“The crusade of a Democratic superlawyer with multimillion-dollar backing”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has an article that begins, “After a lopsided string of court victories knocking down state voting restrictions, Democratic superlawyer Marc E. Elias was literally flying high last week in his pursuit of other Republican-initiated voting laws he says hurt his party’s most loyal constituencies.”

Sixth Circuit again reinstates Ohio dentist’s lawsuit challenging regulation limiting when a dentist may advertise as a specialist: You can access Friday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link.

En banc Fifth Circuit holds that “crime of violence” definition incorporated by reference into U.S. Sentencing Guidelines is not unconstitutionally vague under Johnson v. United States: You can access Friday’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Court: IRS needs to prove it isn’t targeting conservative groups.” Wesley Bruer of CNN.com has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued on Friday.

“Obama allies: GOP will cave in Supreme Court fight.” Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has an article that begins, “Liberal groups say they are increasingly confident that Senate Republicans will crack after the November election and confirm Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.”

“Breyer Brings Back Courtesy — at a Cost; Justice Stephen Breyer’s attempt to return internal respect to the Supreme Court is noble, but he chose the wrong case to make his point”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“Professors as Amici”: Adam Feldman has this post today at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.