Groups ask justices to leave order in place requiring Trump administration to fund studies linked to DEI initiatives

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read:

• Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court’s terse emergency docket orders (John Fritze, CNN)
• Trump’s tariffs get frosty reception at federal appeals court (Kyle Cheney and Doug Palmer, Politico)
• Florida death row inmate Edward Zakrzewski has been executed (Tom McLaughlin, Pensacola News Journal)
• Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump (Adrian Vermeule, The New York Times)
• Whose Judicial Overreach? (Steve Vladeck, One First)

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Thursday morning read:

• Trump Sees Emergencies Everywhere. Judges Are Considering Whether to Rein Him In. (Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal)
• The Mike Lee Supreme Court chatter begins anew (Bryan Schott, Utah Political Watch)
• 5 Takeaways From the Supreme Court’s Latest Term (Tom McFeely, The National Catholic Register)
• SCOTUS Clerks, 2000 v. 2025: Differing Demographics (David Lat, Original Jurisdiction)
• Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc. (Marty Lederman, Just Security)

Mississippi on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to leave in place restrictions on access by young people to major social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. The state’s attorney general, Lynn Fitch, told the justices that although the restrictions had been in effect for other social media sites for over a year, the tech industry group challenging the restrictions “has not identified anyone with a complaint about accessing any platform, one instance of a platform censoring speech, or any platform that has shut down or had any difficulty complying with” the restrictions.

Those who know me well know that two things I love are the Supreme Court and heavy metal (not necessarily in that order). So this column asks the obvious question: What heavy metal band would each justice be?

Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read:

• Inside the Preparations for Trump’s Next Supreme Court Nominee (Brian Bennett, Time)
• US appeals court weighs Trump’s authority to revoke legal status for thousands of migrants (Nate Raymond, Reuters)
• Trump executive orders are marching towards the Supreme Court (Marcia Coyle, National Constitution Center)
• Supreme Court shows unflinching regard for Trump (Joan Biskupic, CNN)
• Amy Coney Barrett, the Court’s Honorable Stickler (Dan McLaughlin, National Review)