“2026 Supreme Court Review: Key Decisions, Executive Power, Civil Discourse.” The National Constitution Center has posted this video on YouTube.
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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“Judge Orders $5 Million Trump Judgment Be Released to E. Jean Carroll; Ms. Carroll had asked a federal judge to order the president to pay the judgment after a jury found he sexually abused and defamed her”: Abbie VanSickle and Benjamin Weiser of The New York Times have this report. You can view today’s order of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (which has already been appealed) at this link. Posted at 5:00 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“Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. has transferred Judicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Number 26‑90153, regarding Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson, to the Judicial Council of the Fourth Circuit.” So begins a news release that the Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today. Posted at 4:03 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“Is Chief Justice Roberts moderating from the front?” Richard Re has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” Posted at 3:44 PM by Howard Bashman“DC Circuit Revives Second Amendment Challenge to Metro Gun Ban”: Mallory Culhane of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access). You can access yesterday’s decision of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link. Posted at 3:42 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“Trump’s Name to Stay Off Kennedy Center for Now, Court Says”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report. You can access today’s order of a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link. Posted at 3:34 PM by Howard Bashman“The Supreme Court’s Originalism Is Dead, Dead, Dead”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion. Posted at 3:31 PM by Howard Bashman“Sauer Shows Trump Loyalty While Losing Critical Court Fights”: Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 3:25 PM by Howard BashmanTuesday, 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“Complicating the Polarization Narrative”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube. Posted at 11:07 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 BashmanMonday, 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“Reagan Appointee Knocks Full Fifth Circuit Review in Murder Case”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granting rehearing en banc, and the opinion of Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith dissenting therefrom, at this link. Posted at 8:20 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“Fifth Circuit Was Again Most Reversed by the US Supreme Court”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report. Posted at 8:07 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“Surveying the Wreckage of This Supreme Court Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube. Posted at 10:25 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“Smart Microwave”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link. Posted at 8:40 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 BashmanSunday, 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 |
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