“Three Investitures in Two Days; Congratulations to Justices Sullivan and Hawkins of the Supreme Court of Texas and Judge Taibleson of the Seventh Circuit”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Man Trying to Make Trump’s Tariffs Go on Forever; The fate of the president’s economic agenda rests with this ‘trade nerd’”: Daniel Desrochers has this report online at Politico Magazine.

“Supreme Court Justice Diana Hagen resigns amid Utah Legislature’s investigation; Hagen wrote she’d ‘love nothing more’ than to keep serving Utahns, but feels she can’t without sacrificing the privacy of people she cares about and the court’s independence”: Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

“In Huge Blow to Democrats, Virginia Court Strikes Down House Map; The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms”: Campbell Robertson, Nick Corasaniti, and Reid J. Epstein of The New York Times have this report.

Gregory S. Schneider and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post report that “Virginia’s high court strikes down voter-passed House map favoring Democrats; The finding is a major setback for Democrats in their effort to counter GOP-led redistricting in other states; The measure approved April 21 gave Democrats an edge in four districts.”

Louise Radnofsky and Terell Wright of The Wall Street Journal report that “Virginia Supreme Court Deals Blow to Democrats’ Midterm Hopes; Democrats’ map designed to counter Republican redistricting efforts is thrown out.”

And in commentary, Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal will contain an editorial titled “Virginia’s Gerrymander Loses in Court; State justices void the Democrats’ 10-1 map, rightly and bravely.”

You can access today’s 4-to-3 decision of the Supreme Court of Virginia at this link.

“I Helped Craft the 25th Amendment. It Was Never Meant to Oust a President. What began as a safeguard for continuity of government has increasingly been referred to in discussions about removing a president from office.” Law professor John Feerick has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Lawmakers May Continue to Inspect ICE Detention Centers, Appeals Court Rules; A federal appeals court declined, for now, to halt an order requiring D.H.S. to permit unannounced visits to immigration detention centers by Democrats in Congress”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, accompanied by a concurring opinion, at this link.

“Hegseth Is Sending Us a Warning”: Online at The New York Times, Frank Kendall has a guest essay that begins, “This week, I heard something that shocked me. In a federal appeals court, lawyers for Pete Hegseth, the secretary of defense, argued that military retirees were subject to freedom of speech restrictions because of their connection to the military, and that if they didn’t like those restrictions, retirees could forfeit their pension and benefits.”

“How Imperfect People Form a More Perfect Union; Think of the Declaration of Independence as the nation’s report card; How well do we live up to it?” Justice Neil Gorsuch will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump Appeals Latest Legal Setback to His Tariff Regime Rollout”: Zoe Tillman and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News have this report.

“All Access with Linsey Davis: Justice Neil Gorsuch.” ABC News has posted this video on YouTube.

“What I learned attending all those Supreme Court oral arguments this term”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“The Supreme Case for Harvey: A look at how Harvey Moot helped seasoned litigators prepare for a case with the highest stakes, and what it makes possible for legal education moving forward.” Winston Weinberg, Gabe Pereyra, and Julio Pereyra of Harvey have this blog post.

The blog post identifies a second case in which Harvey was used to prepare for a U.S. Supreme Court oral argument. The case, argued February 25, 2026, remains pending.

“Judging Requires Judgment”: Law professor Justin Driver has this lecture in the May 2026 issue of Duke Law Journal.

Also in that issue, law professors Daniel T. Deacon and Leah M. Litman have an article titled “Legalistic Noncompliance.”

“Katyal, AI, and the Judiciary Committee”: Michael A. Fragoso has this post at National Review’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“Congress Did Something!” You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.

“Majordoma”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.