“2026 Joseph Story Award Winner: Prof. J. Joel Alicea.” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube, along with a video titled “2026 Story Award Presentation Video.”
“The Perilous War Over Legal Ethics in Government and Politics; On its current course, it cannot end well”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.
“Stop the count: Supreme Court puts mail-in ballot deadline under the microscope; Months before the midterms, the Supreme Court is putting Election Day on the docket in a case that could affect how voters cast ballots in over 30 states.” Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.
“Chief Justice Says Personal Attacks on Judges Are ‘Dangerous’ and Must Stop; The public remarks from Chief Justice John Roberts were his first since President Trump excoriated the justices who ruled against his tariffs in harsh and personal terms”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.
Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “Amid Trump attacks, Supreme Court’s John Roberts says stop with the hostility; In his first public comments since President Trump attacked the Supreme Court’s tariffs ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts said ‘personally directed hostility is dangerous.’”
Isaac Yu of The Houston Chronicle has an article headlined “At Rice, Chief Justice John Roberts says personal attacks on judges have ‘got to stop.’”
Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Chief Justice Roberts says personal criticism of judges is dangerous and has ‘got to stop.’”
John Kruzel of Reuters reports that “US Supreme Court’s Roberts says personal hostility aimed at judges has ‘got to stop.’”
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Roberts Slams ‘Dangerous’ Attacks on Supreme Court Justices.”
John Fritze of CNN reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts says that hostility toward judges has ‘got to stop.’”
Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Chief Justice John Roberts warns personal attacks on judges have ‘got to stop’; Roberts’ comments follow President Donald Trump’s most recent criticism of the Supreme Court over its tariffs ruling.”
Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Roberts defends Supreme Court against Trump attacks; ‘It’s got to stop,’ the chief justice said of personal invective aimed at judges.”
And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Roberts puts personal and political attacks against judges on blast; The chief justice aired grievances about misconceptions of bias, insularity and loyalty on the Supreme Court.”
The Baker Institute has posted on YouTube a video titled “A Conversation with John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice of the United States.”
“Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court and Orders Bosses to Testify; Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey’s top federal law enforcement office”: Jonah E. Bromwich and Tracey Tully of The New York Times has this report.
Update: In other coverage, Chris Palmer and Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer report that “A federal judge blasted prosecutors in N.J., saying Trump’s DOJ has ‘lost the confidence and the trust of this court’; U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi said all three lawyers leading the U.S. Attorney’s Office would have to testify in his courtroom before he would decide if a case could proceed.”
“Putting The ‘Dick’ In Dicta; Judge Lawrence VanDyke’s ‘swinging dicks’ opinion, including the reaction to it, offers a window into the state of the judiciary — and our country — in 2026”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
