“Fiercely critical High Court seems poised to annul keystone judicial overhaul law; Conservative justices are joining their liberal colleagues in assailing the bid to politicize the appointment of judges, placing the government’s signature bid to constrain judiciary in jeopardy”: Jeremy Sharon of The Times of Israel has this news analysis.

“An explosive appeal from Trump over E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict stalls at the Supreme Court”: John Fritze and Kara Scannell of CNN have this report.

“Supreme Court Restores Conviction in 1979 Murder of Etan Patz; Pedro Hernandez was convicted in 2017 of kidnapping and murdering the 6-year-old boy, but an appeals court in July had said Mr. Hernandez was entitled to a new trial”: Hurubie Meko and Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times have this report.

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Fight Over Noem Contempt Hearing to Be Reheard by Appeals Court”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

“She got eight years for plotting to kill Justice Kavanaugh. Prosecutors want more. The Justice Department will appeal the sentence of Sophie Roske.” Dan Morse of The Washington Post has this report.

“Carney nominates Manitoba’s Glenn Joyal to Supreme Court”: David Ebner of The Globe and Mail of Toronto has this report.

Heather Klein of The Winnipeg Sun reports that “Glenn Joyal, Manitoba’s top judge tapped for Supreme Court.”

Gordon Anderson of The Toronto Sun reports that “Mark Carney nominates Glenn Joyal to Supreme Court of Canada; The chief justice of Manitoba’s Court of King’s Bench fills vacancy left by Justice Sheilah Martin’s retirement.”

Christopher Nardi of National Post reports that “Carney nominates Glenn Joyal, King’s Court of Manitoba Chief Justice, to Supreme Court; Joyal fills the vacancy left behind by Sheilah Martin, who retired from the apex court on May 30.”

And Caitlyn Gowriluk of CBC News reports that “Manitoba Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Glenn Joyal nominated to Supreme Court of Canada; Joyal has decided high-profile cases, including assisted death, pandemic restrictions, serial killer trial.”

“The Supreme Court Is About to Decide Four Cases Defining Trump’s Power; Decisions involving immigration and power to fire government officials will help shape president’s relationship with the court”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Judges Jockey for Potential Trump Supreme Court Appointment”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has an article that begins, “One federal judge started a health blog, claiming that he’s biologically roughly a decade younger than he actually is. Another gave an interview in which he offered a new legal rationale for rejecting birthright citizenship for undocumented migrants, after he long spoke in favor of the constitutional right. And a prominent conservative lawyer argued before the Supreme Court for a key goal within the Trump administration as the president sat nearby and looked on.”

“A Former Reagan Official on an ‘Unprincipled’ Supreme Court; ‘It really is not okay,’ says Don Ayer”: Jesse Wegman has this post at his “Major Questions” Substack site.

“SCOTUS Rules on Illegal Drug Users Owning Firearms”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Why Trump has been attacking the Supreme Court, with 3 key rulings ahead; As the court prepares to rule on several of the president’s priorities, tensions are running high — even with his own appointees”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“Why Is SCOTUS Hoarding Opinions?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Judicial Notice (06.21.26): Bong Hits 4 Alito? A benchslap for a prominent prosecutor, a surprising alliance between Justices Alito and Kagan, and a major lateral hire by King & Spalding.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Guns and Drugs: A look at concurrences in United States v. Hemani.” Adam Shniderman has this post at his “14th & Colorado” Substack site.

“234. DOJ’s Alarming Arguments in the xAI Case; The Justice Department’s move to toss out a Clean Air Act lawsuit against xAI for illegally operating methane gas-burning turbines to power data centers turns on a dangerous new constitutional claim.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.