“Trust in U.S. Judicial Branch Sinks to New Low of 53%”: Gallup issued this news release today.

“Congratulations, GOP. You’re Confirming Judges At The Slowest Rate In 60 Years.” Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

“Ted Cruz on John Roberts: Why Let the Facts Get in the Way?” Brianne Gorod has this post today at the “Text & History Blog” of the Constitutional Accountability Center.

“Ruling sets up new review of religious objections to contraceptive mandate”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Religious Groups Win Bid to Ignore Obamacare Coverage Rule.”

“Appeals court strikes down parts of D.C. gun registration requirements”: Andrea Noble of The Washington Times has this news update.

Lawrence Hurley of Reuters reports that “Washington, D.C., gun laws partly upheld by U.S. court.”

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “DC gun laws: Appeals court strikes some down.”

You can access today’s ruling of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Heller v. District of Columbia at this link.

“New York Church Appeals to Supreme Court in Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart; Trinity Wall Street church wants high court to weigh in on dispute over shareholders’ say on products”: Sarah Nassauer of The Wall Street Journal has an article that begins, “A New York church is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on its dispute with Wal-Mart Stores Inc. over whether shareholders should have a greater say in what products a company sells.”

You can freely access the full text of the article via Google.

“GOP candidates split decision over the Supreme Court”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN.com has this report.

“Appeals courts now split on birth control mandate”: Lyle Denniston has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Miami Heat part-owner cannot suppress tongue-wagging photo”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a per curiam decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“Abortion Bills Advance, Setting Up a Showdown”: This article will appear in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Kane fights release of some porn emails”: Angela Couloumbis has this article in today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“In a visit to Harvard Law, Kagan reflects on her career and the Court”: Harvard Law Today has this report.

And online at YouTube, you can access a related video titled “Associate Justice Elena Kagan speaks with Dean Martha Minow.”

“The Supreme Court Has Nothing to Hide, So Don’t Look: Stephen Breyer swears the justices are just the nicest people.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online today at Slate.

“Appeals court steps into abortion-video fray”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this blog post.

“World Trade Center developer gets new chance for damages”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.

“Judicial Conference says former Alabama federal judge’s conduct was reprehensible”: The Associated Press has a report that begins, “A letter to a House committee says a judicial investigation found evidence a former federal judge had abused his wife and made false statements to the committee investigating his arrest on a spousal abuse charge.”

You can view the letter and an attachment thereto at this link.

“Roberts at 10: A Very Conservative Chief Justice Who Occasionally Surprises.” The Constitutional Accountability Center today posted online this report written by Brianne Gorod, the final installment in the organization’s “Roberts at 10” series.

“Appeals court revives Insane Clown Posse lawsuit against FBI”: MLive.com has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

And in other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “Court revives case filed on behalf of Insane Clown Posse.”

“Judicial Conference Updates Rules for Judicial Conduct Proceedings, Strategic Plan”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“Appeals judges uphold Borgata weight rules in ‘babes’ suit”: The Atlantic City Press has this news update.

And The Associated Press reports that “Panel upholds casino’s ‘Borgata Babes’ weight restrictions.”

You can access today’s ruling of a three-judge panel of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, at this link.

“Apple deserves injunction against Samsung smartphone features: U.S. appeals court.” Reuters has this report.

And Bloomberg News reports that “Apple Wins Ruling to Force Samsung to Change Products.”

You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link. Each of the three judges issued an opinion.

“Contraception opt-out violates religious freedom: U.S. appeals court.” Reuters has this report on two rulings that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today. You can access the rulings here and here.

“Thurgood Marshall, Badass Lawyer: The Supreme Court justice may have left a stronger legacy off the bench.” Michael O’Donnell has this review of Wil Haygood’s new book, “Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination That Changed America,” in the October 2015 issue of The Atlantic.

“LAUSD cannot blame 14-year-old for own sexual assault, appellate court rules”: The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: Teen cannot be held responsible for sex with teacher.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the California Court of Appeal for the Second Appellate District, Division Five, at this link.

“Jeb Bush Equivocates on Choice of Roberts as Chief Justice”: Bloomberg News has this report.

The Hill reports that “Bush questions John Roberts’s appointment to Supreme Court.”

The Week reports that “Ted Cruz calls Chief Justice John Roberts a ‘liberal,’ apologizes for backing his nomination.”

And at msnbc.com, Steve Benen has an essay titled “When even conservative justices aren’t conservative enough.”

“What Would Scalia Do With 2,447 Bottles of Wine?” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

“Alabama judge asks not to have to wed same-sex couples, rejects ‘license to engage in sodomy'”: Kent Faulk of The Birmingham News has this report.

“Split en banc Third Circuit struggles through how to review and assess Alleyne error”: Douglas A. Berman has this post at his “Sentencing Law and Policy” blog discussing an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Apple will ask Supreme Court to hear its ebooks price-fixing case”: Roger Parloff has this report at Fortune.com.

“Drawing the Line Between Civil and Religious Rights”: Linda Greenhouse has this essay online today at The New York Times.

“The Dancing Baby Versus the YouTube Algorithms”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online today at Bloomberg View.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s media blitz continues: Today, he was a guest on “The Diane Rehm Show.” You can access the audio of the interview via this link.

And yesterday evening, Justice Breyer was a guest on “The Charlie Rose Show.” You can access the video via this link.

Before summer is officially over: You can access online via this link the contents of the Summer 2015 issue of The Green Bag, which has — I know it’s hard to believe — even more interesting stuff to offer than usual, especially to those interested in intelligent writing about the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Watching the En Banc Clock in al Bahlul“: Steve Vladeck has this post today at “Just Security.”

“S.E.C. Judge May Have Weakened Justice Dept. Stance in Insider Trading Case”: Today at the “Dealbook” blog of The New York Times, law professor Peter J. Henning has a post that begins, “The appeals court decision in United States v. Newman that reversed the convictions of two hedge fund managers caused the Justice Department to take the rare step of asking the Supreme Court to overturn what it called the ‘stark and overt departure from this court’s definition of insider trading.'”