadowboxing over abortion, racism, and the battles to come”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“This federal judge is risking his life to save homeless people from the coronavirus”: Benjamin Oreskes of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Conservative Authoritarianism Comes Out of the Shadows”: Austin Sarat recently had this essay online at Justia’s Verdict about law professor Adrian Vermeule‘s essay “Beyond Originalism.”

“Wisconsin’s Decision to Have an Election This Month Was Unjust, But Was it Also Unconstitutional? Why the Plaintiffs (Rightly) Lost in the Supreme Court.” Law professors Vikram David Amar and Jason Mazzone have this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.

“The Coronavirus Is Testing America’s Commitment to People’s Constitutional Rights; The government’s reaction to COVID-19 in jails and ICE detention facilities must follow settled legal precedent on acceptable conditions of confinement; The pandemic does not change that obligation”: Joshua Matz has this essay online at The Atlantic.

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

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in large measure in Ramos v. Louisiana, No. 18-5924. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an opinion concurring in large measure. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued an opinion concurring in part. Justice Clarence Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. joined in full and Justice Elena Kagan joined in large measure. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court in Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP, No. 18-916. And Justice Gorsuch issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sotomayor joined in large measure. You can access the oral argument via this link.

And Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court in Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Christian, No. 17-1498. Justice Alito issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. And Justice Gorsuch issued an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Justice Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Supreme Court set to release spring opinions during coronavirus pandemic”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in one new case.

And in Robinson v. Dep’t of Education, No. 19–512, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent, in which Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joined, from the denial of certiorari.