“New Trump Charges Expose the Supreme Court’s Failings; The special prosecutor’s revised case may force the justices to reckon with their flawed presidential immunity ruling”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Three Ohio Supreme Court races on the November ballot will have a huge impact in the coming years; Ohio’s highest court currently has a 4-3 Republican majority”: Megan Henry of Ohio Capital Journal has this report.
“The Constitution Is Sacred. Is It Also Dangerous? One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document.” Jennifer Szalai has this Critic’s Notebook essay online at The New York Times.
“Prosecutors Seek Simpler Path in Federal Election Case, as Trump Seeks Delays; In a court filing, prosecutors suggested their revisions would let them steer clear of the Supreme Court ruling on immunity; Donald Trump’s lawyers made clear they would continue broad attacks on the case”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.
“America Does Not Need the Death Penalty”: The New York Times has published this editorial.
“Trump Contorts Himself on Abortion in Search of Political Gain; The former president is willing to make as many rhetorical and policy shifts as he deems necessary to win in November, vexing some social conservatives”: Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times have this report.
And Ruth Igielnik of The New York Times reports that “More Voters, Especially Women, Now Say Abortion Is Their Top Issue; Donald J. Trump is shifting his stance on reproductive rights, but voters, by a wide margin, say that they trust Kamala Harris on the issue.”