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Monday, June 15, 2026

“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.

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“This swing state shows what happens when judges need your vote; Wisconsin and other states’ judicial elections are an outdated, unhealthy political practice”: Columnist Mitch Daniels has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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“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.

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“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.”

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“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.

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“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.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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“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.

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