“Stone Appeals Denial of Prison Delay Over Coronavirus Fears”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “Republican operative Roger Stone asked a federal appeals court to delay the start of his prison term until Sept. 3 from July 14 because of the coronavirus pandemic, after the trial judge denied his earlier request.”

“Supreme Court keeps ban on robocalls to cellphones, tosses exception for government debt collection”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Expands Robocall Ban; Court strikes down exception for government-debt collectors.”

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court upholds law banning cellphone robocalls.”

“Precedent: Which Justices Practice What They Preach.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“‘Strategic considerations’: John Roberts’ swing votes all about politics, court watchers say; Despite key swing-vote wins, liberals wary of chief justice.” Alex Swoyer has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Times.

“‘All he saw to me was my skin color’: Clerk faces backlash from judge’s comment.” Matt Hamilton of The Los Angeles Times has an article that begins, “After two weeks of national protests over the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer, the top federal judge in Southern California sat for a webinar to discuss the reopening of courthouses.”

“States May Curb ‘Faithless Electors,’ Supreme Court Rules; The court said states may require members of the Electoral College to vote for the presidential candidates they had promised to support”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court says a state may require presidential electors to support its popular-vote winner.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules electoral college representatives must honor choice of state’s voters.”

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Rules States Can Prohibit Presidential Electors From Breaking Rank; Justices rule that states can bar ‘faithless’ electors from supporting someone other than the candidate chosen by voters in their state.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court rules presidential electors can be forced to uphold popular vote.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rules states can penalize ‘faithless electors.’”

Saja Hindi of The Denver Post reports that “Supreme Court unanimously sides with Colorado in faithless electors case; States can require electors to vote for winner of popular vote for president.”

And David Gutman of The Seattle Times reports that “U.S. Supreme Court rules against Washington’s ‘faithless electors,’ says states can require electors to back vote winners.”

“Chief Justice John Roberts’ institutionalist approach to the judiciary”: Law professor Tom Campbell has this essay online at The Orange County Register.

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

1. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined in full and Justice Clarence Thomas joined in part in Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc., No. 19-631. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. Justice Stephen G. Breyer issued an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan joined. And Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued an opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part, in which Justice Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Chiafalo v. Washington, No. 19-465. And Justice Thomas issued an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Justice Gorsuch joined in part. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. And the Court issued a per curiam ruling in Colorado Dept. of State v. Baca, No. 19-518. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“US supreme court gives conservatives the blues but what’s really going on? Donald Trump’s nomination of two justices seemed to have tilted the balance decisively but recent rulings have raised eyebrows.” Tom McCarthy of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Progressives target Dianne Feinstein as head of Senate Judiciary Committee”: Tal Kopan has this front page article in today’s edition of The San Francisco Chronicle.