“The Legacy Dilemma: What to Do About Privileges for the Privileged? Alumni of many colleges are wrestling with whether the practice of legacy admissions should survive after the Supreme Court gutted race-based admissions programs.” Emily Cochrane, Amy Harmon, Anemona Hartocollis, and Anna Betts of The New York Times have this report.

“The Secret History of Gun Rights: How Lawmakers Armed the N.R.A.; They served in Congress and on the N.R.A.’s board at the same time; Over decades, a small group of legislators led by a prominent Democrat pushed the gun lobby to help transform the law, the courts and views on the Second Amendment.” Mike McIntire has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Alabama Is Defying the Supreme Court on Voting Rights; The state’s refusal to comply has been met with a revealing silence on the right”: Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“In Israel, High Stakes for High Court: Democracy’s Fate; From Hungary to India to Brazil, how judges responded to attacks on their independence helped decide whether would-be autocrats prevailed in constraining the courts.” Emily Bazelon of The New York Times has this report.

“No, Justice Alito. Congress should not butt out on Supreme Court ethics.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Civil rights ‘tester’ asks court to dismiss case”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “The New SCOTUS Keep-Away Strategy: Post-Cert, Prevailing Party Dismisses Complaint With Prejudice; The Court should reject this gambit in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer.”

“Judge’s Fictional Thriller Sparks Real-Life Courtroom Drama; Plot featuring crooked hedge-funder inspires actual financier to try to get jurist booted off case”: Erin Mulvaney will have this front page article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Reluctant to Retire, Leaders Raise a Tough Question: How Old Is Too Old? Two troubling moments involving Senators Dianne Feinstein and Mitch McConnell thrust questions about aging in office out of Congress and into the national conversation.” Lisa Lerer and Reid J. Epstein had this Politico Memo in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

Imagine a blog that powerful people in an industry or profession read: In today’s edition of The New York Times, Kashmir Hill has an article headlined “An Internet Veteran’s Guide to Not Being Scared of Technology; Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists; Somehow, he’s still an optimist about the promise of technology.”