“Supreme Court temporarily blocks order on releasing SNAP benefits; The order pauses, for now, a lower court ruling directing the Trump administration to release November benefits in full on Friday”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access this evening’s order at this link.

“Did Trump’s Supreme Court Tariffs Brief Include a Strategic Blunder? The justices are generally reluctant to take account of a president’s public statements; But extensive quotes from Mr. Trump in a key filing may change the legal calculus.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“A Decade Later, Supreme Court Is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision; Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump’s Tariffs Are a Massive Money Grab. That’s Why They Are in Trouble. The president has exercised tax and spending powers that belong to Congress. The Supreme Court might be ready to say ‘enough.’” Columnist Greg Ip has this essay in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“DOJ’s No. 2 Official Asks Lawyers to Join ‘War’ Against Judges”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

The Federalist Society has posted on YouTube a video titled “Fireside Chat with Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche.”

“24th Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture”: The Federalist Society has posted this video online at YouTube. Fifth Circuit Judge Andrew S. Oldham was this year’s speaker.

“Votes on Two Trump Judicial Picks Delayed by GOP Senate Rift”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Ruling About Passports Isn’t About ID. It’s About Social Control.” Columnist M. Gessen has this essay online at The New York Times.

“A US Court Called Maduro an Insurrectionist. That Matters.” Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

You can access last week’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“Trump Administration Argues Against Itself in Rastafarian Case”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“How Far Can Donald Trump Take Emergency Power? In the Supreme Court’s tariffs case, the conservative Justices will weigh two conflicting impulses regarding Presidential authority.” Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“How 3 Pa. Supreme Court justices won retention — and why the process might never be the same; A new partisan tilt to the traditionally routine and sleepy judicial retention elections may create a ripple effects in the state’s highest court in the years to come, experts said”: Gillian McGoldrick and Chris A. Williams of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Latest Shadow Docket Ruling Reeks of Vicious, Casual Transphobia; Once again, the six-justice conservative supermajority rides gallantly to the rescue of their very favorite president”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Conservatives under siege? Supreme Court’s Barrett and Kavanaugh give advice to students. ‘Being a conservative woman, in a law school particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision,’ Barrett said.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico has a report headlined “Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up; The Trump appointees’ remarks came at a Federalist Society event in Washington.”

And Zach Schonfeld of The Hill has a report headlined “Barrett, Kavanaugh to law students: Don’t lose civility.”