“Judicial Notice (07.05.26): Born In The U.S.A.; Justice Barrett makes MAGA mad, Biglaw partners sue their former firm, and Paul Weiss makes another big hire — in litigation.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.
“Birthright citizenship: The right’s meltdown sounds familiar; The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, and the right’s response — from ‘DEI hire’ attacks on Amy Coney Barrett to calls to pack the court — mirrors the left’s worst instincts.” Columnist Dace Potas has this essay online at USA Today.
“This ‘conservative’ Supreme Court decision could be the left’s friend; Liberals might love having a president empowered to fire almost every agency head”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Mail-In Voting Won, But Something Else Was Lost”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
“Human Despite Their Robes: My methodology for explaining what’s going on at the Supreme Court.” Noah Feldman has this post at his Substack site.
“A Sleeper Supreme Court Beauty: The Justices take judges out of the Alien Tort Statute business in Cisco Systems v. Doe.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.
“Did the Supreme Court Steal the Midterm Elections? Restrictions on party committees violated the Constitution — and gave Democrats an advantage.” Columnist Allysia Finley will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
“A President With More Control but Less Power; Slaughter is a necessary corrective to our age of unaccountable bureaucracy”: Law professor Philip Hamburger has this essay online at The Atlantic.
“3 judges vie for Washington Supreme Court position 3”: Troy Slack of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has this report.
“Obergefell, Eleven Years On; The question of whether the Supreme Court should revisit the decision, as it did Roe, is on the table”: Robert P. George has this essay online at National Review.
“How the Supreme Court has changed on transgender rights since 2020”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.
And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist Megan McArdle has an essay titled “Why the transgender sports campaign was doomed; Advocates missed the critical step of building a true public consensus.”
“Supreme Court’s dramatic moves will reshape elections — and give the GOP a midterm boost; The timing and speed of the justices’ moves are all but unprecedented in recent years, legal experts said; Republicans are expected to reap the most rewards”: Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post have this report.