“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.

“Judge Had Sex in Chambers in Earshot of Clerks, Panel Says”: Suzanne Monyak and Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law have this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Panel upholds US judge’s private reprimand for affair with police officer.”

You can access related documents here and here.

“‘It Ends in a Monarchy’; Trump the businessman said, ‘You’re fired’; Trump the president is suing to say those words whenever he wants”: Jesse Wegman has this post at his “Major Questions” Substack site.

“SCOTUS Through the Decades | Interview: Nina Totenberg.” You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Feeder Frenzy; The latest SCOTUS clerk hires, a new feeder judge ‘tag team,’ and a question about transferring law schools and how it might affect one’s clerkship quest.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Reform Will Test Democrats”: Ronald Brownstein has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Timeline Narrows for Trump to Fill Judge Seats Before Midterms”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries; Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

“Judicial Notice (05.25.26): Day Of Reckoning; A verdict in Musk v. Altman, a deeper dive into John Quinn and Quinn Emanuel, Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund,’ and more litigators leaving Paul Weiss.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Artificial Intelligence Floods Court Dockets with Home-Brewed Lawsuits; For years, courts have welcomed cases brought by self-represented litigants; Now those plaintiffs have A.I., and their filings are consuming more and more bandwidth”: Mattathias Schwartz and Zach Montague of The New York Times have this report.

“Were the Constitution’s Authors a Little Too Optimistic? The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it visible.” Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this Ideas essay.

“Ninja Court Packing”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“229. A Tale of Two High-Profile Immigration Cases: Developments on Friday in the cases of Mahmoud Khalil and Kilmar Abrego Garcia underscore both the role courts can play in checking immigration abuses and the limits those courts can often confront.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The ‘greatest threat’ to rule of law in decades. That’s how lawyers, judges see Trump.” Columnist Mark Z. Barabak has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“How Trump Created a Slush Fund for His Allies; The President may have committed the rare offense that turns Republican lawmakers against him”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

Also online at The New Yorker, John Cassidy has an essay titled “Can Anything Stop Trump’s Corruption? The President’s stock dealing, $1.8-billion ‘anti-weaponization’ slush fund, and grant of immunity from the I.R.S. demonstrate the need for major ethics reforms.”

“How this age of extreme gerrymandering is transforming American politics; Politicians, no longer content to leave elections to chance, are working to choose their voters as often as every two years”: Patrick Marley and Olivia George of The Washington Post have this report.

“Trump’s Slush Fund Is Even Worse Than You Thought; A former Jack Smith prosecutor and a veteran corruption reporter map the vectors for lawlessness that many have missed”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Trump’s Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Grift”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“The East Wing Hole-In-The-Ground; How long could the East Wing of the White House remain a crater?” Arthur Delaney of HuffPost has this report.

“Bayer’s proposed Roundup settlement violates Constitution, new legal filing claims”: Carey Gillam of The New Lede has this report.

“With Big Decisions Ahead, the Supreme Court Collides With a Testy Trump; President Trump has alternated between bullying the justices and cozying up to them as the court prepares to announce major decisions that will determine the fate of the key aspects of his agenda”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“Abortion Pill Lawsuit Leaves Trump Silent, and in a Political Bind; Louisiana wants the Food and Drug Administration to curtail access to the medication; Doing so could cost Republicans at the polls”: Pam Belluck and Sheryl Gay Stolberg of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump’s ‘Anti-Weaponization Fund’ Is Built on a Contradiction; The president has fought to make sure alleged victims of government misconduct cannot get compensation; What changed?” Billy Binion has this post online at Reason.

“GOP Twists Itself In Knots To Shield Trump’s Court Picks From Saying He Lost In 2020; Their latest tactic is blaming Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; ‘This has been ridiculous,’ Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told HuffPost”: Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost has this report.

“Clarence Thomas triumphs — and his legal vision, too”: Ilya Shapiro has this essay online at The New York Post.

“Bayer’s $7.25 billion Roundup settlement faces new objections”: Dietrich Knauth of Reuters has this report.

“Clarence Thomas Against Progressivism — and Progressives; In a recent speech, the Justice made clear that he views the movement, past and present, as anti-American”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Chief Justice Matthew Durrant retiring from Utah Supreme Court, continuing unprecedented overhaul of the bench; Durrant’s departure means Gov. Spencer Cox now has four of the seven seats to fill, giving him an opportunity to reshape the court”: Robert Gehrke of The Salt Lake Tribune has this report.

And Cami Mondeaux of The Deseret News reports that “Longest-serving chief justice on Utah Supreme Court to resign at end of summer; Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Durrant will resign at the end of August after serving 26 years on the state’s highest court, he announced on Friday.”

“Republicans Sound Like They’re Getting Nervous About Supreme Court Expansion; After six years of a six-justice conservative supermajority, voters are tired of the Court and more supportive of reforms; Republican lawmakers have taken notice”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Lawyers challenge Roundup cancer settlement as Supreme Court ruling nears”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“A history of Supreme Court leaks”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Louisiana v. Callais Belongs in the Supreme Court’s Anti-canon; Like past repudiated rulings, this betrayal of Black voters can’t be the last word”: Cristian Farias has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

“Mitch McConnell’s Historic Senate Career; He has fit uneasily in the Trump years, but he unified the GOP and saved the Supreme Court”: Matthew F. Mimnaugh will have this op-ed in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Veteran Judge Blames Trump Rhetoric for Rising Judicial Threats”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.