“The Supreme Court’s Power Grab; Conservative justices have abandoned modesty, humility, and fealty to precedent, instead voting as a bloc to conform the law to their preferences”: David Cole has this essay online at The New York Review of Books.

“Where’d All the Supreme Court’s Originalists Go for the Trump Cases?” David H. Gans has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“US Senate confirms Maldonado to be first Hispanic judge on 7th Circuit”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“The Supreme Incompetents: The justices are awful at their jobs, and they don’t know that they are awful at their jobs.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Win for Trump, surprise on abortion: Takeaways from historic Supreme Court term.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s Independent Streak Marked Supreme Court Term; The junior member of the court’s six-justice conservative supermajority often questioned its approach and wrote important dissents joined by liberal justices”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“US Judge Resigned After ‘Sexualized Relationship’ With Clerk”: Suzanne Monyak and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have a report that begins, “An Alaska federal judge who abruptly resigned last week engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former law clerk and lied about it to an investigating judicial panel, a Ninth Circuit judicial council said.”

The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued this news release today. And on May 23, 2024, the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit issued this Order and Certification (made public today) containing many more details.

In earlier news coverage, Sean Maguire of The Anchorage Daily News reported that “Alaska federal judge Joshua Kindred abruptly resigns.”

And Liz Ruskin of Alaska Public Media reported that “Trump-appointed judge in Alaska resigns after just 4 years.”

“It’s John Roberts’s Supreme Court after all; When you look at his body of work, his power becomes clear; This is John Roberts’s court, and the other justices are just sitting on it”: David Lat has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“The 2023-24 SCOTUS Term: It’s About the Election, Stupid.” Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“The Most Interesting Justice on the Supreme Court Is Also the Loneliest”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump v. United States is the new Roe v. Wade”: Rich Bernstein has this essay online at the Society for the Rule of Law.

“Kansas Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Backed Abortion Regulations; The rulings were the latest blow for abortion opponents in Kansas, where abortion protections in the State Constitution have vexed Republicans for years”: Mitch Smith of The New York Times has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Kansas issued Friday.

“The Supreme Court’s Shockingly Effective Tactic for Having Toxic Opinions Ignored”: Duncan Hosie has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“I Argued ‘U.S. v. Nixon.’ The Supreme Court’s New Ruling on Presidential Immunity Appalled Me. Fifty years after ruling against a corrupt president, the Court has now decided that presidents are above the law.” Philip Allen Lacovara has this post at The Bulwark.

“Back on the Island”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Lawsuit alleges that Northwestern law school’s hiring practices are biased against white men; The complaint says that the hiring process favors women and people of color”: Dhanika Pineda of ABC News has this report.

You can access the complaint initiating suit via this link.

“Full Fifth Circuit to Review Library LGBTQ+, Sex Ed Books Case; Court vacates opinion ordering books back in circulation; Rehearing slated for week of Sept. 23”: Patrick Ambrosio of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Wednesday.

“The battle over J&J’s bankruptcy plan to end talc lawsuits; Johnson & Johnson is locked in a bitter fight with lawyers opposing its third attempt to settle tens of thousands of lawsuits through a controversial bankruptcy-court maneuver; The women alleging J&J’s talc products caused their cancer are caught in the crossfire”: Mike Spector of Reuters has this report.

“Opinionpalooza: The Supreme Court End-of-Term Breakfast Table; As we look back on a Supreme Court term that still has us reeling, some surprising new trends have emerged from the justices.” You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link. The podcast is now on YouTube.

“The Supreme Court upended gun laws nationwide. Mass confusion has followed. The Supreme Court said its guidance that gun laws must align with U.S. ‘history and tradition’ was misunderstood. What does that mean for hundreds of legal challenges to gun laws?” Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post has this report.

“What Happened to the Originalism of the Originalists?” Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Jack Smith Isn’t a Special Counsel ‘by Law’; Federal prosecutors must be duly appointed and confirmed by the Senate; He fails both tests”: Michael B. Mukasey will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court ethics remain at center stage after hard-right rulings; Much of the public sees the Supreme Court as political, not impartial, even as the court’s defenders say its critics simply oppose the conservative majority”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court reinstates absentee ballot drop boxes”: Lawrence Andrea and Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report on a 4-to-3 ruling that the Supreme Court of Wisconsin issued today.

“A Principled Supreme Court, Unnerved by Trump”: Law professor William Baude has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Barrett sought middle ground in Trump immunity case. This time Roberts said no.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Justice Amy Coney Barrett stakes out ‘more moderate’ role on high court.”

Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court’s Barrett asserts conservative power, but favors narrower approach.”

Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law reports that “Barrett Beginning to Chart Own Path on Divided Supreme Court; Barrett has written on how to properly use ‘history and tradition’; Positioned herself as ‘intellectual and theoretical leader,’ advocates say.”

And earlier, Lawrence Hurley of NBC News had an article headlined “She cemented a conservative Supreme Court, but a ‘cautious’ Justice Barrett sometimes resists the far-right flank; In several recent cases, the Trump appointee has written opinions criticizing conservative colleagues and has at times sided with liberal justices.”

“A closer look at the Supreme Court’s decisions this historic and controversial term”: This audio segment appeared on Tuesday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Trump’s immunity victory would stun Nixon-era lawyers; The Supreme Court’s immunity reasoning didn’t occur to anyone in 1974”: Jeffrey Toobin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Justice Amy Coney Barrett is charting her own path on the bench; With piercing questions and a willingness to break ranks with fellow conservatives, the justice played a new role in her fourth term”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“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.