“5th Cir.’s Smith Doesn’t Always Fit ‘Conservative’ Label”: Patrick Gregory of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Does the First Amendment Protect Deliberate Lies? Donald Trump says the press cannot lie; But the Supreme Court says otherwise: In fact, many falsehoods are protected speech.” Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online today at The Atlantic.

“SCOTUS Abortion Case May Have Voting Rights Ramifications”: Kimberly Robinson of Bloomberg BNA has this report.

“Snowball industry lawsuit draws chilly ruling from 5th Circuit”: Greg LaRose of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has an article that begins, “A long-running feud in the local snowball industry has unfolded for 10 years in state and federal courtrooms, with neither side gaining much satisfaction from the outcomes. The latest round of the fight produced a very creative ruling this week.”

Circuit Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod wrote yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“Gov. Terry McAuliffe says Supreme Court conservatives were ‘scared’ to buck General Assembly on felon voting”: In today’s edition of The Richmond Times-Dispatch, Graham Moomaw has this front page article.

“North Carolina asks Supreme Court to restore strict voting procedures”: Robert Barnes has this article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

Colin Campbell:of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “McCrory asks Supreme Court to restore voter ID law.”

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “North Carolina asks Supreme Court to reinstate voter ID law.”

The Associated Press reports that “North Carolina asks Supreme Court to keep voter ID for now.”

Cristian Farias of The Huffington Post reports that “North Carolina Took 17 Days To Ask Supreme Court To Rescue Its Voter ID Law; But the state says it wants the court to act quickly to avoid confusion come Election Day.”

At the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center, Lyle Denniston has a post titled “North Carolina seeks to enforce voter ID law.”

And in commentary, Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has an essay titled “North Carolina Hires One Of America’s Most Expensive Attorneys To Defend Voter Suppression; Defending the indefensible is hard.”

“Court says feds can’t prosecute for legal medical pot use”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has an article that begins, “In a potential legal breakthrough for medical marijuana, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department cannot prosecute anyone who grows, supplies or uses the drug for medical purposes under state law because Congress has barred federal intervention.”

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Feds can’t spend money to prosecute people who comply with state medical pot laws, court rules.”

Dan Levine of Reuters reports that “U.S. prosecutors dealt setback in medical marijuana cases.”

And The Associated Press reports that “Court bars feds from prosecuting medical pot cases.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Texas will ask U.S. Supreme Court to keep strict voter ID law in place”: Jordan Rudner of The Dallas Morning News has this report.

“Constitution Check: Might the Second Amendment be redefined?” Lyle Denniston has this post today at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“The Case of the Do-Nothing Judge: Suppose a judge decides not to decide; For five years.” Andrew Cohen has this report online at The Marshall Project.

“Supreme Court stance on North Carolina law to send signal on voting limits”: Lawrence Hurley of Reuters has this report.