“Meltdown at Yale Law: How a controversy over Amy Chua hosting students at her house has turned the campus on its head — again.” Dahlia Lithwick and Susan Matthews have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How Trump and McConnell set the final pieces for the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Gun Control, the Second Amendment, and Originalism’s Folly”: Eric Segall has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“Anti-Abortion Activists Had A Plan To Get To The Supreme Court. It Worked. The Supreme Court — now with a 6–3 conservative majority — will consider Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban during the next term.” Zoe Tillman and Ema O’Connor of BuzzFeed News have this report.

“‘A Great Sense of Inspiration’: Anti-Abortion Activists Express Optimism; The Supreme Court on Monday said it would consider a case from Mississippi that would ban abortion after 15 weeks of gestation, a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade”: Sabrina Tavernise of The New York Times has this report.

“Woke to the Trend”: You can access via this link today’s second episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast, featuring Will Baude and Dan Epps.

“U.S. Supreme Court rejects J&J appeal over Risperdal drug”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court to Hear Abortion Case Challenging Roe v. Wade; The case, arising from a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, could undermine the constitutional right to abortion established in Roe v. Wade”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court to review Mississippi abortion law that advocates see as a path to diminish Roe v. Wade.”

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court agrees to hear major abortion case challenging Roe vs. Wade.”

Brent Kendall and Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court to Review Mississippi Law Limiting Abortion Rights; High court will take up state appeal seeking to ban the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy, giving justices opportunity to revisit Roe v. Wade.”

ohn Fritze and Richard Wolf of USA Today report that “Supreme Court to consider Mississippi 15-week abortion ban with new conservative majority.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court to weigh ban on abortions after 15 weeks.”

Mark Sherman of The Associated Press reports that “Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights.”

Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Bid to Slash Abortion Rights.”

Pete Williams of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court to take up major Mississippi abortion case; The announcement is a boost to abortion opponents, who hope that a newly conservative court will be more receptive to abortion restrictions.”

Caroline Kelly and Ariane de Vogue of CNN report that “Supreme Court takes up major abortion case next term that could limit Roe v. Wade.”

Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico reports that “Supreme Court will hear direct challenge to Roe v. Wade; The court’s new conservative majority will have an opportunity to reconsider the landmark decision legalizing abortion nationwide.”

John Kruzel of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court takes case that could diminish Roe v, Wade.”

Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service reports that “Abortion Rights Rollback Faces Supreme Court Say.”

And Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Supreme Court To Review Mississippi Abortion Law.”

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: The Court issued rulings in four argued cases.

1. Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court in Edwards v. Vannoy, No. 19-5807. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Neil M. Gorsuch joined. Justice Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Thomas joined. And Justice Elena Kagan issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Stephen G. Breyer and Sonia Sotomayor joined. You can access the oral argument via this link.

2. Justice Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court in BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, No. 19-1189. Justice Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion. And Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr. did not participate in the decision. You can access the oral argument via this link.

3. Justice Kagan delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in CIC Servs., LLC v. IRS, 19-930. And Justices Sotomayor and Kavanaugh each issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

4. And Justice Thomas delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Caniglia v. Strom, No. 20-157. Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. issued a concurring opinion, in which Justice Breyer joined. And Justices Alito and Kavanaugh each issued a concurring opinion. You can access the oral argument via this link.

“The Supreme Court just took a case that poses a major threat to Roe v. Wade; The case is the biggest threat to abortion rights to arise since Amy Coney Barrett joined the Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

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

And in Calvert v. Texas, No. 20–701, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a statement respecting the denial of certiorari.

“9th Circ. Bucks Precedent For Immigrants With Citizen Parents”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a 7-to-4 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Thursday.

Six Trump appointees served on the en banc panel, only four of whom joined in dissent.

“Landlords Take Fight Against Eviction Ban to 11th Circuit; An attorney for the National Apartment Association told the appeals court that landlords’ inability to give delinquent tenants the boot during the pandemic is causing them irreparable harm”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit heard Friday.

“Bayer Suffers Second Appellate Defeat With Ninth Circuit Ruling in Roundup Cancer Case; Bayer-owned Monsanto must now decide whether it wants the Supreme Court to weigh in on the legitimacy of a $25 million jury verdict”: Maria Dinzeo of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“9th Circ. Won’t Rehear ‘Goliath’ CFPB’s Panel Win Over Seila”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on an order denying rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“Supreme Court considers plea from parents of man killed in St. Louis jail who was shackled facedown”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“ICC asks SCOTUS to limit U.S. courts’ discretion over discovery in overseas arbitration”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“SCOTUS’ Bostock didn’t lower the bar on Title VII claims — 5th Circuit”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.

“$2.75 mln verdict against Ford over post-crash suicide vacated”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued Thursday.

“7th Circuit affirms verdict against law professor in defamation dispute”: Katie Stancombe of The Indiana Lawyer has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued last Monday.

“Court lifts injunction on CMP transmission corridor project; The appeals court said opponents of the project are unlikely to win a lawsuit seeking to block its construction”: Edward D. Murphy of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued Thursday.

In recent episodes of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast from The Dispatch: I’m going to need to start listening to podcasts at 2x speed just to keep up with all the interesting programs that have been dropping lately.

Case in point, check out these new installments of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast featuring David French and Sarah Isgur: “McKay Coppins Talks Kavanaugh“; “The Costa Method“; and “The Tenth Justice.”

“Normal Procedural Regularity”: Law professor Dan Epps has decided to venture back into SCOTUS-related podcasting, this time with a slightly less scandalous co-host, law professor Will Baude.

Their new endeavor is called “Divided Argument,” and its first episode can be accessed here.

“End of SCOTUS Term: Breyer’s Future, Voting Rights, College Sports, ObamaCare & the First Amendment”: The Committee for Justice has posted on YouTube at this link the video of a recent virtual event that the organization hosted.

“Consensus-Building Judge Taking the Reins at Federal Circuit”: Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “Incoming Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore is known for fostering relationships among clerks and judges, a style that could help bring together a court split over knotty legal issues.”

“Judicial Notice (05.15.21): Bennifer Is Back; A-Rod hires Wachtell Lipton, a top law school gets a new dean, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post (subscription required for full access) at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“MT Supreme Court denies AG’s request for justices to disqualify themselves”: Seaborn Larson of The Helena Independent Record has a report that begins, “The Montana Supreme Court on Wednesday said the state Legislature’s attempt to ‘manufacture a conflict’ with justices presiding over a case challenging lawmakers’ subpoena power was insufficient for a full recusal of the court.”

You can access Wednesday’s unanimous ruling of the Supreme Court of Montana at this link.

“Wisconsin Supreme Court rejects Republican-backed effort on redistricting rules”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

In today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal, Riley Vetterkind has a front page article headlined “Wisconsin Supreme Court declines to adopt Republican-backed redistricting rules.”

And Shawn Johnson of Wisconsin Public Radio reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects Proposal To Change Redistricting Rules; The Petition Would Have Required All Redistricting Lawsuits To Run Through SCOWIS.”

“Guantánamo Detainee Agrees to Drop Call for C.I.A. Testimony; Under a deal with the military court, Majid Khan, who has admitted being a courier for Al Qaeda, will give up his chance to call witnesses to his torture in return for being released as soon as next year”: Carol Rosenberg and Julian E. Barnes of The New York Times have this report.

“Florida AG slams Biden for holding first Supreme Court commission meeting virtually; The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States will hold a ‘public virtual meeting’ on May 19”: Thomas Barrabi of Fox News has this report.

“Justices consider hearing a case on ‘most offensive word'”: Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press has this report.

“House, Justice Department report deal on McGahn testimony; The ‘accommodation’ to end the dispute over a subpoena for the former White House counsel does not involve former President Donald Trump, who could try to scuttle it”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Biden judicial nominee is poised for confirmation. Here’s why that may matter for the Supreme Court.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“Is Brett Kavanaugh Out for Revenge? Three years after his polarizing confirmation hearings, the Supreme Court’s 114th justice remains a mystery.” McKay Coppins has this article in the June 2021 issue of The Atlantic.

“Call of the Scams: How Facebook v. Duguid Opens the Door for Spam Calls and Texts.” Kris Coombs has this post at The Juris Lab.