“A Conversation with Washington Supreme Court Chief Justice Steven C. González; Washington State’s chief justice discusses balls and strikes, diversity on the bench, and the role of state courts in protecting rights”: Alicia Bannon of the Brennan Center for Justice has this Q&A.

“U.S. Supreme Court spurns attorney-client privilege fight in crypto tax probe”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Supreme Court leakers banned for life, fined $5,000 under GOP bill; The bill is aimed at deterring future leaks from the court”: Peter Kasperowicz of Fox News has this report.

And online at The Hill, Gregory J. Wallance has an essay titled “Where the Supreme Court’s Dobbs leak investigation went wrong.”

“Back on the Bench to Announce Opinions, Supreme Court Rules Against a Veteran; The unanimous ruling was the first one summarized by a justice since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and an indication that the court is off to a slow start this term”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “Supreme Court returns to bench to issue opinions, but slowly.”

And Lawrence Hurley of NBC News reports that “Supreme Court finally issues first ruling of term; The court was historically slow to release its first rulings in a term packed with major cases.”

“We Still Don’t Know Who Leaked Dobbs. Good! Why we should root against leak investigations.” Alex Shephard of The New Republic has this report.

“Crowded Clinics, 8-Hour Drives and Abortion Pills Are New Reality on Roe’s 50th Anniversary; The landmark ruling was overturned just shy of its 50th anniversary, drastically reshaping where and how people get abortions in the US”: Kelsey Butler and Ella Ceron of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Navy christens massive ship bearing name of legendary Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren; At the pierside ceremony in San Diego, current Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan spoke of Warren’s courage in advancing civil and individual rights”: Gary Robbins of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

And Chris Stone of Times of San Diego reports that “Supreme Court Justice Kagan Christens Future USNS Earl Warren at NASSCO.”

You can view photos from the event via this link.

“The 50th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade”: You can access the current episode of the “Constitutional Crisis Hotline” podcast, featuring guests Linda Greenhouse and Reva Siegel, via this link.

“Supreme Court Puts Off Considering State Laws Curbing Internet Platforms; The laws, enacted by Florida and Texas in response to conservative complaints about censorship, have been challenged under the First Amendment”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And Andrew Chung of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court seeks Biden administration view on Florida, Texas social media laws.”

“Bathroom Bans for Transgender Youths Are Poised for Supreme Court Review; A recent ruling created a split among federal appeals courts on whether schools can forbid transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identities”: Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“SCOTUS Leak Investigation and the First Amendment”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Soft Target”: You can access the newest episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“11. The Leak Investigation and the Separation of Powers: The Supreme Court clearly *could* have done more to get to the bottom of the Dobbs leak; Whether it *should* have raises messier questions about the Court’s relationship with the executive branch.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“What Power Does Amid Uncertainty: On this non-50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, it’s not just the repeal of the right to abortion that makes the new order clear.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Live, but not livestreamed, opinion announcements return”: Mark Walsh has this “A View from the Courtroom” post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“It’s Not Your Imagination — The Supreme Court is Less Efficient”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Arellano v. McDonough, No. 21-432. You can access the oral argument via this link.

And the Court issued a per curiam order dismissing the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted in In re Grand Jury, No. 21-1397. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court did not grant review in any new cases but called for the views of the Solicitor General in NetChoice cases from the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.

And in Toth v. United States, Justice Neil M. Gorsuch issued a dissent from the denial of certiorari.