“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.