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.

“The Law Firms That Appeased Trump — and Angered Their Clients; After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere”: Erin Mulvaney, Emily Glazer, C. Ryan Barber, and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Where the Trade Court’s Tariff Decision Went Wrong; There’s ample precedent for using presidential emergency powers to address trade imbalances”: George E. Bogden will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Elon Musk’s Court Fights to Outlast His Time at White House”: Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Why Trump Is Mad at the ‘Sleazebag’ Leonard Leo”: Columnist David French has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Mexico Votes in Sprawling, First-Ever Judiciary Election; Voters were choosing the nine members of the Supreme Court on Sunday, along with more than 2,600 other judges and magistrates”: Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Simon Romero, and James Wagner of The New York Times have this report.

Earlier, James Wagner of The New York Times had an article headlined “Supreme Court Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Elections; For the first time, Mexico will elect judges nationwide, from the highest to the lowest courts. Campaign restrictions pushed many candidates to campaign on social media, sometimes in divisive ways.”

“The Supreme Court has checked an overambitious president before”: George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.