“Work on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll Defamation Case Divides Sullivan & Cromwell; Law firm’s co-chairman assured partners it would stay out of the president’s appeal of sex-abuse and defamation cases; It reversed course after being asked by Trump’s personal lawyer”: C. Ryan Barber, Joe Palazzolo, and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Democrats Forget the Supreme Court’s Purpose; The justices’ role is that of constitutional referee, not partisan policymaker”: Columnist James B. Meigs has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump Bid for Birthright Redo Would Be ‘Longest of Long Shots’”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And John Fritze of CNN reports that “Trump seeks do-overs at a Supreme Court that rarely grants them.”

“The Supreme Court Isn’t Trump’s Lackey; Progressives advocating radical measures like court packing need to think again”: Charles Lane recently had this post at the “Persuasion” Substack site.

“Illinois Ban on AR-15s Is Constitutional, Seventh Circuit Rules”: Megan Crepeau of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s decision of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Clarence Thomas Doubled Down on Presidential Power; The conservative justice pushed for greater executive authority even in cases in which Trump won”: Damon Root has this post online at Reason.

“The Supreme Court Is Enabling Red States and Limiting Blue Ones”: Ronald Brownstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Roberts, Re, and the Accommodation; Stability as Judicial Self-Aggrandizement”: Beau Baumann has this post at his “Passing Political Time” Substack site.

“The Unbearable Lightness of a Todd Blanche Confirmation Fight; If the Senate doesn’t confirm Blanche, he can still run the Justice Department”: Eric Columbus has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Sotomayor and Abortion, Part 1; The political tide turns”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Trump lawyer Matthew Schwartz is about to be rewarded with a lifetime appellate court judgeship; The Senate is expected to vote on Tuesday to confirm Schwartz to the Second Circuit”: Patrick McNeil has this post at his “nomination notes” Substack site.

“SCOTUS Vibe Check”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“US appeals court rejects Trump’s latest bid to delay paying E Jean Carroll $5.8m; US president contested judge’s order to release money after Carroll’s 2023 sexual abuse and defamation trial against him”: Victoria Bekiempis of The Guardian has this report.

You can access yesterday’s single-judge order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

“The Conservative Justices Attached Some Major Strings to the Latest Decision On Presidential Power; The Supreme Court is not only transferring political power from Congress to the executive branch; It is also reserving a ton of political power for itself”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Texas Appeals Courts Feel Weight of Unexpected Case Influx”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Emil Bove’s Trump iPhone Wallpaper Might Be the Most Deranged Thing About Him; The list of reasons Trump’s former lawyer is unfit to hold judicial office just got longer and weirder”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Extremism in Defense of Stability is No Vice; Maximalism in Barbara and Cook”: Richard M Re has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Bonus 237: Looking Toward OT2026; None of the 24 cases currently on the Court’s ‘merits’ docket for its upcoming term involve high-profile Trump administration disputes; But at least three sets of those cases are coming—and quickly.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.