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Monday, June 29, 2026

“Luigi Mangione set to return to court for alleged murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO with defense strategy a mystery”: Ben Kochman of The New York Post has this report.

Posted at 8:55 AM by Howard Bashman



“Yoo to advise diGenova on probe into inquiries of Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia; The conservative law professor will consult with the Justice Department prosecutor on the investigation based in South Florida”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

Posted at 8:54 AM by Howard Bashman



“Pa. Attorney General Dave Sunday talks Supreme Court’s Krasner ruling, abortion appeal; The high court recently gave Sunday’s office unprecedented authority over the DA’s post-conviction review process; He discussed that ruling and more in an interview with The Inquirer”: Jesse Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

Posted at 8:36 AM by Howard Bashman



“235. Hypothetical Jurisdiction in Mullin v. Doe; Justice Alito’s TPS opinion stakes out an expansive new claim for how courts can resolve ‘interim relief’ appeals; It’s a good thing Justices Gorsuch and Barrett (silently) refused to endorse it.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:34 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Roberts Court Shows Its True Colors; Using loopholes and cynical wordplay, the right-wing supermajority delivers a series of devastating decisions on legal immigration, plunging millions of lives into uncertainty”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

Posted at 8:32 AM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, June 28, 2026

“Hawaii Tries to Redefine ‘Corporation’; The legal gambit is an effort to claim that companies lack political speech rights. Other progressive states are watching”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“Judicial Notice (06.28.26): Home Stretch; Final opinions from SCOTUS, the last days of Cadwalader and Hogan Lovells (as separate firms), and a late-career move for a legend of the bankruptcy bar”: David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 8:11 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court Is Building Its Own Massive Police Force; The Supreme Court is spending millions to beef up security; At what cost?” Josh Gerstein has this article online at Politico Magazine.

Posted at 5:00 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump administration asks Supreme Court to OK its unprecedented immigration detention policy; The Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

You can access the cert. petition at this link.

Posted at 2:55 PM by Howard Bashman



“Florida Needs Haitian Workers. Congress Should Let Them Stay.” Mary Ellen Klas has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

Posted at 2:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“With time running out, Trump digs in on changing midterm election rules; Fearing a Democratic takeover of Congress, the president has spent months trying to alter how the midterms will be conducted, but obstacles keep cropping up”: Patrick Marley and Ben Binday of The Washington Post have this report.

Posted at 2:50 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Pa. Attorney General’s Office seeks to intervene in a murder case that Philly prosecutors helped overturn last month; The attorney general’s actions Wednesday provided a first test case since the state Supreme Court issued a forceful ruling against DA Larry Krasner’s office last week”: Jillian Kramer, Ellie Rushing, and Chris Palmer of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

Posted at 2:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Stop Civil Service Politicization; Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government”: Jonah E. Bromwich, Michael S. Schmidt, and Rebecca Davis O’Brien of The New York Times have this report.

Posted at 2:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“As Nerves Fray at Supreme Court, Some Pine for an Old Colleague With a Soft Touch; Justices miss retired colleague Stephen Breyer, who forged bonds across the ideological spectrum”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Posted at 2:42 PM by Howard Bashman



Saturday, June 27, 2026

“The Court That Will Believe Absolutely Anything Is ‘Race-Neutral’; The majority gives Trump yet more license to discriminate”: Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“Before marriage, there was the nearly 20-year fight over sodomy laws; In 2003, the Supreme Court overturned its 1986 decision upholding sodomy laws; Both cases have a lot to teach us in and about this moment”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

Posted at 9:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court’s Era of Meaningless Rights; The Supreme Court is not saying people don’t have certain rights, just that no courts can help them when those rights are violated”: Law professor Leah Litman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 9:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Colorado Supreme Court Delay Threatens Democratic Redistricting Effort; Both parties are awaiting a decision on the validity of ballot proposals to redraw Colorado’s maps ahead of 2028; Democrats say each day without a ruling puts the proposals at risk”: Nick Corasaniti of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 3:54 PM by Howard Bashman



“Alito and Kagan’s telling exchange about race and politics; Both sides of the debate in the court’s case on temporary protected status could have used a little more realism”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 3:10 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court just made millions more vulnerable, including the MAGA types who are cheering; ‘You don’t have to care about the human aspect of this to see it is an economic disaster,’ said the CEO of a health care organization”: Columnist Yvonne Abraham has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

Posted at 1:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“Does Steel Co. Apply to the Interim Docket? Meditations On Part III-A of Mullin v. Doe.” William Baude has this interesting post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

Posted at 9:48 AM by Howard Bashman



Friday, June 26, 2026

“Iowans react to U.S. Supreme Court ruling blocking Roundup cancer lawsuits”: Katarina Sostaric of Iowa Public Radio has this report.

Posted at 10:49 PM by Howard Bashman



“What’s next for South Floridian Haitians with TPS after Supreme Court ruling?” Vera Lucia Pappaterra of The Miami Herald has this report.

Posted at 10:47 PM by Howard Bashman



“After Supreme Court Blow To Gun Restrictions, What’s Next For Hawai‘i? Some gun control advocates fear that the islands’ status as one of the safest states from firearm crime could be at risk.” Madeleine Valera of Honolulu Civil Beat has this report.

Posted at 10:45 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court halts order to force reporter to reveal source or pay fine; Press freedom groups have decried efforts to compel former Fox News journalist Catherine Herridge to reveal a confidential source”: Scott Nover and Julian Mark of The Washington Post have this report.

You can view the stay order at this link.

Posted at 8:53 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court errs in this immigration ruling; The justices get it wrong on temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian immigrants”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 8:42 PM by Howard Bashman



“Hawaii Can’t Ban Guns by Default; The Supreme Court again vindicates the Second Amendment”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

Posted at 8:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“Years after GirlsDoPorn, survivors are finding ways to heal and fight back; Michael Pratt and his associates are in prison — but women targeted in his GirlsDoPorn sex trafficking operation say the exploitation never truly ended; Now, they’re pushing for reforms to prevent others from ever enduring the same fate”: Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service has this report.

Posted at 8:20 PM by Howard Bashman



“Bayer’s Supreme Court Win in Roundup Case No ‘Silver Bullet’”: Jef Feeley and Sonja Wind of Bloomberg News has this report.

Posted at 8:14 PM by Howard Bashman