“Liberal Supreme Court journalists admit incompetence, prescribe propaganda and harassment of justices”: Mark Judge has this essay online at the Washington Examiner.

“The Next Republican President’s Supreme Court Picks Will Be Far Worse Than Trump’s”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Risk of ‘Colorblind Absolutism’; If the Supreme Court decides to end affirmative action, even race-neutral efforts to redress racial inequality could be next”: Law professor Sheryll Cashin has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Military academies use affirmative action. Will the Supreme Court stop them? Its ruling on race-conscious admissions will reverberate at West Point and Annapolis.” Nick Anderson has this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“Former Supreme Court Justice David Souter is hoping to be a role model for students at Concord High”: Columnist Ray Duckler of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor has this essay.

And James Maloney of ABC affiliate WMUR 9 of Manchester, New Hampshire reports that “Former US Associate Supreme Court Justice David Souter becomes first honored in Concord High Wall of Fame.”

“Supreme Court chief justice slams Liberal government over slow judicial appointments process; Justice Richard Wagner said he’s concerned about lack of transparency in Russell Brown misconduct case”: John Paul Tasker of CBC News has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is Getting Less Unpopular”: Cooper Burton of FiveThrtyEight has this post.

“DeSantis, Trump spar over who is conservative enough for a right-veering Supreme Court”: John Fritze and David Jackson of USA Today have this report.

“Why Supreme Court voting rights decision shocked legal, political worlds”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

“‘Clerical error’ cuts judges’ pay in Louisiana Legislature’s chaotic budget approval”: Julie O’Donoghue of the Louisiana Illuminator has this report.

“SJC justice to retire early, giving Healey first chance to name member of state’s highest court”: Matt Stout of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown retires early, ending probe into alleged drunk and obnoxious behaviour; Brown’s sudden retirement was announced by the Canadian Judicial Council, which was investigating a complaint filed by an American man”: Tonda MacCharles of The Toronto Star has this report.

Sean Fine of The Globe and Mail of Toronto reports that “Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown resigns before start of inquiry into alleged harassment.”

Christopher Nardi of National Post reports that “Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown resigns amid probe into altercation, citing ‘strain’ and length of investigation; A statement said the resignation effectively ends an investigation into his alleged conduct during a banquet in Arizona.”

David Fraser of The Canadian Press reports that “Justice Russell Brown retires from Supreme Court, ending judicial conduct review.”

Brian Platt of Bloomberg News reports that “Canada Supreme Court Judge Quits Over Alleged Drunken Incident at Arizona Spa; Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown was under investigation; Resignation gives Trudeau chance to appoint a sixth judge.”

Chloe Kim of BBC News reports that “Canadian Supreme Court justice steps down amid probe into misconduct claim.”

John Paul Tasker of CBC News reports that “Russell Brown steps down from Supreme Court, halting probe into misconduct claim; Canadian Judicial Council began looking into misconduct claim linked to incident in U.S.”

And Rachel Aiello of CTV News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown retires, ending judicial review.”

“Codifiers’ Errors and 42 U.S.C. 1983; with relevance to both a 1980 precedent and a recent article by Alex Reinert”: Will Baude has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Addresses Latin American Judges at Justice Department’s Judicial Studies Institute”: The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Public Affairs issued this news release Friday.

“The Supreme Court Isn’t as Divided as You Think; Look closely and you’ll start to see the justices as individuals with their own idiosyncrasies, backgrounds, and approaches to the law”: Elizabeth Slattery has this essay online at National Review.

“John Roberts Just Told Congress How to Fix Bad Supreme Court Decisions”: David H. Gans has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Justices Thomas and Sotomayor, who say they benefitted from affirmative action, divide on its future; Sotomayor, who has praised Thomas, described their differences as philosophical”: Devin Dwyer and Patty See of ABC News have this report.

“Do People Subject to Domestic Abuse Orders Have the Right to Be Armed? The Supreme Court will soon consider whether to hear an appeal of a ruling striking down a domestic-violence law under the Second Amendment.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“DeSantis pledges to ‘do better’ than Trump on picking Supreme Court justices”: Zach Schonfeld of The Hill has this report.

“Time Is Running Out for John Roberts and the Supreme Court”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Ohio Supreme Court partially OKs ballot language for plan to make it harder to amend constitution”: Haley BeMiller of The Columbus Dispatch has this report on a per curiam opinion that a partially divided Supreme Court of Ohio issued today.

Update: In other coverage, Andrew J. Tobias of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports that “State Issue 1 ballot language must be rewritten, Ohio Supreme Court rules.”

“Roberts isn’t an institutionalist. He’s a weather vane.” Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“31. Emergency Applications and the Merits: A common defense of the Supreme Court’s aggressive granting of emergency relief is that the justices are just previewing the merits; Thursday’s Alabama redistricting ruling was another counterexample.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Judicial Notice (06.10.23): Get Outta Here; A noisy withdrawal from Biglaw, a familiar face on the Trump case, Cravath’s uncertain future, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Will the Judge in Trump’s Case Recuse Herself — or Be Forced To? Federal law requires a judge to step away from a case in which her impartiality ‘might reasonably be questioned.'” Isaac Chotiner has this “Q. & A.” online at The New Yorker.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

“He devised a fringe legal theory to try to keep Trump in power. Now he’s on the verge of being disbarred. The trial of John Eastman may feature testimony from key participants in Jan. 6 who have rarely spoken publicly.” Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“Virginia Tech’s Bias Response Team and the First Amendment; A Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals dissent is a signal flare for the Supreme Court to take this case”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Failed Affirmative Action Campaign That Shook Democrats; The Supreme Court will soon rule on race-conscious college admissions, a core Democratic issue; But an analysis of a California referendum points to a divide between the party and voters”: Michael Powell and Ilana Marcus have this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Newspapers Printed Unabomber’s Manifesto in 1995. It’s Still Fiercely Debated. It wouldn’t be the last time the media would grapple with whether to publish something that might inspire others to take harmful actions.” Lydia DePillis of The New York Times has this report.

“If the Supreme Court Abolishes Affirmative Action, Here’s What Women Need to Do”: Shira A. Scheindlin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump Appointee Will Remain Judge in Documents Case, Clerk Says; The chief clerk of the courts for the Southern District of Florida added that Judge Aileen M. Cannon had been randomly assigned to the case”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump’s Case Puts the Justice System on Trial, in a Test of Public Credibility; The former president’s efforts to defend against multiple felony counts by discrediting law enforcement pose a grave challenge to democracy”: Peter Baker of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Kaczynski Is Said to Have Died by Suicide in Prison; The man known as the ‘Unabomber’ had been transferred to a federal prison medical center in 2021 after more than 25 years at a maximum security facility”: Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

And Alex Traub of The New York Times has written an obituary headlined “Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81; Alone in a shack in the Montana wilderness, he fashioned homemade bombs and launched a violent one-man campaign to destroy industrial society.”

“Ritz-Carlton Dove Mountain Sued Arizona For A Tax Refund On Marriott Award Nights — And Lost”: Gary Leff has this post at his “View from the Wing” blog about a ruling that the Arizona Court of Appeals issued Thursday. You can learn more about The Ritz-Carlton, Dove Mountain via this link.