“Clarence Thomas’s War On Affirmative Action Was Never Just About the Law; As law students, Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor both had memorably awful experiences — and took very different lessons from them”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Slavery exhibits at President’s House can be replaced by Trump administration, Third Circuit rules; The three-judge panel unanimously agreed to toss out an injunction that ordered the National Park Service to restore interpretive panels telling the story of nine people enslaved at the site”: Abraham Gutman and Fallon Roth of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

And Jackson Healy of Courthouse News Service reports that “Third Circuit greenlights Trump removal of exhibit on Washington’s slaves; Philadelphia sued the Trump administration in January, arguing alterations to the exhibit required city approval.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at this link.

“Sam Bankman-Fried’s Prison Experiment: His life behind bars and his desperate campaign to get free.” Simon van Zuylen-Wood has this article in the June 15, 2026 issue of New York magazine.

“I Invite *Your* Confirmation Tales”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Bonus 233: The (Two) E. Jean Carroll Cases; The Supreme Court keeps ‘rescheduling’ President Trump’s cert. petition in one of the two lawsuits he lost to E. Jean Carroll; The *other* lawsuit may be the (unexplained and unpersuasive) reason why.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Choosing How to Kill Death Row Inmates; In a rare ruling for a condemned prisoner, the justices would not let Alabama use a contested method of execution”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online at The New York Times.

“A Summary Reversal in Apple v. Epic Games?” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“We Should Expect More From Our Supreme Court: The Supreme Court is racing to start summer vacation, but the legal journalist Cristian Farias says we have very little to feel relaxed about; In the era of Trump’s relentless power grabs, we should expect the Supreme Court to do more than just ‘the bare minimum’”: Cristian Farias has this video opinion piece online at The New York Times.

“Utah Senate confirms 2 new Utah Supreme Court justices despite concerns over one’s residency; Democrats oppose confirmations, especially Jay Jorgensen’s, while raising questions of whether his residency could prompt a legal challenge”: Katie McKellar of Utah News Dispatch has this report.

“Big Supreme Court rulings near on birthright citizenship, Trump power”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Congress Has More Power Than It Thinks; A Supreme Court justice says Congress virtually never can reclaim power it delegates to the president; History suggests that it isn’t so”: Michael R. Dreeben, Jacqueline Sanchez, and Owen O’Brien-Powers have this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Fall of Roe v. Wade Surprised So Many. It Shouldn’t Have. Four years after the Supreme Court ruling that erased a federal right to abortion, journalist Amy Littlefield explores how the anti-abortion movement worked over decades to get what it wanted — and who made it happen.” Melissa Gira Grant has this interview online at The New Republic.

“Amid Concerns Over Violence, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declares Skill Games Illegal; The decision follows The Trace’s reporting on robberies and fatal shootings at stores that carry cash to pay out winners”: Mensah M. Dean of The Trace has this report.

“DA Krasner’s Response to Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Opinion on Ruling in the Lavar Brown Case”: Phila DAO has posted this video on YouTube.

“Florida Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Concealed Carry for Young Adults; The state attorney general, James Uthmeier, had declined to defend the nearly 40-year-old ban on 18- to 20-year-olds carrying concealed weapons; He celebrated the ruling on Wednesday”: David Ovalle of The New York Times has this report.

And Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service reports that “Florida appeals court shoots down concealed carry age restrictions; A three-judge panel called the law prohibiting 18- to 20-year-olds from holding concealed carry permits unconstitutional — a position conceded by the state attorney general.”

You can access today’s decision of Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal at this link.

“The humble Senate blue slip becomes linchpin of Trump’s DNI crash out; Procedural opposition to Trump’s nominee to replace Jay Clayton as a New York federal prosecutor has renewed the president’s campaign against the blue slip tradition, throwing a wrench into the tenuous debate over government spy powers”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And Carl Hulse of The New York Times has a news analysis headlined “Trump Feuds With Thune and G.O.P., Stoking Election-Year Rift; The president upended the majority leader’s plans by yanking his intelligence nominee from a confirmation hearing and insisting on an end to the filibuster.”

“Behold, the separation of powers might actually be working; A judicial ruling prompts two senators to pursue legislation to curtail executive branch mischief”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Justices Are Finally Colorblind; A majority dissent from Plessy v. Ferguson 130 years late, and ‘disparate impact’ is on the way out”: Elizabeth Price Foley and Jason B. Torchinsky will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“DOJ urges appeals court to let Trump build ballroom, citing failed UFC attack; A top Justice Department official said the ballroom’s planned ‘Drone Port and Sniper Nests’ would have been able to “destroy any effort” to attack the UFC event”: Dan Diamond of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access the court filing at this link.

“Trump faces Supreme Court showdown as major rulings loom; Over the next two weeks, the justices will issue key rulings, including rulings on the president’s effort to curb birthright citizenship and fire a member of the Federal Reserve”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

“Mangione to Use Emotional Disturbance as Defense in N.Y. Murder Trial; Luigi Mangione, who was accused of killing a health care executive in Manhattan in 2024, faces both state and federal charges”: Hurubie Meko and Anusha Bayya of The New York Times have this report.

Greta Reich and Corinne Ramey of The Wall Street Journal report that “Mangione to Mount Psychiatric Defense at Trial for Killing UnitedHealthcare CEO; Defense lawyers to argue at New York state court trial that 28-year-old was in state of extreme emotional disturbance.”

And Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News report that “Mangione to Assert Psychiatric Defense at State Murder Trial.”

“Pa. Supreme Court blasts DA Larry Krasner’s office, says it misleads judges when seeking to vacate old murder convictions; In a forceful and scolding opinion, the state’s high court said Krasner’s office ‘violated its duty of candor’ and ruled the state attorney general’s office must now review cases it seeks to overturn”: Ellie Rushing and Jillian Kramer of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

“Todd Blanche’s prospects in the Senate tepid — but far from doomed — ahead of confirmation hearing; Key Republican senators have so far reserved judgment on Blanche, but none have signaled that they are planning to vote against his nomination to replace Pam Bondi as attorney general”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Pa. Attorney General must review cases Philly DA wants to overturn, state Supreme Court rules”: Kristen Johanson of KYW Newsradio has this report.

Today’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, two concurring opinions (here and here), an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, and a dissenting opinion.

“Senate Judiciary schedules confirmation hearing for Todd Blanche; There’s hope the nominee for attorney general can be confirmed before the August recess”: Hailey Fuchs and Jordain Carney of Politico have this report.

“Federal judge recuses herself from Georgia election case; U.S. District Court Judge Eleanor Ross, who is embroiled in a sex scandal, removed herself from the case to avoid ‘perception of bias’ after attending political event”: Caleb Groves of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Kate Brumback of The Associated Press reports that “Judge who had sex in courthouse and attended political event agrees to exit Georgia election case.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US judge steps aside from DOJ’s Georgia voter rolls case amid misconduct scandal.”

Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judge Ross Recuses From DOJ’s Georgia Voter Roll Lawsuit.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Judge recuses herself in Georgia voter rolls case; The Justice Department said Judge Eleanor Ross appeared too close to former prosecutor Fani Willis.”

You can access the recusal order at this link.

“Goldstein Denied in Bid for Post-Conviction Acquittal, New Trial”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“The Trump Administration’s Internal Arguments Over Habeas Corpus”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Supreme Court lets stand ruling against anti-abortion flyers in school”: Cate Charron of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court snubs anti-abortion flyer case, leaving school political speech off docket; The case involved a local chapter of Students for Life of America seeking to hang ads at a public high school emblazoned with photos of protesters holding ‘Defund Planned Parenthood’ signs.”

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissent therefrom, at this link.

“Supreme Court rules against gun lobby in this case”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“This swing state shows what happens when judges need your vote; Wisconsin and other states’ judicial elections are an outdated, unhealthy political practice”: Columnist Mitch Daniels has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Supreme Court’s Little Act Of Mercy Says a Lot About the Death Penalty; Jeffrey Lee did not ask the Supreme Court to spare his life; He just asked to be killed by a less barbaric method of execution”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Melanie Cradle nominated as first Black woman to CT Supreme Court”: Mark Pazniokas of CT Mirror has this report.

And Edmund H. Mahony of The Hartford Courant has an article headlined “Lamont nominates CT Supreme Court’s first Black, woman justice. ‘It took us 250 years,’ he said.”

And the Office of Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont today issued a news release titled “Governor Lamont Nominates Judge Melanie L. Cradle to the Supreme Court and Judge W. Glen Pierson to the Appellate Court.”

“Our American Legal Tradition Is Not the Warren Court’s Tradition; Which tradition prevails: the first 175 years when the people were allowed to govern themselves, or the last 75 years when we lived under judicial rule?” Josh Blackman has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“Skill games are unlawful, Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds; The decision strikes down what the commonwealth’s highest court called a pair of ‘deeply flawed’ lower court rulings”: Peter Hall of Pennsylvania Capital-Star has this report.

Gillian McGoldrick and Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer have an article headlined “In major decision, Pa. Supreme Court rules ‘skill games’ are slot machines; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling decided Monday clears the way for widespread taxation and regulation by the state, as well as limits on where the machines are available.”

Zack Hoopes of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania reports that “Pa. Supreme Court ruling puts future of skill games in question.”

And Stephen Caruso, Katie Meyer, and Jaxon White of Spotlight PA report that “Skill games are slot machines, must adhere to Pa.’s gambling law, state Supreme Court rules.”

Today’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, a concurring opinion, and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.