“The Supreme Court’s common sense problem”: Will Baude and Richard Re have this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“District Map Fights Before the 2026 Midterms”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“The Fate, to Date, of Trump v. United States; Its publicly measurable impact has been smaller than I anticipated”: Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“Fix the Court Calls on House Judiciary to Open Impeachment Inquiry into Judge Ross”: The organization issued this news release today.

Rosie Manins of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “Atlanta police investigate sex affair involving judge and high-ranking officer; The police department wants to know if an officer was having sex with a federal judge in chambers.”

And Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law reports that “Atlanta Police Investigate After Cop Said to Have Sex with Judge.”

“Judge reprimanded for noisy sex in chambers revealed as Obama appointee who sentenced Todd Chrisley”: Anthony Blair of The New York Post has this report.

And at “Above the Law,” Joe Patrice has a post titled “Judiciary Tried To Hide ‘Sex In Chambers’ Judge’s Name. It Left A Roadmap To Identify Eleanor Ross Instead. For all their efforts, both the Eleventh Circuit and Judicial Conference left a lot of clues.”

“Is Trump the President the Framers Feared? The drafters of the Constitution hoped for energetic but accountable presidents.” Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“John Manning Was Seen as Harvard’s Conservative Signal. Now, He Is Forging His Own Path as Provost. Harvard Provost John Manning was appointed as a figure who could speak to the University’s critics — but as Washington talks move around him, he has turned inward, using the provostship to reshape hiring and faculty power from inside Massachusetts Hall.” Hugo C. Chiasson and Elise A. Spenner of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

“Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors; Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Julian Mark of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court sides with Mississippi man on death row in racial bias case; In a 5-4 vote, the court found Terry Pitchford should have had the opportunity to challenge the dismissal of four Black potential jurors.”

James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Rules for Death-Row Inmate Who Alleged Racial Bias at Trial; Reprieve for Mississippi defendant splits high court’s conservatives.”

Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Death row inmate wins Supreme Court duel over racial discrimination on Mississippi jury; The prosecutor who put Terry Pitchford on death row faced Supreme Court scrutiny in 2019 over his efforts to exclude Black jurors while trying another man six times for the same crime.”

In commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Stephen L. Carter has an essay titled “The Supreme Court Just Got a Race-Based Ruling Right.”

And online at The New York Times, Avital Fried has a guest essay titled “If Harvard Can’t Consider Race, Why Should Our Juries?”

You can access today’s 5-to-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“At Harvard Law, The Federalist Society’s Influence Endures Trump’s Estrangement; At Harvard Law School, the Federalist Society remains a powerful pipeline to conservative legal careers — even as Trump’s White House increasingly looks beyond Harvard’s elite credentials”: Caroline G. Hennigan and Uy B. Pham of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

“California Supreme Court reins in ‘blanket’ challenges against judges; After lawyers for San Joaquin County moved to disqualify a judge 325 times within four months in response to a reprimand for supposed prosecutorial misconduct, California’s top court decided it was time for change”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of California at this link.

“Police Officer Gets Sig Sauer Accidental Gun Firing Suit Revived”: Shweta Watwe of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Are Wendi and Harvey Adelson in the Clear . . . Or Will They Face Murder Charges like Donna and Charlie”: Surviving The Survivor has posted this video on YouTube.

And Court TV has posted on YouTube a video titled “Are Investigators Coming for Wendi Adelson?“

“Justice Barrett’s Home Targeted in Swatting Attempt, Police Say”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“US Supreme Court settles long-running water dispute over dwindling Rio Grande”: Susan Montoya Bryan of The Associated Press has this report.

“Interview: Lord Reed reflects on UKSC Glasgow sitting, changing times and AI; Fresh from the Supreme Court’s Glasgow sitting, President of the UK Supreme Court, Lord Reed of Allermuir, spoke to SLN editor Kapil Summan.” Kapil Summan of Scottish Legal News has this report.

“Sonia Sotomayor’s Muddle on Foreign Law; New issue emerges in confirmation battle”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Orin Kerr (MS ’94): The Accidental Prosecutor Who Reframed Fourth Amendment Law.” Monica Schreiber has this article in the Winter/Spring 2026 issue of Stanford Lawyer.

“Samuel Alito’s Son Has Been Quietly Working for Trump’s Treasury Department; Philip Alito has been working as an attorney with the Treasury’s office of the general counsel for months even as the Supreme Court takes up cases involving the department”: Jose Pagliery of NOTUS has this report.

“Eleanor Ross of Atlanta Is Judge Reprimanded for Sex in Chambers”: Suzanne Monyak, Olivia Alafriz, and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“In Alabama Case, Supreme Court Faces First Major Test of Voting Rights Act Ruling; Republican leaders in the state have asked the justices to clear the way for a congressional map that a lower court found discriminated against Black voters”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Former Judges Urge Inquiry Into Deal Trump Struck With I.R.S.; The motion was particularly significant because it asked the judge overseeing the initial suit against the I.R.S. to examine the terms of the deal”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Ex-Federal Judges Urge ‘Fraud’ Probe of Trump IRS Settlement.”

And Megan Butler of Courthouse News Service reports that “Former judges accuse Trump of deceiving court with fraudulent ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement; A settlement was never brought before the court before the president dismissed his suit against the IRS, according to 35 former federal judges.”

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Judge to Decide How Long Torture’s Taint Infected the Sept. 11 Case; Eight days of legal arguments at Guantánamo have brought the long-running terrorism case to a moment of truth in the long wait for justice”: Carol Rosenberg of The New York Times has this report.

“When I Left Big Law, I Learned This”: Matthew Wollin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Justice Department launches a criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll”: Hannah Rabinowitz, Paula Reid, and Kara Scannell of CNN have this report.

And Glenn Thrush of The New York Times reports that “Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry of E. Jean Carroll; The investigation is said to center on whether Ms. Carroll committed perjury in civil lawsuits against Donald J. Trump, whom she accused of sexual assault.”

“Appeals court unlikely to intervene in ‘Scandoval’ revenge porn lawsuit; The ‘Vanderpump Rules’ love triangle may be a distant memory, but the litigation is just getting warmed up”: Hillel Aron of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Who Is The District Court Judge Who Was Privately Reprimanded For Having Loud Sex In Her Chambers With A Law Enforcement Officer From Her District? The clues in the memorandum point to a specific judge.” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Justice Anthony Kennedy assesses the challenges facing the Supreme Court in Trump’s second term”: You can access the new episode of the PBS program “Firing Line with Margaret Hoover” via this link.

“A Warning to Quorum Breakers; If quorum breakers make legislation impossible, the Court has preserved room for itself to ‘throw them out’”: Aaron L. Nielson has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Trump Slush Fund May Cost Todd Blanche the Attorney General Job”: Elie Honig has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Allergan Product Liability Blindness Suit Revived by NJ Justices”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s decision of a unanimous Supreme Court of New Jersey at this link.

“Light Penalty for Judge Who Had Sex in Chambers Draws Criticism”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

It appears that online sleuths may have identified the judge involved, and presumably Congress could get involved if impeachment and removal from office were to be merited, so the “light penalty” imposed thus far might not be the end of the story.

“Married judge had sex with cop in courthouse — and horrified clerks heard ‘moaning,’ ‘kissing sounds’”: Daniel Cody of The New York Post has an article that begins, “You had the right to remain silent, Your Honor.”

“Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Over Commercial Driver’s Licenses for Migrants; Florida officials had asked the justices to hear a lawsuit accusing California and Washington of improperly granting licenses to an immigrant accused in a fatal crash”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Thomas and Alito see Supreme Court role in refereeing fights between red and blue states; English-language proficiency has been a topic of concern among the conservative justices as the Trump administration seeks to clamp down on immigrants with commercial driver’s licenses.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Trump fumes at Congress and courts for holding up his ballroom; The president bulldozed the East Wing and remade federal panels that quickly approved his ballroom project; But he has faced barriers as he seeks to complete it”: Dan Diamond of The Washington Post has this report.

“Supreme Court Reverses Ruling in Immigration Judges’ Free Speech Lawsuit; A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

You can access today’s per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.