“One Judge Has the Guts to Put the Horror of This Supreme Court Term in Context”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Judicial Notice (07.19.26): Begging For Benchslaps; A Hawaii high-court justice excoriates SCOTUS, the Trump administration turns back to Biglaw, and Simpson raids three rivals for talent.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Nearly half of Americans in poll say Supreme Court bases rulings on politics; A majority of Americans disapprove of the job the court is doing, a Washington Post-Ipsos survey finds; Still, it fares better than the president or Congress”: Julian Mark and Scott Clement of The Washington Post have this report.

“What Trump gained from two Supreme Court losses: The president maneuvered the justices into answering questions hardly anyone was asking.” Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“A New Lawsuit on School Gender Lessons; The Supreme Court required an opt out, a California family says”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Failed Immigration Cases Leave Chicago Prosecutor’s Office Reeling; Prosecutors have fled the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, angry about the cases they’ve been told to bring against protesters and immigrants”: Danny Hakim of The New York Times has this report.

“Barrett’s critics from the right have got her wrong; The justice’s opinions are calm and fair-minded; The attacks on her are not”: Columnist Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“America Needs the Filibuster; Partisans warn of doom if their agenda isn’t enacted, but their expedient is what threatens the republic”: Ben Sasse will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.