“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“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.

“Congress should restrict birthright citizenship, House speaker says”: James Powel, Bart Jansen, and Joey Garrison of USA Today have this report.

“Humans, machines or nothing: Case will decide future of California court transcripts.” Sonja Sharp of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Smart Microwave”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“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.

“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.

“Birthright citizenship: The right’s meltdown sounds familiar; The Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship, and the right’s response — from ‘DEI hire’ attacks on Amy Coney Barrett to calls to pack the court — mirrors the left’s worst instincts.” Columnist Dace Potas has this essay online at USA Today.

“This ‘conservative’ Supreme Court decision could be the left’s friend; Liberals might love having a president empowered to fire almost every agency head”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Mail-In Voting Won, But Something Else Was Lost”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Human Despite Their Robes: My methodology for explaining what’s going on at the Supreme Court.” Noah Feldman has this post at his Substack site.

“A Sleeper Supreme Court Beauty: The Justices take judges out of the Alien Tort Statute business in Cisco Systems v. Doe.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Did the Supreme Court Steal the Midterm Elections? Restrictions on party committees violated the Constitution — and gave Democrats an advantage.” Columnist Allysia Finley will have this op-ed in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“A President With More Control but Less Power; Slaughter is a necessary corrective to our age of unaccountable bureaucracy”: Law professor Philip Hamburger has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“3 judges vie for Washington Supreme Court position 3”: Troy Slack of The Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington has this report.

“Obergefell, Eleven Years On; The question of whether the Supreme Court should revisit the decision, as it did Roe, is on the table”: Robert P. George has this essay online at National Review.

“How the Supreme Court has changed on transgender rights since 2020”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this news analysis.

And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist Megan McArdle has an essay titled “Why the transgender sports campaign was doomed; Advocates missed the critical step of building a true public consensus.”

“Supreme Court’s dramatic moves will reshape elections — and give the GOP a midterm boost; The timing and speed of the justices’ moves are all but unprecedented in recent years, legal experts said; Republicans are expected to reap the most rewards”: Justin Jouvenal and Patrick Marley of The Washington Post have this report.

“Louisiana Supreme Court recalls Liz Murrill’s arrest warrant in late-night emergency ruling”: Andrea Gallo of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

Greg LaRose of Louisiana Illuminator reports that “Arrest warrant for AG Liz Murrill quashed by Louisiana Supreme Court.”

And Rick Rojas of The New York Times reports that “Louisiana Supreme Court Pauses Case Against State Attorney General; Just hours after a New Orleans grand jury indicted Attorney General Liz Murrill on bullying charges, the court intervened, citing potential flaws in the process.”

“When their interests align, Trump and Roberts both win at Supreme Court”: John Kruzel of Reuters has this report.

“These Justices Are Not Impartial: Why such a slim Supreme Court majority upheld birthright citizenship.” Adam Serwer has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“In Backing President Trump’s Policies, Justice Alito Finds His Moment; This term, Justice Alito delivered major wins for conservatives on voting rights, immigration and guns; He’s given no indication that he’s ready to step down”: Abbie VanSickle and Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times have this report.

“Bad History Will Kill America; With so many shameful decisions to choose from, Dahlia and Mark focus on two that require your immediate attention”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Major Questions, Major Consequences: The Supreme Court’s 2025 Term in Review.” The Aspen Institute has posted this video on YouTube.

“Everything You Need to Know About the Supreme Court’s Latest Rulings: Neal Katyal Explains.” Katie Couric has posted this video on YouTube.

“In a polarized Supreme Court, even its conservatives are divided on Trump; On the big Trump cases at the Supreme Court, even the conservatives were split; The two that always voted for Trump: Samuel Alito, And Clarence Thomas.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Supreme Court’s Barrett fuels conservative wins while sometimes splitting with Trump”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“John Roberts, the US chief justice playing the long game; Under him the Supreme Court has defied Trump, while at the same time expanding the scope of presidential power”: Ella Lee of Financial Times has this report.

“Trump administration gets final legal OK to install own panels at President’s House, city appeals; The Third Circuit Court of appeals took the final procedural step Friday; It was not immediately clear when the Trump administration would move to install its panels”: Abraham Gutman of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Supreme Court End-of-Term Media Briefing”: The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Justice Alito’s Non-Retirement; Why would Justice Alito assemble a full complement of clerks, including some hired as recently as last month, if he was planning on peacing out?” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Advocacy groups gear up for potential Supreme Court nomination battle, continue to call for reform; They’re preparing for a fight within the system as it exists today while urging judicial reform”: Patrick McNeil has this post at his “nomination notes” Substack site.