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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

“House Republicans advance constitutional amendment to prevent US Supreme Court expansion”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

Posted at 10:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Netanyahu slams violent ultra-Orthodox riot at Supreme Court Justice Sohlberg’s home; Rioters reportedly caused significant property damage and attempted to break into Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg’s home”: Sarah Ben-Nun and Shoshana Baker of The Jerusalem Post have this report.

Posted at 10:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court turns toward an explosive final month with Trump’s priorities at stake”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

Posted at 9:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘I Love It’: Trump Is Still in Favor of $1.8 Billion Payout Fund; Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday that the administration was ‘not moving forward with the fund, period,’ after the plan drew bipartisan backlash.” Luke Broadwater of The New York Times has this report.

Cat Zakrzewski of The Washington Post reports that “Trump says he doesn’t know whether the $1.8 billion payout fund is dead; In his first comments since the apparent collapse of the plan, the president was less definitive than acting attorney general Todd Blanche was a day earlier.”

Jeremy Roebuck, Salvador Rizzo, and Riley Beggin of The Washington Post report that “Trump’s $1.8 billion fund may be dead, but there are still paths to payouts; Even if the administration shelves the proposed fund, there are mechanisms for the Justice Department to compensate people.”

And Siobhan Hughes, Lindsay Wise, and Richard Rubin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Fight to Kill ‘Anti-Weaponization’ Fund Risks GOP Blowup in Senate; Votes on contentious amendments loom after Republicans advance immigration-enforcement measure.”

Posted at 9:37 PM by Howard Bashman



“This ‘necessary and proper’ ban could almost drive someone to drink; An 1868 law prohibiting home distilling shows the federal government is drunk on power”: Jarrett Dieterle has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 9:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“In Alabama Ruling, Supreme Court Signals Limited Role for Federal Courts in Redistricting Fights; In an emergency ruling on Tuesday night, the court’s conservative majority gave a first glimpse into congressional district battles under a weakened Voting Rights Act”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this news analysis.

Posted at 8:56 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Keeps Backing GOP Even as Justices Say They Don’t Play Politics”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 8:46 PM by Howard Bashman



“Sex Scandal Report Highlights Judges’ Over-Delegation to Clerks”: David Lat has this new installment of his “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column online at Bloomberg Law.

Posted at 1:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Infuriated’ Former Judges Take on Trump; Critics say it is unseemly for retired judges to trade on the prestige of their former positions”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

Posted at 1:28 PM by Howard Bashman



The opposing parties have filed their sentencing memos in United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein: The prosecution’s filing concludes:

For the reasons set forth above, the United States requests the Court sentence Goldstein to a term of imprisonment of 97 months’ incarceration and require him to pay $3,103,427 in restitution.

By contrast, Goldstein’s filing concludes:

The Court should impose a lengthy period of supervision with conditions that both hold Mr. Goldstein accountable but that also allow him to repay his debts, address his gambling addiction, and contribute to society. In the alternative, the Court should impose a period of home confinement. Either option is sufficient, but not more than necessary, to fulfill the purposes of a sentence given the facts and circumstances of this case.

The Peabody Award that “SCOTUSblog” won is an attachment to Goldstein’s filing.

According to the district court’s order of May 11, 2026, “the sentencing hearing and hearing on the Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal, or, in the alternative, for a new trial begin at 9:30 a.m., on June 16, 2026, in Courtroom 4C of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, MD 20770.”

Posted at 10:51 AM by Howard Bashman



“How Harvard radicals inspired the conservative legal movement; Opposition to Cambridge leftists propelled a right-wing transformation of American society”: Peter S. Canellos has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 8:27 AM by Howard Bashman