“New York judge says Trump can’t attend Supreme Court arguments on presidential immunity”: Ella Lee of The Hill has a report that begins, “The New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money trial said Monday that Trump cannot attend arguments on presidential immunity at the Supreme Court next week.”

“Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down governor’s 400-year veto”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Attorneys with Wisconsin’s largest business lobbying group asked the state Supreme Court on Monday to strike down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ use of a partial veto to lock in a school funding increase for the next 400 years.”

“Supreme Court allows enforcement of Idaho ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors; The Idaho measure, which seeks to block treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy, is one of more than 20 enacted by conservative states targeting care for transgender youth”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“2024 Vaughan Lecture: Joel Alicea, ‘The Natural Law Moment in Constitutional Theory.’” Harvard Law School has posted this video on YouTube.

“Judicial Notice (04.15.24): Get Off My Lawn; The disruptive protest at Chez Chemerinsky, Alex Spiro’s latest celebrity client, group hires by Hogan and Goodwin, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states; It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Supreme Court Signals Another Corruption Law to Be Pared Back; Court has reined in reach of federal corruption statutes; Would be win for Indiana mayor who got $13,000 gratuity”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Iowa Supreme Court justice asked to recuse himself from divorce appeal over alleged affair”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has an article that begins, “A Des Moines man appealing the outcome of his contested divorce has asked one of the state’s Supreme Court justices to take no part in the case because he says the justice had an affair with his wife.”

“Questions About Assassinations Test the Limits of Trump’s Immunity Claim; Three Supreme Court briefs from former military leaders and intelligence officials explore whether presidents may be prosecuted for ordering unlawful killings”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Justice Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments; The conservative justice was not present for oral arguments on Monday, but the court did not provide a reason why”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

And John Fritze of CNN reports that “Clarence Thomas misses Supreme Court arguments without explanation.”

“Judicial Branch Employees Have No Rights At Work. Congress Could Change That. A former federal public defender’s employment discrimination case highlights the reality that judges are above many of the laws they enforce.” Aliza Shatzman has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

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

In Mckesson v. Doe, No. 23-373, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.

In Michaels v. Davis, No. 23-5038, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari.

And in Compton v. Texas, No. 23-5682, Justice Sotomayor issued a dissent, in which Justice Jackson joined, from the denial of certiorari.

“SCOTUS’s Final Sitting of the Term Is A Doozy”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.