“Georgia Supreme Court candidate defends statements on reproductive rights; Former Democratic Congressman John Barrow argues that Georgia’s code of judicial conduct is being wrongly enforced against him in violation of his free speech rights”: Megan Butler of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Supreme Court rules on petition effort against A’s ballpark public financing bill”: Mick Akers of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report.

And John Shea of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Nevada Supreme Court thwarts 2024 ballot challenge to A’s $380 million stadium handout.”

“Arizona’s 1864 abortion ban not enforceable until mid-August, state Supreme Court says”: Stacey Barchenger of The Arizona Republic has this report.

And Alex Tabet of NBC News reports that “Arizona Supreme Court pushes back enforcement date for 1864 abortion ban; The governor signed a bill repealing the Civil War-era law, but the new statute won’t take effect for several months, potentially allowing brief enforcement of the old one.”

“Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal majority questions past ruling barring ballot drop boxes”: Molly Beck of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report.

Patrick Marley of The Washington Post reports that “Wisconsin’s top court signals it will reinstate ballot drop boxes; The court’s liberal majority could overturn a 2022 ruling that rendered drop boxes illegal in one of the nation’s most important swing states.”

Adam Edelman of NBC News reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court’s liberal justices appear willing to overturn ruling that barred most ballot drop boxes; The court’s eventual ruling will have a major impact on the battleground state’s elections heading into the 2024 presidential contest.”

And Joe Kelly of Courthouse News Service reports that “Wisconsin Supreme Court justices reconsider ban on ballot drop boxes; The court’s conservative majority banned drop boxes two years ago; Its new liberal majority seems open to reversing that decision.”

In the May 20, 2024 issue of The New Yorker: H.C. Wilentz has a Talk of the Town essay titled “A (Semi-Famous) Fame Scholar Takes In the Knicks’ Courtside Celebs; The legal scholar Cass Sunstein, whose new book is titled ‘How to Become Famous,’ heads to the Garden, where Seth Meyers and Anya Taylor-Joy roam the V.I.P. section.”

Sarah Stillman has an American Chronicles article headlined “Do Children Have a ‘Right to Hug’ Their Parents? Hundreds of counties around the country have ended in-person jail visits, replacing them with video calls and earning a cut of the profits.”

And Rachel Aviv has a Reporter at Large article headlined “A British Nurse Was Found Guilty of Killing Seven Babies. Did She Do It? Colleagues reportedly called Lucy Letby an ‘angel of death,’ and the Prime Minister condemned her. But, in the rush to judgment, serious questions about the evidence were ignored.”

“Supreme Court denies California’s plea for immunity for COVID-19 deaths at San Quentin”: David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Supreme Court declines to hear two-step bankruptcy case that drew Senate attention”: Dietrich Knauth of Reuters has this report.

“The Historic Trump Court Cases That We Cannot See: The former President is on trial in a courtroom that has banned cameras; Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is deciding whether his other trials should even happen.” Neal Katyal has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“In praise of robotic judging: The Supreme Court mindlessly and correctly decides Culley v. Marshall.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.”

“Judicial Notice (05.12.24): How To Survive Cross Like A Porn Star; Paul Weiss’s big hire from Cleary Gottlieb, TikTok’s suit against the feds, more takes on the Columbia clerk boycott, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“His Dreadlocks Shaved by Prison Guards, Rastafarian Man Turns to Supreme Court; A federal appeals court condemned the ‘stark and egregious’ violation of Damon Landor’s religious freedom; But it said he could not sue the prison officials”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“The 9 worst court decisions since Trump remade the federal judiciary: This is what happens after four years under an insurrectionist president; It will get much worse if he gets eight.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Supreme Court fires back: Justices speak out on security, free speech and ‘lies’; Justices Kavanaugh, Alito and Thomas comment on the law, ‘nastiness.’” Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases.

And in Sandoval v. Texas, No. 23-5618, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued a dissent, in which Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined, from the denial of certiorari.