“Clarence Thomas, Living Proof of the American Dream; A new PBS documentary, Created Equal, shows how Thomas went from abject poverty to his seat on the Supreme Court”: Alexandra DeSanctis has this essay online at National Review.

“Trump Wants To Help Conservatives Sue Twitter For Censorship, But He’ll Face An Obstacle: Justice Brett Kavanaugh; Trump signed an executive order aimed at stripping Twitter and other social media companies of legal immunity.” Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Graham urges senior judges to step aside before November election so Republicans can fill vacancies”: Felicia Sonmez of The Washington Post has this report.

Matthew Daly of The Associated Press reports that “Graham urges older judges to retire so GOP can fill openings.”

Devan Cole and Ted Barrett of CNN report that “Sen. Lindsey Graham encourages senior judges to step aside ahead of election.”

Jordain Carney of The Hill reports that “Graham urges senior judges to step aside so Trump, GOP can replace them.”

And Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Graham Asks Older Appellate Judges to Make Room for Younger Ones.”

“Republicans are already planning a frenzy of judicial confirmations if Trump loses”: Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Legal experts ‘ratio’ Trump’s executive order aimed at social media companies; Congress has protected Twitter, Facebook and other platforms, and the president’s action can’t do away with that”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

“California’s top court limits what government may charge for public records”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Obtaining police body camera videos and other electronic records just got easier.”

Rosalio Ahumada of The Sacramento Bee reports that “Cops can’t require fees for editing body cam videos, California Supreme Court says.”

Thomas Peele of The San Jose Mercury News has an article headlined “California Supreme Court: police cannot charge fees for editing body camera footage prior to release; The unanimous ruling should remove a roadblock to access of police body camera footage.”

Don Thompson of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: California agencies can’t charge to edit police video.”

Alex Emslie of KQED News has a report headlined “State High Court to Cops: No, You Can’t Charge $3,000 for Body Camera Videos.”

And at the “At the Lectern” blog, David Ettinger has a post titled “Government can’t charge for redaction costs in responding to electronic-public-records requests.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Oregon’s appellate courts overturn convictions in 19 cases with non-unanimous verdicts, 100s more expected”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

And Andrew Selsky of The Associated Press reports that “Oregon’s top courts begin reversing nonunanimous convictions.”

“SCOTUS should embrace technology reforms prompted by pandemic”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at ABA Journal.

“Owosso barber still open, appealing to Michigan Supreme Court”: Craig Mauger of The Detroit News has this report.

And Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press reports that “In reversal, appeals court orders shutdown of Owosso barbershop.”

“Trump gives Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, a presidential appointment”: Morgan Phillips of Fox News has this report.

“Bowing to U.S. Supreme Court, judges toss New Orleans convictions from split jury verdicts”: Matt Sledge of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

“‘A victory’: Indiana returns Land Rover after 6 years — with strings attached.” Crystal Hill has this front page article in today’s edition of The Indianapolis Star.

Emma Atkinson of Indiana Public Media reports that “Police Return Seized Land Rover To Indiana Man After 7-Year Civil Forfeiture Battle.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Ilya Somin has a post titled “Indiana Returns Land Rover Seized in Landmark Asset Forfeiture Case — But Continues the Legal Battle Over its Ultimate Fate.”

“Origins of the Politicized Confirmation”: At the “Law & Liberty” blog, Ian Drake has this review of Michael Bobelian’s recent book, “Battle For The Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court.”

“Judge Sullivan is handling the Flynn case just fine”: Stuart M. Gerson has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Faithless Electors and Faithful Judges”: John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

In response, at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a blog post titled “Will the Faithless Electors Cases ‘Do Grave Damage to Originalism’?“

“Judge Invalidates One of the Last Vestiges of Federal Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Senate Democrats take on GOP court-packing in blistering new report; The senators pointed to conservative activist Leonard Leo as the driving force behind the many of the president’s appointments”: Julie Tsirkin of NBC News has this article about this report.

“As churches reopen, Supreme Court faces balancing act between physical and spiritual health”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“Thomas’s ‘Theories’ Poses Risks for Justice”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“Legal battles over voter roll purges heat up as mail-in ballot fight continues”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

And in case you missed it earlier, as I did, last Wednesday Biskupic had a report headlined “Trump-inspired political sparring hits the courts.”

“Keep standards to ensure Charleston’s tour guides know their stuff”: The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina recently published this editorial about an appeal now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

“How Baseball Players Became Celebrities: Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth transformed America’s pastime by becoming a new kind of star.” Louis Menand — my favorite New Yorker magazine writer — has this “A Critic at Large” article in the June 1, 2020 issue of The New Yorker.