“James Ho Understands What Trump Wants In a Supreme Court Justice; Getting on this White House’s Supreme Court shortlist is a matter of showing that you will be loyal to the president above all else”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Julia Grant ’23 To Clerk at U.S. Supreme Court; Former Clinic Student Will Work for Justice Brett Kavanaugh”: Mike Fox of the University of Virginia School of Law has this report.

“Ed Martin’s failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump’s power; The unsuccessful nomination revealed a shifting relationship between the president and GOP senators — and Trump’s willingness to walk away from a protracted fight”: Martine Powers and Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post have this report.

“Bonus 152: Judge Ho, Due Process, and ‘Disrespect’; Some thoughts on Judge Ho’s rather galling claim that the Supreme Court ‘disrespect[ed]’ the district court and the President in Friday’s ruling in the ‘A.A.R.P. II’ Alien Enemies Act case.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Lets Trump, for Now, Remove Agency Leaders; An appeals court previously ruled that a key 1935 precedent, long in the cross hairs of the conservative legal movement, meant the officials could keep their jobs”: Adam Liptak and Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times have this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court allows Trump to fire independent regulators for now; The order, which drew a sharp dissent from the three liberal justices, powerfully endorsed President Donald Trump’s authority over the federal bureaucracy.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court upholds for now Trump’s firing of two independent agency officials.”

Jess Bravin and Nick Timiraos of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Agency Officials, but Moves to Protect Fed; Order suggests justices will soon eliminate congressional power to insulate agencies from the White House.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court grants Trump broad powers to fire agency leaders.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Republican Bill Would Limit Judges’ Contempt Power; Democrats have argued that House Republicans’ measure would rob courts of their power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore judges’ rulings”: Michael Gold of The New York Times has this report.

“Deadlocked Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma; In a 4-to-4 decision, the court upheld a ruling by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that blocked the school”: Abbie VanSickle and Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times have this report.

Justin Jouvenal, Laura Meckler, and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public school; With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling that a public religious charter school would violate the separation of church and state.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court splits 4-4, blocking first religious charter school in Oklahoma.”

Jess Bravin and Matt Barnum of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Deadlock Blocks State Funding for Religious Charter Schools; The 4-4 vote, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett recusing herself, delivers an unexpected setback for social conservatives.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court blocks Catholic charter school in big setback for religion advocates.”

Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times report that “Divided Supreme Court affirms Oklahoma decision to block nation’s first religious charter school.”

And Mark Walsh of Education Week reports that “Religious Charter School Blocked After Supreme Court Deadlock.”

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Pa. Justices To Mull State DOT Liability For Hanging Branches”: Matthew Santoni of Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access).

My recent earlier post about this case can be accessed here.