“California’s slow vote count faces changes as Supreme Court decision on late ballots looms”: Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s Latest Blow to Black Voters’ Rights; An unsigned order in an Alabama case rewards the state for engaging in what a lower court called ‘intentional racial discrimination’”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Blanche Was Once Seen as Tempering Trump’s Tactics. Now He’s All In. The ascendancy of Todd Blanche shows how the practices that were initially deemed out of bounds even in President Trump’s Justice Department seem to be the order of the day.” Glenn Thrush of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump seeks to continue BBC defamation suit; Attorneys defend the president’s delays in preparing a response to the media company’s motion to dismiss”: Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Conviction of Jackson Co. man tied to Whitmer kidnap plot gets vacated”: Beth LeBlanc of The Detroit News has this report.

Mitch Smith of The New York Times reports that “Court Overturns Convictions Tied to Whitmer Kidnapping Plot; The state appellate court vacated the convictions of Joseph Morrison, ruling that the trial judge had provided flawed instructions to the jury.”

And Eric Heisig of Bloomberg Law reports that “Whitmer Kidnapping Plotter’s Convictions Thrown Out on Appeal.”

You can access today’s decision of the Michigan Court of Appeals at this link.

“FDA defends heightened review requirement for flavored vapes at Fifth Circuit; The FDA instituted a requirement that vape makers show that vapes with candy or fruit flavorings are more effective than tobacco-flavored vapes at getting smokers to switch from cigarettes”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Read the grand jury transcripts that tanked the controversial ‘Broadview Six’ case; The case revolved around a September protest and collapsed last month amid revelations of apparent prosecutorial misconduct during the grand jury proceedings”: Jon Seidel of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

Matt Masterson of Chicago PBS station WTTW has a report headlined “‘Crock of S–t’: Unsealed Grand Jury Transcripts Detail Alleged Prosecutorial Misconduct in ‘Broadview Six’ Case.”

And at his “All Rise News” Substack site, Adam Klasfeld has a post titled “Grand juror called ‘Broadview Six’ case a ‘crock of sh*t’ before it crumbled; A federal judge ordered the release of the bombshell transcripts today to investigate potential prosecutorial misconduct.”

“Customs Says $11.4 Billion Is Tied Up in US Tariff Refund Appeal”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Kat Von D’s Miles Davis tattoo will get a closer look by full Ninth Circuit; The appellate court will have a new hearing before 11 judges in September at which they may consider if its current test for evaluating copyright infringement claims needs to be replaced”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can view today’s order of the U.S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

“Equity and judicial orders close in time to an election”: Derek Muller has this post at the “Election Law Blog.”

“How to Save the Supreme Court From Itself | The David Frum Show”: The Atlantic recently posted this video on YouTube.

“Trump to Fill Fifth Circuit Seat as His Appointee Steps Back”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Trump gains vacancy to fill on conservative-majority US appeals court.”

“The High Stakes of the Blanche Nomination; The Senate’s responsibility far exceeds the questions about this particular nominee”: Bob Bauer has this post at the “Executive Functions” Substack site.

“The Supreme Court Will Choose Between Church and State Once Again; The high court will once again wade into a collision between church and state — and choose between two wildly different ideas of religious pluralism”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“The campaign to overrule Obergefell”: Ronald Collins has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Trump’s latest ‘voter fraud’ claims may backfire on him in the fall; The pushback against his claims about California’s primaries will inoculate the public against similar unsupported charges in November’s midterms”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this essay online at MS Now.

“The White House is digging in on tariff refunds; The administration has processed more than half the $166 billion it illegally collected but is resisting paying back billions more”: Ari Hawkins of Politico has this report.

“Counting Down the Supreme Court Term”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“What Judge Wood Did Not Say About Judge Ross’s Misconduct; She says nothing about Judge Ross’s dishonesty, nothing about the private reprimand, and nothing about Pauline Newman”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Sunglass-stomping appeals court judge charged with battery”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “US appeals court judge charged in parking lot scuffle faces ethics inquiry.”

“Trump Nominates Blanche for Attorney General, Setting Up Confirmation Fight; As acting attorney general, Todd Blanche has shown a willingness to execute the president’s maximalist demands. Whether the Senate will confirm him remains unclear”: Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

And Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Trump formally nominates Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general; Blanche is likely to face an uncertain confirmation battle in the Senate.”

“Ninth Circuit Reviewing Judge Charged With Misdemeanors”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“How the Drive to Find a Conspiracy Against Trump Rocked the Justice Dept.; The push to investigate what the president’s allies saw as a ‘deep state’ cabal intent on taking him down set off cascading crises, ended careers and undercut the department’s credibility with judges”: Devlin Barrett of The New York Times has this report.

“Trump Will Ask Supreme Court to Revive $475 Million CNN Suit”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report.

You can access the extension request at this link.

“Dispatch: Move Fast and Break Things and Nobody Has Standing; No court can stop President Trump’s ballroom, the government says in National Trust for Historic Preservation v. NPS.” Molly Roberts has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Supreme Court Justice Who Ended Up Behind Bars; ‘I have been hunted — I may be hunted — ­like a wild beast'”: Jesse Wegman has this post at his “Major Questions” Substack site.

“Impregnable Citadel of Technicality”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“Judicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Number 26‑90153”: The Public Information Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued a news release that begins, “All inquiries related to allegations of judicial misconduct concerning Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit should refer to the order regarding Judicial Conduct and Disability Complaint Number 26‑90153.”

You can access the referenced order at this link.

“In Judge Ross Case, Council Balances on Constitutional Tightrope”: Diane Wood has this essay online at Bloomberg Law.

“231. The Death of Purcell’s ‘Principle’: There is no coherent defense of the ‘Purcell principle’ that can be rationalized with the Supreme Court’s behavior over the past six weeks in the Alabama and Louisiana redistricting cases.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Affirmative Action for Mediocre Men”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Judicial Notice (06.07.26): One Angry Judge; A new Biglaw pay raise, a Ninth Circuit judge’s parking-lot fracas, and a double header of D.C. Circuit developments.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“US Supreme Court poised to rule on gun laws and transgender athletes”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report.

“Gorsuch’s Counterfeit Creed; What the justice gets wrong about the founding”: Nicholas Mosvick has this essay online at Modern Age.

“Harassing Supreme Court Justice Barrett at Home; A ‘swatting’ incident underscores the growing threats to judges”: This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.