“Hulu To Explore Murder Of Dan Markel In Docuseries”: Peter White of Deadline recently had this report.

You can view the trailer for the docuseries on YouTube.

“What a Churchill quote reveals about the Supreme Court’s ballroom decision: ‘We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,’ wrote Justice Roberts in dissent, quoting Winston Churchill on the tie between aesthetics and ideals.” Columnist Philip Kennicott has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Tribes fight at Ninth Circuit for land development rights; The Ninth Circuit was asked to consider the Interior Department’s role in disputes between two Native American tribes”: Carly Nairn of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube.

“Pennsylvania Gambling Addicts Hope That ‘Skill Games’ Will Go Bust; The machines, which enjoyed legal protection until a recent court ruling, could go dark in October”: Nick Keppler of The New York Times has this report.

“He brought a guillotine to D.C. He didn’t expect to get arrested. Philan Le told The Post about the guillotine’s journey from California and what came next. Legal experts say convicting him may be a challenge.” Ben Conarck of The Washington Post has this report.

“On Trump’s Ballroom, Chief Justice Finds Himself in an Unusual Spot: In Dissent; Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. has been in the majority in divided cases more times than any other chief since 1953; But not this time.” Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

“DC Circuit rules soldier’s desertion court-martial was wrongfully revoked; Robert ‘Bowe’ Bergdahl was dishonorably discharged after leaving his unit in Afghanistan in 2009, but was immediately captured and held hostage by the Taliban for five years before a 2014 prisoner swap”: Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Standing; The Justices rule that courts aren’t a venue for architecture criticism”: This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Texas asks Fifth Circuit to force J&J to pay for Tylenol court shuffle; The state claims a last-minute removal to federal court was a stall tactic, while Johnson & Johnson says it had a fair shot under Supreme Court precedent”: Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Misconduct Complaint Tossed Against Judge Over Pro-Israel Talks”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the decision at this link.

“Fifth Circuit might inject new life into Texas’ Covid-19 vaccine lawsuit; Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking to revive his lawsuit claiming Pfizer lied to the public about the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine — and Fifth Circuit judges’ jurisdictional concerns could give him a boost”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“GOP Seeks Information on Ethics Probe of US Judge in Atlanta”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access the letter request at this link.

“Nearly 25 years after the attacks, Supreme Court asked to bring closure to 9/11 case; As prosecutors continue to face setbacks in the long-running Sept. 11 death penalty case, the justices were asked to revive plea agreements derailed by the former defense secretary”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Fraud Law Whistleblowers Are Constitutional, Appeals Court Rules”: Daniel Seiden of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A whistleblower convinced the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that False Claims Act suits don’t violate Article II of the US Constitution, a Tuesday opinion said.”

You can access today’s decision of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“The Supreme Court’s Ballroom Non-Decision: The Court avoided the merits of Trump’s ballroom fight by leaning on aesthetic standing—and left the doctrine murkier than before.” Molly Roberts has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Grim Implications of the Supreme Court’s Ballroom Ruling; The Republican appointees have given the Trump administration a license to lie”: Ankush Khardori has this post online at his “OPENfile” site.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Josh Blackman has a post titled “Making Sense Of The Chief Justice’s Tango In The Ballroom Case; It was the Chief, and not KBJ, who was holding up the case. Was he trying to flip ACB’s vote?“

“Has the First Amendment Ever Been More Relevant?” You can access today’s new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link and on YouTube.

“Enhance the Supreme Court minority’s procedural powers”: Josh Blackman has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“(A)esthetic Standing: Three More Arguments.” Samuel Bray has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Solicitor General Sauer’s SCOTUS tightrope”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“How the Supreme Court Locks Away Its Own History: After Justice Scalia died, the justices held private negotiations about locking away their papers; We may not see the ultimate record of the Roberts court for decades.” Jodi Kantor of The New York Times has this report.

“Yale ERISA Appeal Tests Whether Juries Belong in Benefits Cases”: Jacklyn Wille of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“He wants to distill his own whiskey. Supreme Court may decide if he can. The Supreme Court could review a ban on home-distilling in a case with potentially larger implications for federal power.” Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“US lawyer who defended Trump ballroom, White House policies rejoins Jones Day”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

“Defending the Constitution at the Supreme Court with the Office of the Solicitor General”: The Arena with America First Legal has posted this video on YouTube.

“U.S. Supreme Court’s Rejection of the ‘Presumption of Regularity’”: Ryan Goodman and Jake Morganstein-Foley have this post at the “Just Security” blog.

“The Supreme Court Keeps Finding Reasons to Give Trump What He Wants; The justices in the majority say they aren’t deciding on the ‘legality’ of Trump’s ballroom; They also can’t wait to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Trump’s narrow ballroom win; The justices reject a challenge on standing grounds”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“Esthetic Standing in the White House Ballroom Case”: William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

“Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction; Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

Justin Jouvenal, Dan Diamond, and Julian Mark of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue; The decision hands President Donald Trump a political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the executive mansion in decades.”

And David G. Savage and Michael Wilner of The Los Angeles Times report that “Supreme Court, in 5-4 vote, clears way for Trump’s new ballroom.”

“Politics and the Supreme Court: Are the Justices affected by the political party of the sitting President?” Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.

“Dozens of federal judges describe intensifying threats in new report; One jurist paid to construct a safe room after the floor plan of their home was posted on the internet”: Joanna Slater of The Washington Post has this article.

The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law recently published a research report titled “Protecting Judges from Rising Threats.”

“Texas abortion funds ask federal panel to prevent prosecutions; After Dobbs, abortion funds sued local prosecutors over a pre-Roe statute, but the state says no one has been or will be criminally charged for enabling abortion-related travel”: Gabriel Tynes of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access the audio of today’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

Essays from Quinta Jurecic online today at The Atlantic: She has an essay titled “How the Right Could Actually End Birthright Citizenship: The conservative legal movement doesn’t consider the Supreme Court’s recent ruling to be the final word on the Fourteenth Amendment; And it already has a playbook for overturning it.”

And she also has an essay titled “The Fight Between Texas and Minnesota Should Never Have Gotten This Far; A legal battle over one ICE agent’s future is a sign of serious strain between red and blue America.”

“Supreme Court Allows Trump to Keep Building White House Ballroom; The green light means the project could largely be completed before a final ruling on its legality”: James Romoser and Lydia Wheeler of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

You can access today’s 5-to-4 per curiam decision of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.