“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.

“George Floyd’s Death Must Be a Catalyst for Accountability”: Clark Neily has this qualified immunity-related post at the “Cato at Liberty” blog.

“Democrats warn of ‘captured’ GOP court ahead of November election”: Jordain Carney of The Hill has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the fate of 650,000 ‘Dreamers.’ Here’s what could happen.” Daniel Gonzalez of The Arizona Republic has this report.

And Jazmine Ulloa of The Boston Globe reports that “As the Supreme Court weighs their fate, thousands of DACA recipients have become their families’ sole providers because of coronavirus.”

“No Bad Conservative Idea Ever Dies; Comes now the ‘nondelegation doctrine,’ a nonsense legal theory that has new life because Republicans have the votes”: Charles P. Pierce has this post online at Esquire.

“The fight over reopening churches reaches the Supreme Court; This is likely to end badly for public health”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Judge Who Asked Woman if She Closed Her Legs to Prevent Assault Is Removed; ‘No witness, alleged victim or litigant should be treated that way in a court of law,’ a justice in New Jersey Supreme Court wrote in the unanimous decision”: Maria Cramer of The New York Times has this report.

In today’s edition of The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, Joe Atmonavage has a front page article headlined “N.J. judge who asked rape victim about closing her legs is removed from the bench.”

And in today’s edition of The Asbury Park Press, Kathleen Hopkins has a front page article headlined “Judge John F. Russo removed from bench by Supreme Court.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“The Supreme Court Broke Police Accountability. Now It Has the Chance to Fix It. George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police officers shows the damage the court has wrought.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Right-Wing Legal Network Is Now Openly Pushing Conspiracy Theories”: Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Richard L. Hasen have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“My Argument for Preserving Employment Division v. Smith; I’d love to hear your thoughts about this draft brief”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Pending Supreme Court Case May Affect the Right to Protest”: Tony Mauro has this report online at Freedom Forum.

“Drilling into the Content of the Supreme Court’s May Arguments”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Women Lawyers Find Arguing Patent Appeals ‘Strange and Lonely'”: Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Speculation swirls about next Supreme Court vacancy”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

Access the May 2020 special edition of Appellate Issues, a publication of the American Bar Association’s Council of Appellate Lawyers: Via this link, focusing on appellate practice during the coronavirus pandemic.

“An Interview with Sean Marotta and Raffi Melkonian”: Tessa L. Dysart has this post at the “Appellate Advocacy Blog” linking to this video interview.

“In federal appeal Gloucester School Board defends banning Gavin Grimm from boys bathroom”: Justin Mattingly of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Transgender student Gavin Grimm’s battle over bathroom access returns to court.”

And at the “School Law” blog of Education Week, Mark Walsh has a post titled “Federal Appeals Court Appears Divided on Transgender Rights in Gavin Grimm Case” (registration required for full access).

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

“The Justice Department Has Had to Twist Itself in Knots to Defend Trump on Emoluments; For decades, the department has interpreted the Constitution to err on the side of country first; Now all that has changed”: Jane Chong has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Legislature asks Michigan Supreme Court to consider emergency powers case”: Craig Mauger of The Detroit News has an article that begins, “The Republican-controlled Legislature is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to immediately consider its lawsuit challenging Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.”

“Griffis, Westbrooks square off for Mississippi Supreme Court seat”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has an article that begins, “Mississippi Court of Appeals Judge Latrice Westbrooks is seeking to become the first African American woman on the Mississippi Supreme Court.”

“There’s No Historical Justification for One of the Most Dangerous Ideas in American Law; The Founders didn’t believe that broad delegations of legislative power violated the Constitution, but conservative originalists keep insisting otherwise”: Law professors Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley have this essay online at The Atlantic.

“PA Supreme Court Posts Arguments On YouTube, But Blocks Media From Airing Them”: An-Li Herring of 90.5 WESA, Pittsburgh’s NPR News Station, has a report that begins, “Last week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court live-streamed oral arguments for the first time in history, to limit the spread of COVID-19. Videos of the court sessions now reside on YouTube, but the media is prohibited from using any of the footage in news broadcasts.”

“Supreme Court Refuses to Stop Order to Move Inmates From Virus-Ravaged Prison; The court’s action left in place a court order requiring prison officials to move more than 800 older or medically vulnerable prisoners from a facility that has seen nine deaths from Covid-19”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court won’t stop Ohio order for prisoners to be moved or released because of coronavirus.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court refuses for now to block release of prisoners due to COVID-19.”

Jess Bravin and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Won’t Block Court Order to Slow Spread of Coronavirus in Federal Prison Where Nine Have Died; Federal judge required Elkton, Ohio, prison to identify vulnerable inmates for home confinement, transfer.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court refuses to block lower court order demanding action against coronavirus at Ohio prison.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court declines to block at-risk prisoner transfer plan.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Won’t Block Order to Move Inmates Threatened by Virus.”

Tucker Higgins of CNBC reports that “Supreme Court rejects Justice Department bid to halt order aimed at slowing spread of coronavirus at Ohio prison.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Baker County judge stands by ruling that found Oregon governor’s emergency coronavirus orders invalid”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has an article that begins, “Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew B. Shirtcliff informed the state Supreme Court on Tuesday that he will not dismiss the preliminary injunction he granted earlier this month, finding Gov. Kate Brown’s emergency coronavirus orders ‘null and void.'”

“We don’t need another Supreme Court guns case”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“DeSantis appoints two South Floridians to state Supreme Court”: Samantha J. Gross of The Miami Herald has an article that begins, “Gov. Ron DeSantis dipped into the legal ranks of South Florida’s immigrant communities Tuesday in announcing appointments to fill two vacancies on the Florida Supreme Court.”

And Skyler Swisher of The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that “Gov. Ron DeSantis appoints first Caribbean-American and a Miami lawyer to Florida Supreme Court.”