“From unanimity to ‘fear mongering’: How the raucous Supreme Court term turned in Trump’s favor.” John Fritze, Tierney Sneed, and Devan Cole of CNN have this report.

“Roberts court hands major wins to Trump, conservative movement in 2023-24 term”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Abortion on the ballot: Amarillo set to vote on abortion travel ban this election; After the Amarillo City Council balked at such an ordinance last year, residents collected signatures for a ballot measure.” Jayme Lozano Carver of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is Getting Very Annoyed With the Fifth Circuit’s Dogged Lawlessness; The justices are running out of ways to politely turn away the Fifth Circuit’s ambitious attempts to push a conservative policy agenda”: G.S. Hans has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Don’t like the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling? Blame Merrick Garland. With no straightforward case tying Trump to violence, Garland took a historically momentous risk.” Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Supreme Court stakes are too high to continue with the Biden gamble; The risk of another Trump presidency appointing more justices, forces a reluctant conclusion”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Pay for Lawyers Is So High People Are Comparing It to the N.B.A.; Enormous pay packages are popping up for top lawyers, especially those favored by well-heeled private equity clients”: Maureen Farrell and Anupreeta Das of The New York Times have this report.

“Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts Takes Back Control; This term Roberts moved the law to match his priorities — and didn’t worry about getting liberal justices on board”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A Dismissed Abortion Case Points to Internal Tensions and Dysfunction at the Supreme Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Amy Coney Barrett Signaled Something Very Scary About Where Abortion Bans Will Go Next”: Law professors Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Again and again, U.S. Supreme Court slaps down 5th Circuit; The New Orleans-based court, which hears Texas cases, is pushing the federal judiciary to the right, even when it gets overturned by a higher court”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Justices make wish list of cases as Supreme Court heads into summer break ; The justices’ ranging opinions on the high court’s decision not to hear cases provided a window into what cases could be granted in the coming terms”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion”: Todd Richmond of The Associated Press has this report.

And Joe Kelly of Courthouse News Service reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court advances lawsuits seeking constitutional right to abortions; The court’s orders putting the abortion-related cases on its docket exposed long-simmering political grudges between its conservative and liberal justices.”

You can view yesterday’s order of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin in Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Urmanski, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Debit Card Fees Get a Deserved Hit From the Supreme Court; The overlooked ruling in Corner Post v. Federal Reserve won’t only affect those who prefer to pay using a small plastic rectangle”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Next President Will Split Up the Supreme Court’s Factions; The bench is currently divided between three liberals, three arch-conservatives, and three centrist conservatives, leading to shifting alliances — and an opportunity for the next president”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics; The Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Something Has Gone Deeply Wrong at the Supreme Court; Jurists who preach fidelity to the Constitution are making decisions that flatly contradict our founding document’s text and ideals”: Law professor Akhil Reed Amar has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Architects of the Trump Supreme Court See Culmination of Conservative Push; For Donald F. McGahn II, the former White House counsel, and Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican, sweeping anti-regulatory rulings are the big payoff of their drive to reshape the federal courts”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“US Supreme Court’s divisions deepened in term capped by Trump immunity ruling”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

“President Biden Names Fifty-Second Round of Judicial Nominees”: The White House issued this news release today.

In early news coverage, Lucy Marques of The Charlotte Observer reports that “Biden picks NC solicitor general as nominee for 4th Circuit appeals court vacancy.”

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Biden Taps North Carolina Solicitor General for Fourth Circuit.”

Update: In other coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Biden to nominate North Carolina solicitor general to US appeals court.”