“SC Supreme Court hears arguments on constitutionality of Heritage Act shielding monuments”: Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

And Maayan Schechter of The State of Columbia, South Carolina reports that “SC Supreme Court picks apart 2000 Heritage Act law as they question constitutionality.”

You can access via this link the video of today’s oral argument before the Supreme Court of South Carolina.

“Biden Justice Department fights release of legal memo on prosecuting Trump; The move puts the Biden team in the curious position of seeking to maintain secrecy surrounding legal decisions of the Trump era”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

And Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Merrick Garland Defends Bill Barr; Both oppose a judge’s order to make public an internal DOJ memo.”

“Supreme Court will consider taking up major challenge to affirmative action”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

“Sotomayor Calls Out Kavanaugh for Breaking His Promise to Death Row Inmates”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Senators from Virginia recommend three candidates to fill federal appeals court vacancy”: Frank Green of The Richmond Times-Dispatch has this report.

“Marbury v. the Education Department: Biden’s secretary defies the Supreme Court’s foundational decision from 1803.” Professor Steve H. Hanke and law professor John Yoo will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Liberals Push Breyer to Quit Supreme Court So Biden Gets a Pick”: Ryan Teague Beckwith and Gregory Korte of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Parson appoints Robin Ransom, first Black woman to serve on Missouri Supreme Court”: Jeanne Kuang of The Kansas City Star has this report.

Joel Boenitz of The Columbia Missourian reports that “Judge Robin Ransom becomes first Black woman named to Missouri Supreme Court.”

And Summer Ballentine of The Associated Press reports that “Governor appoints 1st Black woman to Missouri Supreme Court.”

Today, the Office of Missouri Governor Michael L. Parsons issued a news release titled “Governor Parson Appoints the Honorable Robin Ransom as Next Missouri Supreme Court Judge.”

“Democrats: Roe v. Wade blow would fuel expanding Supreme Court.” Alexander Bolton of The Hill has this report.

“Mississippi’s last abortion clinic at center of US debate”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report.

“Supreme Court Rejects Inmate’s Plea for Firing Squad; The inmate, Ernest Johnson, argued that Missouri’s planned use of pentobarbital to execute him would cause excruciating pain”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court turns down inmate requesting firing squad, drawing rebuke from liberal justices.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court declines to hear appeal by death row inmate who sought execution by firing squad.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court rejects inmate’s plea for execution by firing squad.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court rejects Missouri inmate’s firing squad request.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “An Inmate Who Sought Execution By Firing Squad Loses Supreme Court Appeal.”

Justice Stephen G. Breyer today dissented from U.S. Supreme Court‘s denial of certiorari, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor also issued a dissent, in which Justices Breyer and Elena Kagan joined, from the denial of certiorari in Johnson v. Precythe, No. 20-287.

“Inside Barrett’s family ties to Big Oil”: Maxine Joselow of E&E News has this report.

“God Save the Clarence Thomas Court; He’s not chief justice, but never before has he had the power and influence he has now”: Columnist William McGurn will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“When the Chambers Speak, Courts Listen”: Adam Feldman has this post at The Juris Lab.

“Justices, Please Take the Harvard Case; The Court needs to affirm the principle of racial equality or the U.S. will resegregate”: This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Programming note: Posting about today’s Order List and opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court will appear here this evening.

“SC’s Heritage Act protecting Confederate monuments faces critical test in SC Supreme Court”: Jamie Lovegrove of The Post and Courier of Charleston, South Carolina has this report.

“Trump’s revenge: tilting of supreme court to the right poised to bear fruit; Cases on voting rights, abortion and gun control will be a test of the ex-president’s laser-like focus on reshaping the judiciary.” David Smith of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Supreme Court decisions on abortion and guns could shake up 2022 election; Democrats say gutting Roe v. Wade and rejecting gun limits would awaken their base, which tends to snooze during midterm races when they have the White House”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Kline & Specter law firm founders require employees to be vaccinated and think other firms should, too; The Philadelphia law firm will return fully to the office on June 1, with unvaccinated workers in a separate space in the building”: Harold Brubaker of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Judicial Notice (05.22.01): This Justice Is On Fire; Kirkland & Ellis increases its signing bonuses, a virtual firm makes the big leagues, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Rite Aid loses bid to arbitrate drug pricing class action”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Democrats’ very real nightmare scenarios on Stephen Breyer”: Aaron Blake has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Local law firms among those showing interest in investigating Colorado Supreme Court contract and culture”: David Migoya of The Denver Post has an article that begins, “Dozens of Colorado law firms have downloaded information about a $350,000 state contract to investigate allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct in the Supreme Court, raising the possibility that local lawyers could conduct an inquiry into the actions of the agency that regulates and disciplines them.”

“At the Supreme Court, precedent takes a leave of absence”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Ballrooms Become Courtrooms to Get Jury Trials Moving; States are ditching old, cramped courthouses for airier venues like fairgrounds, theaters and Lombardo’s — known for weddings and proms”: Laura Kusisto will have this front page article in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Why firing squads are making a comeback in 21st-century America; The death penalty is slowly disappearing in the United States, but its death throes are getting ugly”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Pro-Lifers Needn’t Fear a Post-Roe Abortion-Rights Backlash; Liberals have few ways to fight back effectively if the Supreme Court overturns its landmark 1973 decision”: Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Supreme Court enters a new era of personal accusation and finger-pointing”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Biden’s Slog To Counter Trump’s Imprint On The Judiciary Is Just Beginning”: Tierney Sneed of TPM has this report.

“Panel Approves First Biden Judicial Picks Over G.O.P. Opposition; Two appeals courts nominees drew scant Republican support; Their approval was part of a post-Trump push by Democrats to rebalance the courts”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Senate panel advances Biden’s first group of judicial nominees.”

And Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Panel Advances Jackson’s Nomination to D.C. Circuit.”

“Stephen Breyer and the danger of the deluded institutionalist”: Columnist Paul Waldman has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court Notebook: Justice Thomas remembers ‘rapid’ RBG.” Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“What Supreme Court’s jettisoning of precedent may mean for future”: Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Why progressives in Congress should ignore Biden’s Supreme Court commission; Rarely has a bipartisan commission been so fundamentally pointless”: Law professor Ryan Doerfler has this essay online at The Washington Post.