“Circuit Court Nominees In The Trump Administration: The Latest News And Rumor (Part 1); What are the chances of these folks getting confirmed?” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“Judge: No connection to Adelsons in suspect’s legal fees.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Gary Fineout of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Judge: Florida woman may keep mum on who’s paying legal fees.”

And at “Above the Law,” David Lat has a post titled “The Dan Markel Case: Wendi Adelson Finds A New Job; Any negative views people might have about Wendi Adelson haven’t stopped her from landing a prominent post.”

“After Supreme Court Decision, People Race To Trademark Racially Offensive Words”: Ailsa Chang had this audio segment on this evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Ginsburg: Justices felt Trump travel ban ‘too restrictive.'” Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Trump Can’t Escape the States: No matter whom he fires or pardons, the president won’t be able to hide from state attorneys general.” Law professor Jed Handelsman Shugerman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Lawyers Aren’t Wizards: There’s no magic legal spell to remove Donald Trump from office. Americans are just going to have to stand up and fight his abuses of power.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Trump’s Pardoning Himself Would Trash Constitution; A king might be above the law, but the president is not; This isn’t even worth debating”: Law profesor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“State of Kentucky must pay nearly $225,000 in legal fees for Kim Davis case”: John Cheves of The Lexington Herald-Leader has this report.

Andrew Wolfson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky reports that “Taxpayers on hook for Kentucky clerk Kim Davis’ fight against gay marriage.”

And Adam Beam of The Associated Press reports that “Kentucky told to pay attorney fees in same-sex marriage case.”

“Court upholds Obama rule banning vaping on airplanes”: Timothy Cama of The Hill has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

Senior Circuit Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg — who apparently knows a thing or two about smoking things other than traditional cigarettes — issued a dissenting opinion.

“If Trump Pardons, It Could Be a Crime”: Law professors Daniel Hemel and Eric Posner have this essay online at The New York Times.

And Eric Posner also has a related blog post titled “If Trump pardons, it could be a crime; with further meta-legal implications.”

“AG Schimel Reports End-Of-Term Results for the Office of the Solicitor General”: The Wisconsin Department of Justice issued this news release today.

“Lady Hale becomes first woman president of UK Supreme Court”: Frances Gibb of The Times of London has this report.

Haroon Siddique of The Guardian (UK) reports that “Brenda Hale appointed as UK supreme court’s first female president; A champion of diversity in the judiciary, Lady Hale will take up role as head of the UK’s highest court in October.”

Lizzie Dearden of The Independent (UK) reports that “Baroness Hale of Richmond becomes first woman appointed as UK’s most senior judge; Landmark appointment comes after judiciary statistics show women and ethnic minorities remain under represented.”

Nick Enoch of The Daily Mail (UK) reports that “Baroness, 72, who said judges SHOULD be ‘boring old farts’ becomes the first woman to lead the Supreme Court.”

BBC News reports that “Baroness Hale appointed as UK’s first female top judge.”

And the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has issued a news release titled “Lady Hale appointed next President of Supreme Court, alongside three new Justices.”