“Cox names Outside attorney to serve as Alaska’s solicitor general”: Iris Samuels of The Anchorage Daily News has this report.

“Wecht makes his case before Pa. Supreme Court retention vote: ‘It’s just our job to apply the law.’” Chris Potter of 90.5 WESA has this report.

“Alaska defends 1970 ‘physicians-only’ abortion law at state Supreme Court; Justices expressed reservations that the reasons in 1970 for allowing only licensed doctors to provide abortions were still relevant today”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Texas judges can now refuse to officiate gay weddings on religious grounds; The Texas Supreme Court quietly made a tweak to the state rules on judicial conduct that could make it harder for gay couples to marry”: Gwen Howerton of Chron has this report.

“Major questions dog Trump tariff war as SCOTUS wades in; The Supreme Court’s decision regarding President Donald Trump’s ability to impose global tariffs will have massive implications for the international economy and the U.S. system of checks and balances”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Supreme Court questions National Guard deployment in Chicago; The justices probed Trump’s authority to send National Guard troops to Illinois after a law professor submitted a friend-of-the-court brief casting doubt on the government’s argument”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the amicus brief at this link.

“Top Border Patrol official no longer has to appear today before Chicago federal judge after appeals court ruling”: Devan Cole and Elizabeth Wolfe of CNN have this report on an order that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

“Fourth Circuit says opioid distributors can face public nuisance claims; The three-judge panel further held that local governments are entitled to billions of dollars in abatement to help curb future harm”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Supreme Court wants more time and information before deciding if Trump can send National Guard to Chicago”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

You can view today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Partisanship, Ads and Millions of Dollars Shape Pa. Supreme Court Retention Election; Political and legal experts weigh in on the major themes of the retention election so far”: Tristin Hoffman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report.

“Ch-ch-changes: Amendments to the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure bring SCOTX closer to SCOTUS.” Adam Shniderman has this post at his “14th & Colorado” Substack site.

“Prediction Markets See a Close Call on Trump Tariff Case at Supreme Court; Trump’s tariffs are heading for a Supreme Court showdown and bettors see a close call”: Laura Curtis of Bloomberg News has this report.

“This Supreme Court decision could basically guarantee higher inflation; When politicians meddle in monetary policy, inflation inevitably follows”: John W. Snow and Christopher Smith have this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump Will Always Ask the Supreme Court For More; The conservative justices have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to reshape executive power to fit their favorite president’s agenda”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Seven UChicago Law alumni clerking for Supreme Court justices; The alumni serve seven justices at the nation’s highest court”: Mark Cohen of UChicago News has this report.

“Why tracking spending in this year’s critical Pa. Supreme Court retention races is so difficult”: Stephen Caruso and Katie Meyer of Spotlight PA have this report.

Jaxon White of WITF has a report headlined “Partisan tensions flare in Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention election.”

And online at National Review, Dan McLaughlin has an essay titled “Pennsylvania Supreme Court Retention Election Is a Key Swing-State Test; In a major judicial election in the Keystone State, Democrats are more focused than Republicans.”

“William Rehnquist, his clerk John Roberts and the Supreme Court precedent at the center of Trump’s tariffs case”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.