“In Taking Up Trump’s Immunity Claim, Supreme Court Bolstered His Delay Strategy; By scheduling a hearing for late April on the former president’s assertion that he cannot be prosecuted for his actions in office, the justices increased the chances that he will not face trial by Election Day”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this news analysis.

John Kruzel of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court’s move to hear Trump’s immunity claim gives him gift of delay.”

Joan Biskupic of CNN has a news analysis headlined “Trump uses the slow legal system to his advantage. The Supreme Court is helping.”

In commentary, online at Politico Magazine, law professor Aziz Huq has an essay titled “Why Is Trump Getting Special Treatment From the Supreme Court? The justices are handling Trump’s case far differently than most criminal defendants.”

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Think Trump’s Case Is Moving Too Slowly? Don’t Blame the Supreme Court. It’s frustrating that the most serious charge against the former president, his involvement in Jan. 6, is taking this long to resolve. But that’s not the justices’ fault.”

“Waiting on Supreme Court, States Go It Alone in Trump Ballot Cases; An Illinois judge’s decision to disqualify Donald J. Trump from the primary ballot injected chaos into early voting and added urgency for a federal resolution”: Mitch Smith of The New York Times has this report.

“Alabama IVF ruling highlights importance of state supreme court races in this year’s US elections”: Christine Fernando of The Associated Press has this report.

“McConnell Built Today’s Supreme Court. Will He Come to Regret It? Mitch McConnell went to extraordinary lengths to transform the federal judiciary. But did he win the day for conservatism or for Trump?” Peter S. Canellos has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects move to reconsider state’s congressional maps”: Lawrence Andrea of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

“How the Supreme Court’s decision on Trump’s immunity could turn on a single question”: John Fritze and Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“The Scandal of Clarence Thomas’s New Clerk: Crystal Clanton became notorious for sending outlandishly racist texts; Now she’s been hired to work for the Justice — and a dubious new story has surfaced to clear her name.” Jane Mayer has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker.

“An Open Letter To Crystal Clanton: Here’s my advice to the controversial clerk — if she didn’t send an ‘I HATE BLACK PEOPLE’ text, and if she did.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.