“Conservative justices skeptical federal law requires emergency room abortions”: Ann E. Marimow and Caroline Kitchener of The Washington Post have this report.

And David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court sounds wary of Idaho’s ban on emergency abortions for women whose health is in danger.”

“In Immunity Case, Trump Can Lose in Ways That Amount to a Win; After the justices hear arguments on Thursday, how they decide may be just as important as what they decide”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has an article headlined “By looking to future, Supreme Court may push Trump’s D.C. trial past election.”

And Maureen Groppe of USA Today has an article headlined “When it comes to Trump Supreme Court bid for immunity, his test case is Richard Nixon; The Supreme Court said Nixon couldn’t be sued for official acts. Trump wants that same protection extended to criminal charges.”

“The Supreme Court Has Already Botched the Trump Immunity Case”: Law professors Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann have this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Emergency Abortions; Justices weigh doctor responsibilities in states with abortion bans”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

John Kruzel and Andrew Chung of Reuters report that “US Supreme Court split over Idaho’s strict abortion ban in medical emergencies.”

And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court hears abortion clash over emergency room treatment for pregnant women; The Biden administration says Idaho’s near-total abortion ban conflicts with a federal law setting standards for hospital emergency room care.”

“A majority of Americans no longer trust the Supreme Court. Can it rebuild?” Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Trump Shaped the Supreme Court; Now He Wants His Victory; Former president expects loyalty while justices stress independence”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar again in the spotlight fighting the conservative Supreme Court on abortion”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this report.

“A Simple Fix for Texas’s Right-Wing Courts: More Judges; The Fifth Circuit’s become little more than a junior varsity version of the Supreme Court; Some fresh faces on the bench will help put things right.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Pa. High Court Reversal Rate of Superior Court Rulings Has Plummeted, Report Shows; Appellate lawyers who spoke with The Legal said there is not a clear reason for the drop-off, but the change could be linked to the type of cases the justices are taking up”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report, in which I am quoted.

“The Most Harmony at the Beginning of a Term that Most of Us Have Ever Seen”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“SCOTUS Has a Chance to Right the Wrong Its EMTALA Ruling Forced; Will it listen?” Lindsay Harrison and Dahlia Lithwick have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Core Issues in Trump v. United States: One Road Map; The impact of the decision on future presidencies is the central consideration.” Jack Goldsmith has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Trump and Attorney General Agree on Minor Changes to $175 Million Bond; Letitia James had asked a court to reject the bond that Donald J. Trump posted in his civil fraud case. A deal on Monday will keep the terms of the bond largely unchanged”: Matthew Haag of The New York Times has this report.

“Grants Pass council president and her mother first in line, camping out on the edge of U.S. Supreme Court”: Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian has this report.

“Two new justices will create female majority on Minnesota Supreme Court; Gov. Tim Walz elevates Court of Appeals Judge Theodora Gaïtas and Stearns County Judge Sarah Hennesy”: Rochelle Olson of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

“Trump’s Immunity Gambit at Supreme Court: A Delay Is Still a Victory; Special counsel pushes for fast trial as Nov. 5 election looms; A court shaped by Trump will decide fate of election charges.” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

And in commentary, online at Vox, Ian Millhiser has an essay titled “Donald Trump already won the only Supreme Court fight that mattered; This case is about delaying his trial, and the GOP-controlled Supreme Court has given him everything he could reasonably hope for and more.”

“Supreme Court Will Review Biden Administration ‘Ghost Gun’ Rule”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“The Left’s Calls for Sonia Sotomayor to Retire Are Absurd; ‘We want that seat’ is not a sufficient reason to push a Supreme Court justice to step down”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

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

“Stephen Breyer insists politics don’t play a role in Supreme Court’s decisions; But, the former justice said, sometimes they consider real-world consequences”: Eric Fayeulle of ABC News has this report.

What it’s like to be *that person* who everyone in a certain line of work happens to read: Steven Kurutz of The New York Times recently wrote a profile headlined “From a Tiny Island in Maine, He Serves Up Fresh Media Gossip; Rusty Foster could never live in New York; But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city’s media class.”

“The GOP’s Worst Fears About the End of Roe v. Wade Have Come True; Republicans were quick to wave away the political consequences; Now that they’ve arrived, they have no answers”: Walter Shapiro has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The Supreme Court Should Rule Swiftly on Trump’s Immunity Claim”: Liz Cheney has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“US Supreme Court eyes anti-camping laws used against the homeless”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report.

“Retire Universal Injunctions”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.

“Will SCOTUS Let January 6 Defendants Off the Hook?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“77. Justice Gorsuch and ‘Nationwide’ Injunctions: Justice Gorsuch is right to be wary of relief that benefits non-parties’ But as his latest opinion underscores, he’s inconsistent in when it bothers him and wrong about how big a problem it really is.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Do Not Make Survival Even More Difficult for People on the Streets”: Laura Riley has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court Considers a Judge-Made Right to Vagrancy; The Justices hear an appeal of a Ninth Circuit ruling that makes it hard for cities to enforce public order or get treatment for addicts and the mentally ill”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

And online at The Wall Street Journal, Timothy Sandefur has an essay titled “How the Courts Made the Homeless Crisis Worse: The Supreme Court takes up an errant ruling that gave vagrants a license to live on the streets.”

“As Supreme Court takes up homeless ban, a city’s unhoused feel abandoned”: Reis Thebault and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

And Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Liberal Cities, Conservative Towns Seek Supreme Court’s Help on Homelessness; Local leaders claim power to keep parks and sidewalks clear, but a lower court said punishing people who have nowhere else to go is unconstitutional.”

“How Trump could win at the Supreme Court even if his broad immunity argument is rejected: If the court rejects Trump’s broad immunity claim, it could still send the case back to a lower court for more deliberations, which could further delay a potential trial.” Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“So, What’s Going on With Clarence Thomas These Days? It’s never a bad time for Democrats to talk about the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy.” Jason Linkins has this essay online at The New Republic.

“How large parts of Trump’s trial are playing out in the shadows: Critical aspects of the case have been shielded from the media and the public.” Kyle Cheney and Erica Orden of Politico have this report.

“Judicial Notice (04.21.24): Trump On Trial; Two Biglaw attorneys on the Trump jury, universal injunctions at SCOTUS, Am Law 100 firms in merger talks, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“‘I Gullah Geechee, too’: the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive.” Adria R Walker of The Guardian has this report.