“Is Trump the President the Framers Feared? The drafters of the Constitution hoped for energetic but accountable presidents.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“John Manning Was Seen as Harvard’s Conservative Signal. Now, He Is Forging His Own Path as Provost. Harvard Provost John Manning was appointed as a figure who could speak to the University’s critics — but as Washington talks move around him, he has turned inward, using the provostship to reshape hiring and faculty power from inside Massachusetts Hall.” Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

“Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors; Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Julian Mark of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case; In a 5-4 vote, the court found Terry Pitchford should have had the opportunity to challenge the dismissal of four Black potential jurors.”

James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules for Death-Row Inmate Who Alleged Racial Bias at Trial; Reprieve for Mississippi defendant splits high court’s conservatives.”

Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Death row inmate wins Supreme Court duel over racial discrimination on Mississippi jury; The prosecutor who put Terry Pitchford on death row faced Supreme Court scrutiny in 2019 over his efforts to exclude Black jurors while trying another man six times for the same crime.”

In commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Stephen L. Carter has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Just Got a Race-Based Ruling Right.”

And online at The New York Times, Avital Fried has a guest essay titled “If Harvard Can’t Consider Race, Why Should Our Juries?”

You can access today’s 5-to-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“At Harvard Law, The Federalist Society’s Influence Endures Trump’s Estrangement; At Harvard Law School, the Federalist Society remains a powerful pipeline to conservative legal careers — even as Trump’s White House increasingly looks beyond Harvard’s elite credentials”: Caroline G. Hennigan and Uy B. Pham of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

“California Supreme Court reins in ‘blanket’ challenges against judges; After lawyers for San Joaquin County moved to disqualify a judge 325 times within four months in response to a reprimand for supposed prosecutorial misconduct, California’s top court decided it was time for change”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Police Officer Gets Sig Sauer Accidental Gun Firing Suit Revived”: Shweta Watwe of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Are Wendi and Harvey Adelson in the Clear . . . Or Will They Face Murder Charges like Donna and Charlie”: Surviving The Survivor has posted this video on YouTube.

And Court TV has posted on YouTube a video titled “Are Investigators Coming for Wendi Adelson?“

“Justice Barrett’s Home Targeted in Swatting Attempt, Police Say”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“US Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande”: Susan Montoya Bryan of The Associated Press has this report.

“Interview: Lord Reed reflects on UKSC Glasgow sitting, changing times and AI; Fresh from the Supreme Court’s Glasgow sitting, President of the UK Supreme Court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, spoke to SLN editor Kapil Summan.” Kapil Summan of Scottish Legal News has this report.

“Sonia Sotomayor’s Muddle on Foreign Law; New issue emerges in confirmation battle”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Orin Kerr (MS ’94): The Accidental Prosecutor Who Reframed Fourth Amendment Law.” Monica Schreiber has this article in the Winter/Spring 2026 issue of Stanford Lawyer.

“Samuel Alito’s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump’s Treasury Department; Philip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury’s office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department”: Jose Pagliery of NOTUS has this report.

“Eleanor Ross of Atlanta Is Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers”: Suzanne Monyak, Olivia Alafriz, and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have this report.