“Supreme Court lets stand ruling against anti-abortion flyers in school”: Cate Charron of The Indianapolis Star has this report.
And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court snubs anti-abortion flyer case, leaving school political speech off docket; The case involved a local chapter of Students for Life of America seeking to hang ads at a public high school emblazoned with photos of protesters holding ‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ signs.”
You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.
“Supreme Court rules against gun lobby in this case”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.
“This swing state shows what happens when judges need your vote; Wisconsin and other states’ judicial elections are an outdated, unhealthy political practice”: Columnist Mitch Daniels has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“The Supreme Court’s Little Act Of Mercy Says a Lot About the Death Penalty; Jeffrey Lee did not ask the Supreme Court to spare his life; He just asked to be killed by a less barbaric method of execution”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.
“Melanie Cradle nominated as first Black woman to CT Supreme Court”: Mark Pazniokas of CT Mirror has this report.
And Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has an article headlined “Lamont nominates CT Supreme Court’s first Black, woman justice. ‘It took us 250 years,’ he said.”
And the Office of Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today issued a news release titled “Governor Lamont Nominates Judge Melanie L. Cradle to the Supreme Court and Judge W. Glen Pierson to the Appellate Court.”
“Our American Legal Tradition Is Not the Warren Court’s Tradition; Which tradition prevails: the first 175 years when the people were allowed to govern themselves, or the last 75 years when we lived under judicial rule?” Josh Blackman has this post at Civitas Outlook.
“Skill games are unlawful, Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds; The decision strikes down what the commonwealth’s highest court called a pair of ‘deeply flawed’ lower court rulings”: Peter Hall of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report.
Gillian McGoldrick and Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article headlined “In major decision, Pa. Supreme Court rules ‘skill games’ are slot machines; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling decided Monday clears the way for widespread taxation and regulation by the state, as well as limits on where the machines are available.”
Zack Hoopes of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court ruling puts future of skill games in question.”
And Stephen Caruso, Katie Meyer, and Jaxon White of Spotlight PA report that “Skill games are slot machines, must adhere to Pa.’s gambling law, state Supreme Court rules.”
Today’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.
“2nd Trump personal attorney wins US Senate approval to become appeals court judge”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
And Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law reports that “Senate Confirms Another Trump Attorney to Appeals Court Seat.”
“How to Shorten SCOTUS Oral Argument; The length of oral argument has exploded in ways that may hinder its functions”: Aaron L. Nielson has this post at Civitas Outlook.
“The Supreme Court Handed Wall Street a Win With Bigger Stakes”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Supreme Court Passes on Judge Newman’s Lawsuit Over Suspension”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.
You can access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“The States Should Override Trump’s Indefensible Pardons”: Law professor Tim Wu has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
“Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right; Secret memos show that the White House debated last year, to a greater degree than previously known, whether to limit habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants”: Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times have this report.
“The Malicious Incompetence of Trump’s DOJ”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.
“When Did White-Collar Work Start to Look So Bleak? In the nineteen-eighties, an office job promised security and fulfillment. For graduates starting careers today, the prospect is often tinged with dread.” Molly Fischer has this Books essay in the June 22, 2026 issue of The New Yorker.
“233. Why Did the Court Deny Lovelace v. Lee? There are two potential grounds for the Court’s rare denial of Alabama’s emergency application in the Jeffery Lee case; But because it was unexplained, it’s not clear *which* was behind the ruling.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
“Judicial Notice (06.14.26): Sorry Not Sorry; Federal judges going on with their bad selves, a case with AI fails on both sides, and the world’s first trillionaire — thanks to a record-setting IPO.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
In Bashman news from England: Railnews has a report headlined “Bedworth bridge bash: man arrested.”
“Trump Denies Defrauding US Court to Create $1.8 Billion Fund”: Erik Larson and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.
You can access the court filing at this link.
“Supreme Court pick who works for LDS Church says he wouldn’t need to recuse from all church-related cases; Nominees Jay T. Jorgensen and Stephen Dent made their first public appearance before a Utah Senate committee on Friday”: Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.
“Hawaii Supreme Court to hear case regarding Honolulu Zoo elephants”: Alexa Friedman of HawaiiNewsNow has this report.
“Susan Collins doesn’t regret putting Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court; Maine’s senior senator said she disagrees with his Dobbs decisions and pointed to her support of three left-leaning justices who opposed ending national reproductive rights”: Randy Billings of The Portland Press Herald has this report.
“Supreme Court Justice to speak at UAF in July”: The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has this report.
More information is available via this link.
“Justice Barrett v. Justice Jackson On Textualism; Textualists cannot rest on Justice Scalia’s laurels; They need to address modern criticisms”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”
“How a legal theory from the 1980s shapes presidential power today”: Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.
“How a great historian influenced the Supreme Court; Justices often cite the work of Gordon S. Wood, who had a deep understanding of America’s founding”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Trump Tries to Outrun Courts by Building Ballroom Fast; The administration has been barreling forward with construction projects around the capital, while litigation trails behind”: Lydia Wheeler of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Donald Trump’s legacy rests in the hands of federal courts; From immigration policy to elections and more, courts are poised to decide what President Donald Trump can accomplish in office”: Aysha Bagchi of USA Today has this report.
“Why Todd Blanche Should Not Be Attorney General: In a Senate that took its constitutional role seriously, Blanche would not win confirmation a second time.” Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.
“Watch Snobs”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.
“President’s House exhibits should be restored in time for July 4, another federal judge rules; A ruling by a federal judge in Massachusetts Friday evening gives the federal government 21 days to restore any dismantled or altered content at national parks, including in Philadelphia”: Fallon Roth and Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.
Maxine Joselow of The New York Times reports that “Judge Blocks National Parks From Removing ‘Negative’ Signs; The ruling accused the Trump administration of engaging in censorship by taking down materials at parks across the country.”
Maegan Vazquez of The Washington Post reports that “Judge blocks Trump national parks order, calling it ‘censorship’; Federal judge gives the Trump administration three weeks to restore materials that were altered as part of an executive order aimed at scrubbing sites of ‘partisan ideology.’”
You can access yesterday’s 63-page decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts at this link.
“ICE’s detention policy won at the 5th Circuit. Then judges found another way to reject it. District court judges have ordered bond hearings or the release of ICE detainees more than 1,200 times since the appeals court’s ruling, a POLITICO analysis shows.” Jessie Blaeser and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.
“Trump Again Picks Personal Lawyer for a Top Job, as U.S. Attorney in Manhattan; James M. McDonald, a veteran former federal prosecutor and regulator, has more recently been part of President Trump’s legal team, appealing his criminal conviction”: Maggie Haberman, Benjamin Weiser, and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this report.
Corinne Ramey and James Fanelli of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump Picks Sullivan & Cromwell Partner as Top Manhattan Federal Prosecutor; James McDonald, one of the president’s personal lawyers, would replace Jay Clayton, nominated as national intelligence director.”
Maegan Vazquez and Dan Diamond of The Washington Post report that “Trump to tap former defense team member for powerful Manhattan prosecutor post; James M. McDonald, picked for U.S. attorney for New York’s Southern District, would succeed Jay Clayton, whom the president named director of national intelligence.”
And Gregory Svirnovskiy of Politico reports that “Trump picks James McDonald to run SDNY; The move may serve as welcome relief for Manhattan prosecutors.”
“Alabama Fails in Supreme Court’s Newest Emergency Docket Test”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report.
“Bonus 232: The Term of the Summary Reversal; The Supreme Court has summarily reversed eight lower-court rulings so far this term — after just two last term and zero the term before; That uptick says a lot about how the justices sees their role.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.
