“We Should Expect More From Our Supreme Court: The Supreme Court is racing to start summer vacation, but the legal journalist Cristian Farias says we have very little to feel relaxed about; In the era of Trump’s relentless power grabs, we should expect the Supreme Court to do more than just ‘the bare minimum’”: Cristian Farias has this video opinion piece online at The New York Times.

“Utah Senate confirms 2 new Utah Supreme Court justices despite concerns over one’s residency; Democrats oppose confirmations, especially Jay Jorgensen’s, while raising questions of whether his residency could prompt a legal challenge”: Katie McKellar of Utah News Dispatch has this report.

“Big Supreme Court rulings near on birthright citizenship, Trump power”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Congress Has More Power Than It Thinks; A Supreme Court justice says Congress virtually never can reclaim power it delegates to the president; History suggests that it isn’t so”: Michael R. Dreeben, Jacqueline Sanchez, and Owen O’Brien-Powers have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Fall of Roe v. Wade Surprised So Many. It Shouldn’t Have. Four years after the Supreme Court ruling that erased a federal right to abortion, journalist Amy Littlefield explores how the anti-abortion movement worked over decades to get what it wanted — and who made it happen.” Melissa Gira Grant has this interview online at The New Republic.

“Amid Concerns Over Violence, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Skill Games Illegal; The decision follows The Trace’s reporting on robberies and fatal shootings at stores that carry cash to pay out winners”: Mensah M. Dean of The Trace has this report.

“DA Krasner’s Response to Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Opinion on Ruling in the Lavar Brown Case”: Phila DAO has posted this video on YouTube.

“Florida Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Concealed Carry for Young Adults; The state attorney general, James Uthmeier, had declined to defend the nearly 40-year-old ban on 18- to 20-year-olds carrying concealed weapons; He celebrated the ruling on Wednesday”: David Ovalle of The New York Times has this report.

And Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service reports that “Florida appeals court shoots down concealed carry age restrictions; A three-judge panel called the law prohibiting 18- to 20-year-olds from holding concealed carry permits unconstitutional — a position conceded by the state attorney general.”

You can access today’s decision of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal at this link.

“The humble Senate blue slip becomes linchpin of Trump’s DNI crash out; Procedural opposition to Trump’s nominee to replace Jay Clayton as a New York federal prosecutor has renewed the president’s campaign against the blue slip tradition, throwing a wrench into the tenuous debate over government spy powers”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Carl Hulse of The New York Times has a news analysis headlined “Trump Feuds With Thune and G.O.P., Stoking Election-Year Rift; The president upended the majority leader’s plans by yanking his intelligence nominee from a confirmation hearing and insisting on an end to the filibuster.”

“Behold, the separation of powers might actually be working; A judicial ruling prompts two senators to pursue legislation to curtail executive branch mischief”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Justices Are Finally Colorblind; A majority dissent from Plessy v. Ferguson 130 years late, and ‘disparate impact’ is on the way out”: Elizabeth Price Foley and Jason B. Torchinsky will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“DOJ urges appeals court to let Trump build ballroom, citing failed UFC attack; A top Justice Department official said the ballroom’s planned ‘Drone Port and Sniper Nests’ would have been able to “destroy any effort” to attack the UFC event”: Dan Diamond of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Trump faces Supreme Court showdown as major rulings loom; Over the next two weeks, the justices will issue key rulings, including rulings on the president’s effort to curb birthright citizenship and fire a member of the Federal Reserve”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Mangione to Use Emotional Disturbance as Defense in N.Y. Murder Trial; Luigi Mangione, who was accused of killing a health care executive in Manhattan in 2024, faces both state and federal charges”: Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya of The New York Times have this report.

Greta Reich and Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal report that “Mangione to Mount Psychiatric Defense at Trial for Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO; Defense lawyers to argue at New York state court trial that 28-year-old was in state of extreme emotional disturbance.”

And Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News report that “Mangione to Assert Psychiatric Defense at State Murder Trial.”