“Wisconsin Voters See State Supreme Court Race as Referendum on Trump; Elon Musk’s prominent role in the most expensive judicial race in American history has helped turn Tuesday’s election into a battle over national politics”: Ernesto Londoño of The New York Times has this report.
And Niha Masih of The Washington Post has an article headlined “What to know about the Wisconsin Supreme Court race — and Musk’s involvement; Elon Musk has given out $1 million prizes ahead of Tuesday’s vote, as the most expensive judicial race in U.S. history becomes a proxy war over President Donald Trump’s agenda.”
“GOP lawmakers take aim at anti-Trump rulings, nationwide injunctions; With courts temporarily blocking many of President Donald Trump’s actions, his allies are seeking change in nationwide injunctions and the judicial system”: Justin Jouvenal, Theodoric Meyer, Marianna Sotomayor, and Clara Ence Morse of The Washington Post have this report.
“Pa. High Court Rejects Challenge to Statute Shielding Gun Companies From Civil Suit”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a unanimous ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued today.
“The Strange, Post-Partisan Popularity of the Unabomber; When Ted Kaczynski’s manifesto appeared 30 years ago, the internet was brand-new; Now his dark vision is finding fans who don’t remember life before the iPhone”: Charles Homans had this article in yesterday’s issue of The New York Times Magazine.
“Race Still Has a Lot to Do With Voting Rights; For the Supreme Court to decree that state legislatures never consider race when drawing district lines, as is being disputed in Louisiana, would be a tragic mistake”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Trump’s Tariffs Face Constitutional Questions”: Shawn Donnan of Bloomberg News has this report.
“Musk gives $1 million checks after Wisconsin top court won’t hear suit; Elon Musk gave away two $1 million prizes ahead of a high-stakes election for a seat on the state Supreme Court, where he is backing the conservative candidate”: Patrick Marley of The Washington Post has this report.
Molly Beck and Daniel Bice of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report that “The staying power of Trump’s resurgence will be put to the test in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election.”
Vivian Barrett, Jesse Lin, and Alison Dirr of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report that “Elon Musk proclaims ‘the entire destiny of humanity’ rests on Wisconsin Supreme Court election.”
And Shia Kapos of Politico reports that “Musk defends million-dollar giveaways in Wisconsin; The top aide to Trump took the stage in Green Bay to support the Republican in the state Supreme Court race.”
“Judicial Notice (03.30.25): Trump v. Biglaw; Scuttlebutt about Skadden, courage from Cooley and Clement, more associates taking a stand, and three extremely busy judges.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us?” John W. Keker, Robert A. Van Nest, and Elliot R. Peters have this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“US Supreme Court to hear Catholic group’s bid for Wisconsin unemployment tax exemption”: John Kruzel and Andrew Chung of Reuters have this report.
“Can Elon Musk Buy the Wisconsin Supreme Court Race? (With Jon Lovett)” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.
And in Shockley v. Vandergriff, No. 24-517, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissent, in which Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson joined, from the denial of certiorari.
In the April 7, 2025 issue of The New Yorker: David D. Kirkpatrick has an article headlined “The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance: Elon Musk’s DOGE and Trump’s executive orders are pushing Congress’s upper chamber from ineffectiveness to obsolescence; Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let them?”
And Louis Menand has a Books essay headlined “Why the Court Hit the Brakes on School Desegregation: Two decades after Brown v. Board, the Supreme Court struck down a desegregation order — and paved the way for today’s retrenchment efforts.”