“Trump’s Firing Spree Gives Supreme Court the Chance to Remake Government; In case of fired Democratic FTC commissioner, court is poised to strip longstanding job protections for top agency officials”: James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access; Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure; Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this city of 21,000”: Elizabeth Williamson of The New York Times has this report.

“How the Supreme Court Can Improve American Politics: The Justices take up spending limits on candidate coordination with political parties.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Trump’s plans to shatter the bureaucracy have a green light at the Supreme Court; Incremental wins at the court give the White House confidence to go further”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Justices to Showcase Originalism Flaws in Slaughter Firing Case”: Law professor David Rudenstine has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“What We’ll Never Know About the Trump Pardons”: Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle; Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

“Halligan Continues as U.S. Attorney, Prompting Criticism From Judges; The Justice Department has seized on a lack of explicit instruction from a federal judge to keep Lindsey Halligan in place for now”: Devlin Barrett and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

“Noem, in a defiant court filing, offers few details on migrant flights to El Salvador; Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia is looking into whether a criminal contempt referral is warranted after the Trump administration in March continued to fly two planeloads of mostly Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador”: Steve Thompson of The Washington Post has this report.

“Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment; The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Kelly Kasulis Cho of The Washington Post reports that “Judge blocks access to emails seized from James Comey’s lawyer; A judge is pausing access to evidence taken from the former FBI director’s lawyer and friend Daniel Richman amid accusations that it was retained illegally.”

And Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico report that “Judge blocks prosecutors’ access to James Comey’s lawyer’s emails and data; Court says government’s retention and use of law professor Daniel Richman’s data appears to have been illegal.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials; President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“Trump bid to expand power comes before Supreme Court; President Trump wants the high court to overturn a 1935 decision limiting presidents’ ability to remove leaders of administrative agencies”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

And Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has a report headlined “90 years ago, the Supreme Court limited who presidents can fire. Trump wants to reverse that.”

“Roberts and Kagan prepare for another showdown on executive power”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

“US Supreme Court may be poised to ditch more of its precedents”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“SCOTUS Greenlights Trump, Gaslights America; The high court throws a district court under the bus, then puts a thumb on the scale for even more dark money in elections”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Actually, the Supreme Court Has a Plan”: Sarah Isgur has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Trump fired this regulator. She’s fighting him to the Supreme Court. Thrust into the spotlight, former Federal Trade Commission member Rebecca Slaughter has taken on a new high-profile role: one of the primary opponents of Trump’s war on federal workers.” Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s 3 terrible reasons for allowing Texas’ racially rigged map”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“What longstanding legal precedent says about birthright citizenship and the process to restrict it: Citizenship rules are constitutional and may be altered only by an amendment.” Law professor James Sample has this news analysis online at ABC News.

“The Supreme Court, Once Wary of Partisan Gerrymandering, Goes All In; The court’s conservative majority said that Texas’ asserted political motives justified letting the state use voting maps meant to disadvantage Democrats in the midterms”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this news analysis.

“George W. Bush’s Dismal Failure on Fourth Circuit Nominations; How and why the conservative court shifted left”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Access Thomas C. Goldstein’s “Reply in Support of Defendant-Appellant’s Emergency Motion for Summary Reversal or in the Alternative for Expedited Briefing and Decision”: The pro se defendant-appellant filed this reply in the Fourth Circuit today.

“Supreme Court to Review Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Curbs”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access this afternoon’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Judges Who ‘Unretired’ After Trump Win Didn’t Breach Ethics Code”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the rulings of the Judicial Council of the Second Circuit here, here, and here.

“Slowing Down the Internet Won’t Stop Music Piracy”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Top Lawyer Faces Rare Losses Defending Trump’s US Attorney Picks”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James; After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter”: Devlin Barrett and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

Perry Stein and Gregory S. Schneider of The Washington Post report that “Grand jury refuses to reindict Letitia James in mortgage fraud case; The ruling in Virginia marks a defeat for the Justice Dept. and the Trump administration, which had sought a new indictment after a judge dismissed the case against the New York attorney general last week.”

And C. Ryan Barber and Sadie Gurman of The Wall Street Journal report that “Grand Jury Declines to Indict Letitia James Again; Prosecutors sought to revive charges against Democratic New York attorney general after first indictment was dismissed.”

“Supreme Court Clears the Way for Republican-Friendly Texas Voting Maps; Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal, Julian Mark, and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court hands Trump victory in fight over Texas congressional map; The Supreme Court cleared the way for a voting map in Texas that could allow Republicans to win up to five additional seats in the House.”

And Louise Radnofsky, James Romoser, and Elizabeth Findell of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Allow Texas to Use New Congressional Map in Win for Republicans; The order boosts the GOP’s chances of retaining House control.”

You can access this evening’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, at this link.

“Tom Goldstein fights to sell home as tax trial looms”: David Thomas and Mike Scarcella of Reuters have this report.

“The White House Lost a Rare Game of Rock, Paper, Scissors”: Law professor Barbara McQuade has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“New documentary follows ‘rising star’ as he takes his case to the Supreme Court”: Mark Walsh has this essay online at ABA Journal.

“Conservative Justices Confront Historical Dilemma in FTC Firing”: Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Access the United States’ Opposition to Defendant’s Emergency Motion for Summary Reversal or Expedited Briefing and Decision filed yesterday evening in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein: At this link.

“Michigan Supreme Court is asked to grant human rights to chimps”: Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio Network has this report.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court takes up bid to halt ICE detainers in county jails”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.