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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

“2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse.” The National Constitution Center has posted this video on YouTube.

Posted at 7:48 PM by Howard Bashman



“‘Oyez, oyez.’ Supreme Court’s last official crier is dead at 102. At age 15, he began working at the court as a page. He rose to become its crier, announcing the justices’ arrival and gaveling the court to order.” Cole Reynolds of The Washington Post has written this obituary.

Posted at 7:44 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Supreme Court Case on AR-15s Could Hinge on Their ‘Common Use’; Last week, the Supreme Court took up challenges to two assault weapons bans; Its decision could seriously limit the government’s ability to ban certain guns”: Mike McIntire of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 7:38 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supreme Court limps away from its campaign finance sins; The justices are limping toward conformity with the First Amendment”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

Posted at 7:32 PM by Howard Bashman



“Trump to Seek Supreme Court Rehearing on Birthright Citizenship”: Skylar Woodhouse and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

Posted at 7:21 PM by Howard Bashman



“Campaigning Democrats Amplify Calls to Overhaul Supreme Court”: Justin Wise and Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 4:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Barrett, Kagan to Appear at Hearings on Supreme Court Budget”: Ken Tran and John Crawley of Bloomberg Law have this report.

Posted at 3:52 PM by Howard Bashman



“Supreme Court Term In Review: Zach Shemtob; The executive editor of SCOTUSblog (and [David Lat’s] husband) shares takeaways from October Term 2025, including the biggest rulings and major themes.” You can access today’s new episode of David Lat’s “Original Jurisdiction” podcast via this link.

Posted at 3:37 PM by Howard Bashman



Tuesday, July 7, 2026

“Justice Jackson reignites the interpretation wars, adding to textualism’s emerging cracks”: Abbe R. Gluck has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

Posted at 11:46 AM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts saved birthright citizenship, ducked the real danger; The Supreme Court settled who counts as a citizen at birth; It didn’t touch what happens to millions of undocumented families living here”: Law professor Andrew Koppelman has this essay online at USA Today.

Posted at 11:43 AM by Howard Bashman



“The Serious Legal Risks to President Trump from His Multi-Billion Dollar Business Activities; Why immunity and the pardon power might not protect him”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

Posted at 11:04 AM by Howard Bashman



Monday, July 6, 2026

“Katie Magbanua deal? Prosecutor leaves door open in Dan Markel murder case.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Posted at 10:03 PM by Howard Bashman



“Emil Bove Defended Trump in Court. Then Trump Made Him a Judge. President Trump is appointing his former personal lawyers to judgeships, part of a larger effort to put his stamp on the federal courts.” Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

Posted at 9:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Conservative Court, but No Monolith; Republican-appointed justices aren’t consistently originalist and don’t vote in lockstep, unlike liberals”: Law professor Elizabeth Price Foley and Mark Pinkert will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Posted at 8:15 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Constitution Is Not a Suicide Pact; On Saving the Federal Reserve Board”: Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.

Posted at 8:02 PM by Howard Bashman



“America’s Trumpiest Appeals Court Is About To Get a Little Trumpier; The Fifth Circuit is already the federal judiciary’s most aggressive incubator of MAGA legal activism; Kurt Engelhardt’s retirement has given President Donald Trump another opportunity to make it worse”: JP Collins has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

Posted at 5:08 PM by Howard Bashman



“The Supremes Shut Down the Plaintiff’s Bar Crusade Against Monsanto’s Roundup; False jury verdicts are largely blocked by a long-overdue Supreme Court majority decision”: Richard Epstein has this post at Civitas Outlook.

Posted at 5:05 PM by Howard Bashman



“Why the Roberts Court Makes Easy Cases So Hard; If Earl Warren could pull off a 9–0 vote in Brown v. Board of Education, why can’t John Roberts?” Jesse Wegman has this post at his “Major Questions” Substack site.

Posted at 4:25 PM by Howard Bashman



“On Seeing Two Things At Once; Or, What to Make of Polarized SCOTUS Commentary”: Richard M Re has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

Posted at 10:26 AM by Howard Bashman



“Congress should restrict birthright citizenship, House speaker says”: James Powel, Bart Jansen, and Joey Garrison of USA Today have this report.

Posted at 8:44 AM by Howard Bashman



“Humans, machines or nothing: Case will decide future of California court transcripts.” Sonja Sharp of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Posted at 8:42 AM by Howard Bashman



“237. Last Week’s Other News: The Supreme Court handed down a number of headline-grabbing rulings last week; Today’s issue is devoted to some of the biggest things that happened *away from* those headlines.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

Posted at 8:37 AM by Howard Bashman



Sunday, July 5, 2026

“Judicial Notice (07.05.26): Born In The U.S.A.; Justice Barrett makes MAGA mad, Biglaw partners sue their former firm, and Paul Weiss makes another big hire — in litigation.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

Posted at 10:52 PM by Howard Bashman