“Breyer Hires Four New Clerks in Hint He’s Staying on Court”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine, Ed Kilgore has a post titled “Stephen Breyer Just Answered Calls for Him to Quit.”

“John Roberts takes aim at the Voting Rights Act and political money disclosures, again”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Justices found common ground in controversial cases, largely side-stepping ideological splits”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

“Supreme Court Term Paints Mixed Picture for Business; Court struck blows against union access and certain consumer class-actions, but rejected business positions in product-liability and antitrust cases”: Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court under Roberts moves right this year on religion and voting”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Barrett moves Supreme Court to the right, but cautiously”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“A Supreme Court Term Marked by a Conservative Majority in Flux; The chief justice’s power waned, and the three Trump justices grew more influential; The term ended with an exclamation point, with the court imposing new limits on the Voting Rights Act”: Adam Liptak will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Court Strikes Down Attempt to Expand Summer Ethanol Sales; The decision invalidates a Trump administration plan intended to be a big compromise between farmers and refiners”: Timothy Puko of The Wall Street Journal has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“After Seven Years of Litigation, Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett Let Arlene’s Flowers Wilt; Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch put public pressure on Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Patricia McCabe named Public Information Officer of the Supreme Court of the U.S.” The U.S. Supreme Court‘s Public Information Office issued this news release today.

“Democrats renew court packing calls, blast the Supreme Court’s final two decisions of term; President Biden accused Supreme Court of doing ‘severe damage’ to voting rights”: Tyler Olson of Fox News has this report.

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Liberals call for federal election laws, packing the Supreme Court after voting rights loss.”

“Unusually agreeable justices end term with conservative wins”: Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The New York Times have this report.

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “Barrett finds own voice at center of conservative U.S. Supreme Court.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Barrett’s First High Court Term Gives Taste of Turn to Right.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in nine new cases and also will be hearing oral argument in an original jurisdiction case.

In Dunn v. Reeves, No. 20–1084, the Court issued a per curiam opinion. Justice Stephen G. Breyer noted his dissent without opinion. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Elena Kagan joined.

In Hoggard v. Rhodes, No. 20–1066, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.

In Mast v. Fillmore County, Minn., No. 20–7028, the Court issued a GVR order. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. concurred in the judgment. And Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion.

In Berisha v. Lawson, No. 20–1063, Justices Thomas and Gorsuch each issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari.

And in Eychaner v. City of Chicago, No. 20–1214, Justice Thomas issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari, in which Justice Gorsuch joined. And Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh also noted that he would have granted review.