“The Conservative Legal Push to Overturn Roe v. Wade Was 50 Years in the Making; An increasingly influential movement questioned the view of constitutional rights underpinning the decision”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Supreme Court’s abortion ruling puts spotlight on Pa. governor and state legislative races; Both parties know the midterm campaign will decide the fate of abortion access in the state; And they intend to make access to the procedure a key issue ahead of this fall”: Anna Orso, Chris Brennan, and Andrew Seidman of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“When the Supreme Court Takes Away a Long-Held Constitutional Right: The crude reality of the political machinations involved in overruling Roe v. Wade makes it galling to read the Court’s self-portrayal as a picture of proper judicial restraint.” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker.

“Jackson’s Pink House staff members say goodbyes, plan for the future in a post-Roe world”: Wicker Perlis of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

“Abortion Goes Back to the People; In Dobbs, the Supreme Court finally corrects its historic mistake in Roe v. Wade“: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court Overturns Roe and Casey”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast, featuring David French and Sarah Isgur, via this link.

“Roe is dead. Now what?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring law professors Melissa Murray, Leah Litman, and Kate Shaw, via this link.

“Justices Are Not Kings; There is no court legitimacy without public trust in the court”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, ending right to abortion upheld for decades”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Alito Ignores Abortion Backlash and Rebuffs Justices’ Critiques”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson and Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Her illegal abortion paved the way for Roe. 56 years later she shares her story.” Brittny Mejia of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Abortion banned in Missouri as trigger law takes effect, following Supreme Court ruling”: Jonathan Shorman of The Kansas City Star has this report.

And Kurt Erickson of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that “Abortions are banned in Missouri, but lawmakers say the fight isn’t over.”

“The Supreme Court Reclaims Its Legitimacy; In the 1973 abortion case, not today, the justices overstepped their boundaries and made their institution political”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and law professor Jennifer L. Mascott have this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“In furious dissent, Supreme Court’s liberal wing slams ‘draconian’ abortion decision”: Adam Edelman of NBC News has this report, along with a report headlined “Thomas wants the Supreme Court to overturn landmark rulings that legalized contraception, same-sex marriage.”

“What the Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling Means for New York: On Thursday, a conservative majority struck down a hundred-and-eleven-year-old gun law restricting the ability to carry handguns outside of the home.” Eric Lach has this post online at The New Yorker.

“We’re Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We’re Going Somewhere Worse. We are entering an era not just of unsafe abortions but of the widespread criminalization of pregnancy.” Jia Tolentino will have this Comment in the July 4, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

“Which rights are next on the Supreme Court’s chopping block? Roe v. Wade is now overruled. Are access to contraception, same-sex marriage, and even the right to choose your own sex partners next?” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And online at Slate, Mark Joseph Stern has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court’s Next Target Is Marriage Equality. It Won’t Be the Last. Trust the liberal justices: Dobbs puts many other rights in grave and immediate jeopardy.”

“Can Companies Still Cover Abortion Travel Costs? After the repeal of Roe v. Wade, and trigger laws banning abortion in 13 states, the legality of covering employees’ costs traveling out of state will come into question.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Ending Roe Is Institutional Suicide for Supreme Court; It’s no exaggeration to say that the abortion decision, written by Justice Samuel Alito and joined by four other conservatives, is one of the worst decisions in the court’s history”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Supreme Court nullifies right to abortion”: Lyle Denniston has this blog post.

“Confidence in U.S. Supreme Court Sinks to Historic Low”: Jeffrey M. Jones of Gallup has this report.

“How SCOTUS gutted our gun laws”: You can access yesterday’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast, featuring law professors Kate Shaw, Leah Litman, and Melissa Murray, via this link.

And the latest episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast, featuring David French and Sarah Isgur, is titled “Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Gun Law.”

“Paul Clement Leaves Kirkland & Ellis Amid A Dispute Over Gun Cases; Paul Clement and Erin Murphy will launch an appellate boutique, Clement Murphy, PLLC”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“There’s a Way to Outmaneuver the Supreme Court, and Maine Has Found It”: Law professor Aaron Tang has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“States Rush to Revamp Laws After Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling; After some restrictions on gun permits were deemed unconstitutional, legislators announced plans to craft new laws that honor the ruling while still creating limits”: Eric Lipton, Shawn Hubler, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, and Serge F. Kovaleski of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court gives states green light to ban abortion, overturning Roe; The bombshell decision is set to upend races across the country as governors, attorneys general, and other state and local leaders gain new powers to decide when abortion will be permitted”: Josh Gerstein and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico have this report.

Quint Forgey of Politico has a report headlined “Justice Thomas: SCOTUS ‘should reconsider’ contraception, same-sex marriage rulings; Democrats warned that the court would seek to undo other constitutional rights if it overturned Roe v. Wade, as it did on Friday.”

And Myah Ward of Politico has a report headlined “‘With sorrow … we dissent’: Liberal justices rebuke decision to overturn Roe; They warn of how far state leaders could push this newfound power.”

“Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade; states can ban abortion”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Lawrence Hurley and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade abortion landmark.”

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Overturns Roe, Transforming Abortion-Rights Fight; High court upholds Mississippi’s 15-week ban on procedure; Court votes 5-4 to overturn Roe, with Roberts stopping short.”

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

1. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Becerra v. Empire Health Foundation, For Valley Hospital Medical Center, No. 20-1312. And Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Neil M. Gorsuch joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. And Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, No. 19-1392. Justices Clarence Thomas and Kavanaugh issued concurring opinions. Chief Justice Roberts issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. And Justices Stephen G. Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Kagan collectively issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“No One Is Above the Law, and That Starts With Donald Trump”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court’s gun ruling is a serious misfire”: Columnist George F. Will has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.