“Throwback Tulsa: One year ago, McGirt v. Oklahoma Supreme Court decision rules part of state remains an American Indian reservation.” The Tulsa World has this report.

“Gov. Dunleavy picks Jennifer Stuart Henderson as new Alaska Supreme Court justice”: James Brooks of The Anchorage Daily News has this report.

Becky Bohrer of The Associated Press reports that “Dunleavy appoints Henderson to Alaska Supreme Court.”

And Andrew Kitchenman of Alaska Public Media reports that Anchorage judge Jennifer Stuart Henderson to be newest Alaska Supreme Court justice.”

“Gov. Doug Ducey appoints Kathryn Hackett King to Arizona Supreme Court”: Lacey Latch of The Arizona Republic has this report.

“Heller Survives the Corpus”: William Baude has this post at the “Second Thoughts Blog” of the Duke Center for Firearms Law.

The blog also currently features a bunch of related posts.

“Garland Settles In but Trump Era Still Shadows the Justice Dept.; The attorney general’s decisions in a handful of cases have shaped an early challenge for him: fortifying the department’s independence.” Katie Benner of The New York Times has this report.

“Should an Originalist Justice Support Overruling Kelo v. New London? The general assumption that the Fifth Amendment bars takings for economic development purposes rests on shaky ground.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

In response, Ilya Somin has a post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” titled “Kelo, Originalism, and Public Use: A response to Jonathan Adler’s attempt at an originalist defense of Kelo v. City of New London.”

“Reprimand of judges for social media misconduct warrants updated guidelines, experts say; After a spate of reports of judges using social media in partisan and inappropriate ways, observers say states should revisit their guidelines and give more clarity”: Erik Ortiz of NBC News has this report.

“The Court’s Voting-Rights Decision Was Worse Than People Think; The conservative majority’s opinion has declared that voter fraud, not racial discrimination, is a threat to the American system of representation”: Law professors Guy-Uriel E. Charles and Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer have this essay online at The Atlantic.

“What Difference Would a Justice Breyer Retirement Make? Replacing the Court’s most pro-government justice with a young progressive might make a bigger difference than expected.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Banning Abortion Doesn’t Protect Women’s Health”: Law professor Michele Goodwin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Conservative Justices Warn Kavanaugh and Barrett Lack ‘Fortitude”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at Newsweek.

“Post-Trump supreme court appears willing to embrace judicial activism; Court issued some near-unanimous decisions this term, but one legal expert suspects rightwing justices are playing a ‘long game'”: Ed Pilkington of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“How Stephen Breyer Is Helping to Destroy the Norms He Claims to Cherish; The Republican Party will use the justice’s sentimental beliefs about democracy against him”: Michael Tomasky has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Citizens, Not the State, Will Enforce New Abortion Law in Texas; The measure bans abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy; And it effectively deputizes ordinary citizens to sue people involved in the process”: Sabrina Tavernise of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Latest Voting Rights Opinion Is Even Worse Than It Seems”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen, creator of the “Election Law Blog,” has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Supreme Court’s Total War on Congress: In little-heralded decisions, the Roberts court has moved to entrench judicial supremacy and destroy the legislative branch.” Simon Lazarus and Robert Litan have this essay online at The New Republic.

“Judge David Tatel’s lack of eyesight never defined him, but his blindness is woven into the culture of the influential appeals court in D.C.” Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Law School Application Surge Means ‘Nightmare’ Contest for Slots; Boom fueled by lockdown, social justice movement brings tougher competition for aspiring lawyers and tricky admissions decisions for schools”: Breanna Bradham of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Michigan Supreme Court Justice returns after dealing with war and criticism during six-month diplomacy tour”: Malachi Barrett of mLive has this report.

“The Supreme Court inches closer to a press freedom showdown”: Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Gorsuch Critique of Landmark Libel Case Should Be Taken Seriously; A conservative Supreme Court justice invokes a liberal colleague to argue that New York Times v. Sullivan is wrong for the social-media age.”

“A Supreme Court ruling protecting speech astonishes Schumer”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court is heading back to Philadelphia”: Columnist Hugh Hewitt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump’s Supreme Court shrinks from controversy; Conservatives say the three newest justices lack intestinal fortitude, while liberals fear the future as the court takes on abortion and gun rights”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“The DNC’s Dishonest Voting Case Against Arizona; The justices upheld our common-sense election laws against baseless charges of racism”: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court Term Produces Odd Bedfellows in Scrambled Lineups”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Repudiating Roe (Part II): The Pernicious Doctrine of Stare Decisis.” Law professor Michael Stokes Paulsen has this essay online at Public Discourse.

“How Convenient Should Voting Be? Court Ruling Leaves No Clear Answer; The Supreme Court’s decision on voting rights suggests that limits to the convenience of voting methods may be relatively permissible, while new burdens on casting a ballot in-person might be more vulnerable.” Nate Cohn of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Supreme Court shifts slowly to the right in first term with expanded conservative majority”: Melissa Quinn of CBS News has this report.

“The Supreme Court has taken a gentle but decisive curve to the right”: Columnist Hugh Hewitt has this essay online at The Washington Post.

View online UCI Law’s 11th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review recorded earlier today: Via this link. Law professor Rick Hasen served as moderator, and the panelists were Emily Bazelon, Erwin Chemerinsky, Paul D. Clement, Stephen Lee, and Melissa Murray.

“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Have Laid the Groundwork for the Devastation to Come”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The complicated interplay of agreement on the Trump-appointee-heavy Supreme Court”: Philip Bump of The Washington Post has this news analysis.

“Here Are 5 Takeaways From The Supreme Court Term”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.

“Steady term of the Supreme Court ends with politically fraught cases that reveal divisions”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“US Supreme Court tilts to the right — but how far will it go? Signs of compromise among justices will be put to the test next term over guns and abortion.” Lauren Fedor of Financial Times has this report.