“Low Turnout in Mexico’s Far-Reaching Judicial Election Fuels Legitimacy Concerns; Nearly 90 percent of voters did not cast ballots on Sunday, one of the lowest turnouts in any federal election since Mexico became a democracy”: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, James Wagner, and Simon Romero of The New York Times have this news analysis.

“Four Justices for AR-15s . . . Next Time; The Court ‘should and presumably will address the AR-15 issue soon’”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“‘No more woke nonsense,’ former Alabama Supreme Court justice vows as he enters AG’s race”: Mike Cason of Alabama Media Group has this report.

“Trumpifying Federal Courts: The president’s attacks on the Federalist Society and his nomination of Emil Bove.” Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith have posted this video at their “Executive Functions” Substack site.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has posts titled “What Message Does Emil Bove’s Nomination Send To Justices Thomas and Alito? Do you really think Justices Thomas and Alito would prefer another Justice Barrett?”; “David French Is Right: Judges Do Seek The ‘Respect’ Of Their Peers; And that is the problem”; and “New Deal Justices and MAGA Justices: FDR appointed Hugo Black because he was a ‘thumping, evangelical New Dealer’; Why can’t Trump want a ‘thumping, evangelical MAGA warrior’?”

“Supreme Court Turns Down Challenge to Ban on Semiautomatic Rifles; The case from Maryland was the court’s latest opportunity to apply its recently announced history-based test for assessing the constitutionality of gun control laws”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

“It’s Officially Bad Decision Season”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Supreme Court Leaves Intact ‘Assault Weapons’ Bans for Now”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And in commentary, online at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Justice Kavanaugh to Second Amendment: We’re Really Busy Now, Come Back In A Year Or Two.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four cases and called for the views of the Solicitor General in three cases.

In Nicholson v. W.L. York, Inc., No. 23-7490, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissent, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined, from the denial of certiorari.

And in Snope v. Brown, No. 24-203, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari, while Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari. Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Neil M. Gorsuch also noted that they would have granted certiorari.

“155. What District Court Critics Aren’t Telling You: The increasingly loud claim that district courts are abusing their powers by blocking Trump administration policies depends upon a series of indefensibly selective (and easily rebutted) arguments.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Judicial Notice (06.01.25): Heartburn; Donald Trump v. Leonard Leo, a benchslap of Trump from a prominent conservative judge, and Kirkland’s big raid on a rival.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“A Fiery Brief Fueled by Conservatives Helped Put Trump’s Tariffs in Peril; A coalition including leading figures on the right said the president’s program did violence to the Constitution; One judge cited it eight times”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “Sidebar” column online at The New York Times.

“This End of Term at SCOTUS Is Unlike Any Other in History; The president-king the Roberts Court built now threatens SCOTUS’ own imperial project”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.