“Do Not Make Survival Even More Difficult for People on the Streets”: Laura Riley has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court Considers a Judge-Made Right to Vagrancy; The Justices hear an appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that makes it hard for cities to enforce public order or get treatment for addicts and the mentally ill”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And online at The Wall Street Journal, Timothy Sandefur has an essay titled “How the Courts Made the Homeless Crisis Worse: The Supreme Court takes up an errant ruling that gave vagrants a license to live on the streets.”

“As Supreme Court takes up homeless ban, a city’s unhoused feel abandoned”: Reis Thebault and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Liberal Cities, Conservative Towns Seek Supreme Court’s Help on Homelessness; Local leaders claim power to keep parks and sidewalks clear, but a lower court said punishing people who have nowhere else to go is unconstitutional.”

“How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected: If the court rejects Trump’s broad immunity claim, it could still send the case back to a lower court for more deliberations, which could further delay a potential trial.” Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“So, What’s Going on With Clarence Thomas These Days? It’s never a bad time for Democrats to talk about the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy.” Jason Linkins has this essay online at The New Republic.

“How large parts of Trump’s trial are playing out in the shadows: Critical aspects of the case have been shielded from the media and the public.” Kyle Cheney and Erica Orden of Politico have this report.

“Judicial Notice (04.21.24): Trump On Trial; Two Biglaw attorneys on the Trump jury, universal injunctions at SCOTUS, Am Law 100 firms in merger talks, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.