“More Women Choose Abortion Pills as States Crack Down; Access to medication abortion has grown with policy changes including expansion of telehealth services”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Kyrgyzstan Native Makes Supreme Court Debut in Free Speech Case; Arguments will be first for Institute for Justice attorney; Justices asked to decide scope of 2019 probable cause ruling”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Justices Lean Toward Insurer in Asbestos Bankruptcy Dispute; Court is considering when insurers have standing in bankruptcy; Insurer questions raised in context of mass torts”: Evan Ochsner of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Labor lawyer becomes first openly gay judge to join 4th Circuit”: Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US Senate confirms LGBTQ labor lawyer to seat on appeals court; SEIU lawyer Nicole Berner to join 4th Circuit as judge; Berner previously worked for Planned Parenthood.”

Ian Kullgren of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Confirms Union Attorney to US Appeals Court in Virginia; Nicole Berner, SEIU general counsel, to join Fourth Circuit; Staunch opponent of Trump policies pledges to remain neutral.”

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Nicole Berner, Longtime Union Lawyer, Confirmed As Federal Judge; Berner, who will serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, is also one of President Joe Biden’s historic LGBTQ+ judicial picks.”

And Nicole Chavez and Annette Choi of CNN report that “Biden administration ties record for number of confirmed LGBTQ judges in federal courts.”

“Senate Democrat Concerned About Historic Muslim Judicial Nominee; Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto concerned by Adeel Mangi; Disapproval comes as conservatives attack nominee”: Tiana Headley and Zach C. Cohen of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Ep 80: Leonard Leo Knows How to Win and How to Save Our Country.” American Optimist has posted this interview on YouTube.

“The NRA Is About to Notch Another Legal Victory at the Supreme Court; At oral arguments on Monday, the court took a dim view of the heavy-handed way that Andrew Cuomo and the State of New York attempted to crack down on the gun rights group”: Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued decisions in two argued cases.

1. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in FBI v. Fikre, No. 22-1178. Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court in Wilkinson v. Garland, No. 22-666. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an opinion concurring in the judgment. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a dissenting opinion. And Justice Alito issued a dissenting opinion, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“US appeals court upholds gun bans as bail condition; 9th Circuit rejects argument that ban runs afoul of Bruen decision; 9th Circuit says gun restriction is consistent with historical tradition”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“RBG Award gala canceled after Ginsburg family criticizes honorees; Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch had been among the announced recipients of this year’s award, which previously honored women”: Maura Judkis of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Islamophobic Smear Campaign Dividing Democrats”: Online at The New York Times, columnist Lydia Polgreen has an essay that begins, “On paper, President Biden’s nominee to fill a vacancy on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals is an archetypical candidate for a federal judgeship.”

“Christine Blasey Ford Testifies Again; Her new memoir doubles as a modern-day horror story”: Megan Garber has this article in the May 2024 issue of The Atlantic.

“US Supreme Court considers appeal by convicted border drug ‘mule’”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report.

“Inside The Ritzy Retreats Hosting Right-Wing Judges: During Koch-funded trips to mountain resorts, Trump judges huddled over a new strategy to advance ‘history and tradition’ as the law of the land.” Molly Redden of HuffPost has this report.

“US Supreme Court justices, judges face new rules for disclosing free trips”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.