“The Justices’ Wakeup Call to Congress: When it created the CFPB, the legislature gave it immense power; Now, the presidency has a hold of it.” Mick Mulvaney and Eric Blankenstein have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“After a Trail of Tears, Justice for ‘Indian Country’; From my elders, I learned that justice is sometimes seven generations away or more — and inevitable”: Joy Harjo has this essay online at The New York Times.

And online at The Washington Post, Jonodev O. Chaudhuri has an essay titled “Our Muscogee people suffered for generations in the hope of a better tomorrow. It’s finally here.”

“The Supreme Court’s Late-Night Death Penalty Decision Isn’t Just Cruel. It’s Legally Indefensible. The five conservative justices abdicated their duty to ensure that executions comply with the Constitution.” Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Progressives’ Supreme Court Victories Will Be Fleeting; The groundwork is now in place for major conservative wins in the years ahead”: Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“U.S. executes Daniel Lewis Lee, at Terre Haute prison, first in 17 years”: Lisa Trigg of The Tribune-Star of Terre Haute, Indiana has this report.

Tim Evans and Holly V. Hays of The Indianapolis Star have an article headlined “‘You’re killing an innocent man’: Daniel Lewis Lee executed in Terre Haute federal prison.”

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Trump administration carries out first federal execution since 2003 after late-night Supreme Court intervention.”

Hailey Fuchs of The New York Times reports that “Government Carries Out First Federal Execution in 17 Years; Hours after a 5-to-4 vote by the Supreme Court, Daniel Lewis Lee was put to death by lethal injection in Terre Haute, Ind., for his role in the 1996 murder of a family of three.”

Jess Bravin and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Daniel Lewis Lee Is Executed; Focus Turns to Other Death Row Inmates; Following first federal execution in 17 years, a judge declined requests to delay the capital punishment of convicted murderers Wesley Ira Purkey and Dustin Lee Honken.”

Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Federal execution renews Supreme Court’s divide over death penalty.”

Jeff Mordock of The Washington Times reports that “U.S. executes convicted killer for first time in 17 years.”

Michael Balsamo of The Associated Press has a report headlined “First federal execution in 17 years; another set Wednesday.”

Jonathan Allen and Sarah N. Lynch of Reuters report that “U.S. carries out first execution in 17 years after overnight Supreme Court ruling.”

Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Trump Administration Carried Out The First Federal Execution In 17 Years; Death row inmates unsuccessfully tried to pause federal executions while they challenged the Trump administration’s new lethal injection protocol.”

On today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Carrie Johnson had an audio segment titled “Federal Government Executes 1st Prisoner In 17 Years After Overnight Court Rulings.” And on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Johnson had an audio segment titled “Federal Government Resumes Capital Punishment, Executes Daniel Lee.”

You can access this morning’s per curiam 5-to-4 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“The Roberts Court Is Nothing Like America; In a polarized nation, the justices continue to defy partisanship”: Law professor Akhil Reed Amar has this essay online at The New York Times.

“‘Sanctuary city’ en banc decision shows tensions among 2nd Circuit judges”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about the opinions concurring in and dissenting from a denial of rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized for possible infection”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore early Tuesday to receive treatment for a possible infection and will remain for a few days, according to the Supreme Court.”

And Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg hospitalized with infection.”

The Public Information Office of the U.S. Supreme Court issued this news release today.

“Another Court Says No Restarting the §1292(b) Clock; The D.C. Circuit joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that ‘recertifying’ an order for interlocutory appeal does not restart §1292(b)’s ten-day deadline”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued Friday.