“Supreme Court, consider justice sponsorship!” Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Arizona Governor Says Prosecutors Cannot Enforce Abortion Law; Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, says she is doing what she can to protect abortion rights in a state with a 15-week ban on the procedure”: Jack Healy of The New York Times has this report.

And Ray Stern of The Arizona Republic reports that “Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs issues executive order to limit prosecutions related to abortion.”

“Democracy Vindicates Alito on Abortion; The issue is helping Democrats for now, as the people decide”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“What a Year in Post-Roe America Reveals About Abortion; Support for at least some measure of rights, even in red states, has scrambled political dynamics and divided abortion opponents; Kansas ‘was the first alarm bell'”: Laura Kusisto of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Is There Any Twinge of Regret Among the Anti-Abortion Justices?” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump coup plotter John Eastman is finally facing real accountability”: Columnist Greg Sargent has this op-ed online at The Washington Post.

“US appeals court vacates travel mask mandate ruling”: David Shepardson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“An Abortion Clinic One Year Later: After the fall of Roe v. Wade, North Dakota’s Red River Women’s Clinic moved two miles away, into Minnesota and a new political reality.” Emily Witt of The New Yorker has this report.

“Is the Supreme Court Ready to Walk Back Last Term’s Historically Awful Guns Ruling?” Law professor Timothy Zick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Justice Samuel Alito IS the Salmon; Calling this an ethics scandal misses the point”: Dahlia Lithwick has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Worst Trump Judge in America is Lawrence VanDyke; The federal judge the ABA called ‘arrogant,’ ‘lazy’ and ‘lacking in knowledge.'” James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“‘The Most Liberal Judge’ Has Died; The decision to release boxer Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter was met with intense and long-lasting opposition from many, said Bruce Rosen, an attorney at Pashman Stein Walder Hayden who was hired as a law clerk for the judge to help on the Carter case”: Charles Toutant of New Jersey Law Journal 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 Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court in United States v. Hansen, No. 22-179. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion. And Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in United States v. Texas, No. 22-58. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued an opinion, in which Justices Thomas and Barrett joined, concurring in the judgment. Justice Barrett issued an opinion, in which Justice Gorsuch joined, concurring in the judgment. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Kavanaugh also delivered the opinion of the Court in Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski, No. 22-105. And Justice Jackson issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Sotomayor and Elena Kagan joined in full and Justice Thomas joined in large measure. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court in Samia v. United States, No. 22-196. Justice Barrett issued an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment. Justice Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Sotomayor and Jackson joined. And Justice Jackson issued a dissenting opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.