“Supreme Court Blog Hit With Heavy Traffic as Opinions Come”: Evan Peng of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Clarence Thomas’ principles showcase how he approaches big matters of constitutional law; The American public often misinterprets Justice Clarence Thomas; He is not a radical, right-wing ideologue”: Michael Pack and Mark Paoletta have this essay online at USA Today.

Pack and Paoletta are the editors of a new book titled “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words.”

“Court may punt on California county’s pandemic gun store closures”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a case that was reargued yesterday before an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

The Ninth Circuit has posted the video of yesterday’s en banc reargument on YouTube at this link.

“Prosecutors Ask That Ghislaine Maxwell Spend at Least 30 Years in Prison; Ms. Maxwell, who will be sentenced next week, showed an ‘utter lack of remorse’ for helping Jeffrey Epstein recruit and abuse girls, federal prosecutors told a judge”: Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times has this report.

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

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 21-248. And Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court in Nance v. Ward, No. 21-439. And Justice Amy Coney Barrett issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., and Gorsuch joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the Court in Vega v. Tekoh, No. 21-499. And Justice Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843. Justice Alito issued a concurring opinion. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a concurring opinion, in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. joined. Justice Barrett issued a concurring opinion. And Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Kagan and Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Why the Supreme Court news site SCOTUSblog says it has a ‘public service’ role”: Brian Stelter of CNN has this report.

“Man pleads not guilty to trying to kill Justice Kavanaugh”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Man Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh Pleads Not Guilty; Nicholas Roske could face potential life sentence if found guilty; trial set for August.”

“One man’s outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court”: This audio profile of Leonard Leo appeared on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Judge Doris Pryor — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“(When) Will SCOTUS Hold that the Establishment Clause Violates the Free Exercise Clause?” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Is the Religious Liberty Tent Big Enough to Include the Religious Commitments of Jews?” Dahlia Lithwick and law professor Micah Schwartzman have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“A new Supreme Court decision has ominous implications for LGBTQ discrimination; On the surface, Marietta Memorial Hospital v. DaVita is a Medicare case with little to say about LGBTQ rights; Dig deeper, however, and it is quite troubling”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Ground-Breaking Articles on Equity in the Federal Courts; The new federal courts issue of the Notre Dame Law Review”: Samuel Bray has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” You can access the articles via this link.

“Shoop, the Collateral-Order Doctrine & Transportation Orders; A footnote in Shoop v. Twyford expanded the list of orders immediately appealable via the collateral-order doctrine to include ‘[t]ransportation orders issued under the All Writs Act’; In doing so, the Court invited more mischief involving the collateral-order doctrine”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“GOP Senators target Ohio judge candidate Rachel Bloomekatz’s views on guns and youthful offenders at confirmation hearing”: Sabrina Eaton of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “GOP senators question Biden appellate court pick on gun rights.”

And Rose Wagner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Gun control work by 6th Circuit pick draws GOP shelling; Rachel Bloomekatz faced Republican criticism for litigating cases alongside the gun control organization Everytown for Gun Safety.”

You can view via this link the video of today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for judicial nominees.

“Arkansas Times loses challenge of state’s Israel boycott law”: Max Brantley of Arkansas Times has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Contempt conviction upheld for lawyer who won $9.5 bln Chevron judgment”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Why It’s Possible For Some Americans To Support Abortion Yet Oppose Roe”: Natalie Jackson has this post at FiveThirtyEight.

“John Roberts played the long game on state funding of religious schools”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“Covid Insurance State Court Rulings Reflect ‘Long Game’ Ahead”: Daphne Zhang of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court rules that Ohio death row inmate should not be transported for neurological testing”: Laura Hancock of The Cleveland Plain Dealer has this report.

“Supreme Court Rejects Maine’s Ban on Aid to Religious Schools; The decision was the latest in a series of rulings forbidding the exclusion of religious institutions from government programs”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court says Maine cannot deny tuition aid to religious schools.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court rules for parents seeking state aid for religious schools.”

Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules Maine Must Include Religious Schools in Tuition Program; State’s program provides tuition for students in remote areas to attend private nonsectarian schools, but not religious ones.”

John Fritze of USA Today has a report headlined “Supreme Court: Schools offering religious instruction may be entitled to state tuition aid; A 6-3 majority ruled Maine’s denial of taxpayer money to religious schools was discriminatory; The court’s liberal wing said the decision erodes separation of church and state.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Supreme Court rules religious schools can access taxpayer dollars.”

Judy Harrison and Lia Russell of The Bangor Daily News report that “Supreme Court tosses Maine’s ban on public funding for religious schools.”

Emily Allen and Megan Gray of The Portland Press Herald report that “U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Maine ban on public funds for religious school tuition; The ruling on a program for rural communities that do not have their own public high schools could create opportunities for school choice programs in other states.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Supreme Court Strikes Down Maine’s Exclusion of Religious Schools From Tuition-Aid Program.”

“Liberals Need to Beat Samuel Alito at His Own Game; To win the war over the Constitution, the justice’s hollow originalist pretenses must be unmasked — and countered with new and forceful legal arguments”: Simon Lazarus has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Connecticut Supreme Court rules pandemic-era video trials pass Constitutional muster. What does this mean going forward?” Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has this report on three related rulings that the Supreme Court of Connecticut issued Monday.

The first related ruling consisted of a majority opinion and two concurring opinions (access here and here). And the second and third related rulings are also available online.

“How liberals should rethink their view of the Supreme Court”: Law professor Brad Snyder has this essay online at CNN.

“US Supreme Court: The woman who could end Roe v Wade.” Holly Honderich of BBC News has this profile of Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch.

“Supreme Court Declines to Hear Bayer Appeal on Roundup; Court’s decision not to hear case leaves Bayer exposed to billions of dollars in potential settlement costs”: Jan Wolfe of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Should guns be banned in bars, hospitals? Supreme Court case could spur new 2nd Amendment fight. If Democratic-led states and cities lose a major gun rights case at the Supreme Court, experts predict the next Second Amendment battleground will focus on banning firearms in ‘sensitive’ places.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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

1. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita Inc., No. 20-1641. And Justice Elena Kagan issued a partial dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in United States v. Taylor, No. 20-1459. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued dissenting opinions. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Stephen G. Breyer delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in United States v. Washington, No. 21-404. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court in Carson v. Makin, No. 20-1088. Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Kagan joined in full and Justice Sotomayor joined in part. And Justice Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

5. And Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court in Shoop v. Twyford, No. 21-511. Justice Breyer issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Sotomayor and Kagan joined. And Justice Gorsuch issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“Speaker at meeting of Ginni Thomas group called Biden’s win illegitimate long after Jan. 6, video shows”: Emma Brown, Isaac Stanley-Becker, and Rosalind S. Helderman have this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court Gun Record Is Sparse Ahead of Likely Rights Expansion”: John Crawley and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Tentative Thoughts On The Jewish Claim To A ‘Religious Abortion'”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Judicial Notice (06.18.22): Bearing Witness; Lawyers testify before the January 6 Committee, Preet Bharara goes back to Biglaw, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“A lot is happening: The Supreme Court’s conservatives can do what they want — but Ginni Thomas is testing the limits; Across the nation, trans people are fighting for their lives.” Chris Geidner has this post at his new Substack site, “Chris Geidner’s Newsletter.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in two cases, granted one motion for leave to file a bill of complaint, and called for the views of the Solicitor General in one case.

And in Shoop v. Cassano, No. 21-679, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent, in which Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. joined, from the denial of certiorari.