“I’m the cake artist who won at the Supreme Court. Here’s why I’m still in court. I gladly serve people from all backgrounds. I decide to create custom cakes based on what they will express, not who requests them.” Jack Phillips has this essay online at Fox News.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court takes David Prosser’s name off law library, renames it for first woman lawyer”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

And Rich Kremer of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court to rename State Law Library after Lavinia Goodell; Library currently named after former conservative Justice David Prosser; Current conservative Justice Rebecca Bradley calls change ‘another petty and vindictive maneuver’ from liberal majority.”

“Father Reidy Goes to Washington — As Supreme Court Clerk; Notre Dame law professor Father Patrick Reidy will clerk for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, starting in October”: Mary Frances Myler of National Catholic Register has this report.

“Amy Coney Barrett may be poised to split conservatives on the Supreme Court; Legal experts see signs of a ‘raging’ philosophical debate among the court’s supermajority”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

And Devan Cole and John Fritze of CNN report that “The Supreme Court’s approach on ‘history and tradition’ is irking Amy Coney Barrett.”

“Colorado Supreme Court takes up Christian baker’s refusal to create gender-transition cake”: Valerie Richardson of The Washington Times has this report.

And Mead Gruver of The Associated Press reports that “Colorado justices consider a pink and blue cake’s meaning in a transgender discrimination case.”

“Ohio attorney suspended over pooping in a Pringles can has license reinstated”: Laura A. Bischoff of The Columbus Dispatch has this report.

“Senate Republicans Block Bump-Stock Ban; Democrats failed in their effort to override last week’s Supreme Court ruling with legislation, but saw some political benefits to the clash”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this report.

“Antiabortion Lawsuits Leaned on Discredited, Disputed Research; Peer-reviewed studies were later challenged, disavowed or retracted”: Nidhi Subbaraman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“New York’s high court won’t hear Trump’s gag order challenge; The appellate court shot down Trump’s First Amendment gripes and kept the order active”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s role in our partisan polarization has been greatly exaggerated”: Columnist Jonah Goldberg has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Wisconsin governor’s ‘400-year veto’ to be decided by Wisconsin Supreme Court”: Mitchell Schmidt of The Wisconsin State Journal has this report.

“Case testing the constitutionality of Colorado’s anti-discrimination law goes to state supreme court”: Megan Verlee of Colorado Public Radio has a report that begins, “Lakewood baker Jack Phillips, who has long fought not to make cakes he says violate his Christian religious beliefs, will be in front of the Colorado Supreme court today.”

“How the Supreme Court could decide Trump’s blockbuster fight for immunity”: John Fritze of CNN has this report.

“J&J’s Talc Litigation Saga Gets Attorney-Client Privilege Twist; Suit seeks to pierce privilege behind bankruptcy strategy; J&J is looking to resolve talc litigation via $11 billion deal”: Brian Baxter of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court’s Far Right Faces a Free-Speech Problem; A humdrum trademark case exposed the limitations of originalism — and a rift on the court over the First Amendment”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“‘Hot-tubbing’ and more. New terms in Black’s Law Dictionary.” Jenna Greene’s “Legal Action” from Reuters has this post.

“Texas court favored by conservatives to pause transferring cases elsewhere”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“The Division of Oral Arguments in the Office of Solicitor General (OT 2001-OT 2023)”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“As a Texas city debates an abortion travel ban, maternal care is scarce in nearby rural counties; Amid a fight over an ‘abortion travel ban,’ women health care experts say more attention is needed to the plight of pregnant Texans in the Panhandle where there are few hospitals and OBGYNs”: Jayme Lozano Carver of The Texas Tribune has this report.

“Statement of Concern Regarding Improper Use of Judicial Offices in Relation to Law Clerk Hiring and Refusal to Hire”: The New York City Bar Association issued this statement today.

“The GOP Has a New Plan to Prevent Voters From Rejecting Their Unpopular Abortion Bans”: Billy Corriher has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Amy Coney Barrett Sounds Fed Up with Clarence Thomas’ Sloppy Originalism”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“War Crimes Hearing Gives Public Virtual Look Inside a Secret C.I.A. Prison; Years after the agency’s ‘black site’ program was shut down, details are slowly emerging during trials at Guantánamo Bay”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“Why the $4.5 Billion School E-Rate Program Is Headed to the Supreme Court; The high court declined to take a different case related to a school resource officer’s use of a Taser on a student with a disability”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

“During Watergate, the Supreme Court spoke with one voice. Can it do the same in Trump’s case?” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“85. Opinion Announcements (and Why They Should Be Live-Streamed); Justice Sotomayor’s oral dissent in the bump stocks case highlights why the Supreme Court should allow those who can’t be in the courtroom to hear the justices’ hand-down statements.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Mifepristone Stays on the Market”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

And last Friday’s bonus episode of the podcast was titled “The Textualist Case for Mass Shootings.”

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court granted review in four cases.

“Judge Liles Burke appears eager and ready to sanction LGBTQ civil rights lawyers; A Friday order that some lawyers turn over a document prepared in the early days of the Alabama judge-shopping ‘inquiry’ strongly suggests Burke has made up his mind”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“Pressure builds on Congress after Supreme Court’s ruling on bump stocks”: Alex Swoyer and Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times have this report.

“Judicial Notice (06.16.24): Out Of Control; Hunter Biden gets convicted, Justice Barrett takes charge, a rap star’s trial goes off the rails, and a Boston law firm winds up on the ropes.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Biden warns Trump could select two more Supreme Court justices if re-elected; During a fundraising event in Los Angeles, Biden alluded to the upside-down flag controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito”: Summer Concepcion and Sarah Dean of NBC News have this report.

“In AI we trust, part II: Wherein AI adjudicates every Supreme Court case.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“How John Roberts Lost His Court”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Biden’s LBGTQ+ Guidance for Schools Blocked by Sixth Circuit; Decision blocks guidance from enforcement in 20 states; Judges appeared skeptical of DOJ’s positions in oral arguments”: Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Dave Byrnes of Courthouse News Service reports that “Block on federal guidance against anti-LGBTQ discrimination survives challenge in Sixth Circuit; The decision comes on the heels of a similar ruling from a federal judge in Texas earlier this week.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.