“Guns, Trump, and the G.O.P.: The right’s push to loosen restrictions is resulting in a judicial and legislative free-for-all that is intersecting, disastrously, with the 2024 Presidential race.” Amy Davidson Sorkin has this Comment in the Talk of the Town section of the May 29, 2023 issue of The New Yorker.

“Abortion Restrictions Pass Across U.S. as Republicans Overcome Divisions; South Carolina’s six-week ban caps first major legislative session since fall of Roe V. Wade”: Laura Kusisto and Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist George F. Will has an essay titled “Ambivalent about abortion, the American middle begins to find its voice.”

“A Guide for How the Legal Press Corps Could Do June Better: The Supreme Court is sure to hand down another scorching set of decisions; Journalists could do a few easy things to cover this more accurately.” Jay Willis has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Chief Justice Says Supreme Court Is Working to Address Ethics Questions; In remarks at an awards ceremony, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. also addressed heckling at law schools and security for members of the court”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Roberts says Supreme Court will address ethics issues.”

John Fritze of USA Today reports that “John Roberts says he’s committed to ‘highest standards’ at Supreme Court, considering changes.”

Alex Swoyer pf The Washington Times reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts says putting fence around Supreme Court was ‘hardest decision.’”

Martin Pengelly of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Chief justice says US supreme court keeps ‘highest standards’ of conduct; John Roberts speaks on same day lawyers for Harlan Crow decline to cooperate with Senate judiciary committee over gifts scandal.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Chief Justice Roberts says Supreme Court can do more on ethics, but offers no specifics.”

Jacqueline Thomsen of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court’s Roberts says committed to ‘highest standards of conduct.’”

Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Chief Justice Roberts says building a fence around Supreme Court was the ‘hardest decision’ of his tenure; The Supreme Court has been roiled by the leak of last year’s abortion ruling and claims that justices, including Clarence Thomas, have fallen short of ethics standards.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts seeks to assure the public about the Supreme Court’s ethics.”

Anders Hagstrom of Fox News reports that “SCOTUS can address ethics as ‘independent branch,’ Chief Justice Roberts says amid Clarence Thomas attacks; The Supreme Court is committed to ‘the highest standards of conduct,’ Roberts says.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico has a report headlined “Roberts: Supreme Court seeks to assure public on justices’ ethics; The chief justice says he’s mulling ways to address worries about ‘standards of conduct.’”

C-SPAN has posted online a video titled “Justice Kagan and Chief Justice Roberts at American Law Institute Award Ceremony.”

“What I Realized After Justice Alito Attacked Me for Critiquing the Shadow Docket”: Law professor Steve Vladeck has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Supreme Court approval rating declines amid controversy over ethics and transparency: Marquette poll.” Devan Cole of CNN has this report.

You can access the detailed poll results via this link.

“Lacking courage to talk back, Supreme Court nominee defeated herself”: Online at The Journal Inquirer of Manchester, Connecticut, columnist Chris Powell has an essay that begins, “Because she once said something nice about a judge long before that judge made it to the U.S. Supreme Court and ruled that there is no federal constitutional right to abortion, Sandra Slack Glover is not going to be appointed to Connecticut’s Supreme Court.”

“Skip charter school skirts-only case, U.S. Justice Dept tells Supreme Court”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post.

“Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bernstein returns after mental health care absence”: Arpan Lobo of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

“Missouri Supreme Court restricts access to old documents on Casenet website”: Josh Renaud of The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has this report.

“The Iowa Supreme Court ends its term in June. A big abortion ruling still awaits. What else?” William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“DeSantis continues shifting Florida Supreme Court rightward with new appointment”: Zac Anderson of The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has this report.

Michael Moline of Florida Phoenix reports that “DeSantis quietly names Judge Meredith Sasso to the Florida Supreme Court; She’s another conservative with affiliation with Federalist Society.”

And Gary Fineout of Politico reports that “DeSantis installs another conservative on Florida’s Supreme Court; The governor has kept part of the vetting process for state Supreme Court justices relatively quiet.”

“Professor Concludes 17-Year Run as Director of Supreme Court Clinic”: Mary Wood of the University of Virginia School of Law has a report that begins, “After arguing at the U.S. Supreme Court, then having lunch with students who worked on the case and sometimes other lawyers, Dan Ortiz drives back to Charlottesville and ends his day the way the University of Virginia School of Law professor usually does: with a long swim in the pool.”

“Trump’s worst judge will hear a $1.8 billion attack on Planned Parenthood; Remember that guy who tried to ban mifepristone? He’s back.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Second Biden judicial pick in one month withdraws from consideration; Jabari Wamble withdrew his nomination on Tuesday; He follows Michael Delaney, who stepped out of contention for an appellate judgeship last week”: Betsy Woodruff Swan and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.

“US Says Justices Should Skip on Charter School Skirt Rule Case”: Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the Solicitor General’s amicus brief at this link.

“Appeals court upholds Thomas Jefferson High School’s admission policy; Coalition for TJ parent group argued the revised policy discriminated against Asian American applicants”: Karina Elwood of The Washington Post has this report.

Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Appeals court upholds school’s diversity policy that curtailed Asian American student admissions.”

Anders Hagstrom of Fox News has a report headlined “Prestigious Virginia high school’s admissions policy does not discriminate against Asian Americans: court; Thomas Jefferson High School changed its admission policies to be more diverse.”

And Joan Hennessy of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit upholds admissions policy at elite Virginia high school; A coalition of parents challenging the school board’s decision to drop standardized testing vowed to take their fight to the U.S. Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Harlan Crow Rebuffs Senate Democrats’ Questions About Gifts To Clarence Thomas; ‘We do not believe the Committee has the authority to investigate’ Crow’s friendship with the Supreme Court justice, the GOP billionaire’s lawyer said”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“GOP megadonor Harlan Crow declines to answer Democrats’ questions about financial ties to Clarence Thomas”: Ariane de Vogue and Tierney Sneed of CNN have this report.

“Neil Gorsuch Has Given Himself Away”: Columnist Jamelle Bouie has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Texas bill would preserve UT-Austin’s admissions policies if U.S. Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action; State lawmakers passed legislation that would ensure the UT flagship can continue to cap the number of students it automatically admits because of their academic achievement at 75%, giving the university room to accept other students using different criteria”: Kate McGee of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“After the Warhol Decision, Another Major Copyright Case Looms; Richard Prince, an artist who appropriates images like Andy Warhol did, is being sued; But experts said the Supreme Court’s Warhol ruling may have little impact on the case”: Matt Stevens has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Public Criticism Might Be the Best Way to Reform the Supreme Court”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“DeSantis Floats ‘7-2 Conservative Majority’ on Supreme Court; With his 2024 campaign imminent, Ron DeSantis pointed to how he could tilt the court further to the right; He also highlighted his ability to serve for eight years as president, unlike Donald Trump”: Nicholas Nehamas of The New York Times has this report.

And Hannah Knowles of The Washington Post reports that “DeSantis envisions shaping ‘7-2 conservative majority’ on Supreme Court; The Florida governor suggested that Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, John Roberts and Sonia Sotomayor could all retire over the next two presidential terms.”

“How the ProPublica Guys Broke That Huge Clarence Thomas Story: It was not straightforward.” Hillary Frey has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Warhol Diaries: Kagan v. Sotomayor; Inside the titanic legal clash and Latinate trash-talk behind one of the most consequential cases to rock the art world, and Hollywood, in a generation.” Eriq Gardner of Puck has this report.

“Long High Court Sessions Makes Advocates Happy, Stomachs Grumble; Arguments run way longer than planned in some cases; Jackson and her liberal colleagues led in argument time”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Xiao Wang Joins Faculty To Lead Supreme Court Litigation Clinic; Professor Launched Innovative Programs at Northwestern”: Mary Wood of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“More Governmental-Privilege Appeals from the Fifth Circuit; The Fifth Circuit continues to let government officials appeal from discovery orders; Hopefully one of these cases will go en banc”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Inside the Garden of Evil: Harlan Crow wants to stop talking about Clarence Thomas.” Graeme Wood of The Atlantic has this report.

And Ariane de Vogue of CNN has a report headlined “Harlan Crow on buying house of Justice Clarence Thomas’ mother: ‘I don’t see the foot fault.’“

“Animal rights: Supreme Court ducks challenge to California ban on foie gras.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“US Supreme Court’s Andy Warhol decision keeps ‘fair use’ questions alive”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court saves California’s bacon with this ruling; The Supreme Court wisely allowed California to go its own way”: Robert J. Delahunty and law professor John Yoo have this essay online at Fox News.

“Imagine if the Press Covered the Supreme Court Like Congress; You can’t, can you?” Dahlia Lithwick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Anti-Abortion Litigation at Warp Speed”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.