U.S.: Supreme Court taking on big issues that have been percolating for a while

ABA Journal: "The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle some pretty big issues in its next term, including cases on LGBT rights, immigration and its first major case on gun rights in nearly a decade. And that’s with only about half of its docket filled for the term that begins Oct. 7."

U.S.: Can states change the electoral college ahead of 2020? Supreme Court may have to decide

Los Angeles Times: "Heading into what looks to be a hard-fought presidential election, the Supreme Court will likely be asked to resolve a lingering but fundamental question about the creaky, little-understood electoral college system adopted in 1787."

U.S.: Supreme Court to grapple with constitutional right to an insanity defense

Washington Times: "Kraig Kahler says he spiraled out of control when he learned his wife was having an affair with a woman, and despite seeing mental health professionals, he refused to take the anti-anxiety and depression pills they prescribed."

U.S.: Supreme Court could take on these 2 major gun lawsuits

PBS News: "The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide one gun-related case in its new term beginning in October, but two pending gun cases could have far wider impact on the current debate if the justices add them to their docket."

Parents reflect on case to be reviewed by U.S. Supreme Court

Daily Inter Lake: "Kalispell parents Kendra Espinoza and Jeri Anderson and Bigfork parent Jaime Schaefer are the faces of a Montana case regarding religious schools and funding that will have its day in the United States Supreme Court."

The Roberts Court – One year after Kennedy’s retirement

SCOTUSblog: "Speaking at the judicial conference of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in June, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg told her audience that Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 2018 retirement was 'the event of greatest consequence for the current term, and perhaps for many terms ahead.'"

U.S.: Five Supreme Court rulings of global import

VOA: "Every year, the United States Supreme Court issues decisions in around 70 cases, rulings that can profoundly affect American society for generations to come. But the powerful high court also considers a handful of cases with far-reaching consequences for the citizens, businesses and governments of other countries."

In the shadows: U.S. Supreme Court’s offstage moves may matter more

Christian Science Monitor: "Definitions of the shadow docket vary, but it essentially encompasses every decision the justices make that doesn’t receive a merits-based oral argument. These decisions can range from declining to hear a case to staying (or declining to stay) the execution of a death row inmate."

U.S.: Roberts’ Supreme Court defies easy political labels

Associated Press: "Just hours after Chief Justice John Roberts handed Republicans a huge victory that protects even the most extreme partisan electoral districts from federal court challenge, critics blasted him as worthy of being impeached, a politician who should run for office and a traitor."

U.S.: High court to rule on census, gerrymandering in final week

Courthouse News Service: "Nearing the end of its term, the Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions in some of its highest-profile cases, including on the 2020 census, partisan gerrymandering and court deference to administrative agencies."

U.S.: A search for the elusive end of the term

SCOTUSblog: "The end of the term is in sight, though with 24 decisions in argued cases remaining [June 17], much work is left to do."

U.S.: Tension in the Court

ABA Journal: "As the U.S. Supreme Court enters the busy month of June, when it releases the final block of its decisions, there is a sense that the justices have succeeded in keeping their merits docket relatively low-key this term."

U.S.: Blackbeard's famed pirate ship, grounded three centuries ago, sails toward Supreme Court

USA Today: "The Supreme Court is digging into a dispute over a sunken pirate ship captained three centuries ago by the legendary pirate Blackbeard. The case, to be heard in the court's next term beginning in October, pits North Carolina against a video production company documenting the salvaging of the shipwreck."

U.S.: Supreme Court scholars’ new paper sparks debate over influence of blogs, podcasts

Reuters: "Law professors Jeffrey Fisher of Stanford and Allison Orr Larsen of William & Mary have spent the last couple of years studying the rise of blogs, podcasts and social media dedicated to litigation at the U.S. Supreme Court. They know as well as anyone how quickly new ideas about the court are picked up and chewed over."

U.S.: Supreme Court signals more openness to state abortion rules

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court signaled Tuesday it is more open to state restrictions on abortion, upholding an Indiana law supported by abortion opponents that regulates the disposal of fetal remains."

U.S.: 6 themes to pay attention to in upcoming Supreme Court decisions

NPR News: "It's decision season at the U.S. Supreme Court, and there are a host of consequential cases the justices are deciding, from a controversial Trump administration proposal to adding a citizenship question to the census to gerrymandering and a question of separation of church and state."

U.S.: High court sides with Crow tribe member in hunting dispute

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court on Monday sided with a member of the Crow tribe who was fined for hunting elk in Wyoming’s Bighorn National Forest, giving him a good chance to get a more than $8,000 fine against him overturned."

U.S.: Thomas blasts refusal to close 70-year-old federal tort loophole

Courthouse News Service: "U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasted his colleagues Monday for refusing to hear a tort case brought against the United States by the husband of a Navy lieutenant who died during childbirth at a naval hospital."

Abortion restrictions? Partisan election maps? Same-sex wedding cakes? Supreme Court has heard it all before

USA Today: "Same-sex wedding cakes are on the menu at the Supreme Court. Again. So are partisan election maps. And naughty trademarks. And an abortion restriction the high court struck down three years ago."

U.S.: Justice Breyer's warning and other things we learned at the Supreme Court Monday

CNN: "As the Supreme Court rounds the final turns of the term, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to launch a warning towards his conservative colleagues in an opinion released Monday. Be very careful before you overturn precedent, he said."

U.S.: Back-loaded Supreme Court enters 'flood season'

Bloomberg Law: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has referred to it as 'flood season.' Ginsburg was talking about the 'well-known crunch' as the end of the U.S. Supreme Court term approaches."

U.S. top court buttresses company power to arbitrate disputes

Reuters: "In a decision that could further help companies limit damages in disputes with workers, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled against a California man who was the victim of an online scam and sought to bring claims against his employer."

U.S.: Defining what's excessive in police property seizures remains tricky

NPR News: "Tyson Timbs won his Supreme Court case in February, but he still doesn't have his Land Rover. 'I want my truck back. I've always wanted it back,' says Timbs, whose Land Rover was seized by police in Indiana."