“Trump asks appeals court to shut down protesters’ suit”: Josh Gerstein of Politico.com has this report.

“New state Supreme Court justice, Christopher Goff, shares humble roots that spurred his surprising legal journey”: Dan Carden of The Times of Munster, Indiana has this report.

“Five sentenced to days in jail for Supreme Court disruption over campaign finance”: Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post has this report.

“Why Corrupt Bankers Avoid Jail: Prosecution of white-collar crime is at a twenty-year low.” Patrick Radden Keefe will have this Annals of Justice article in the July 31, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.

“Trump Leaving His Mark on Federal Courts”: Kenneth Jost has this post at his blog, “Jost on Justice.”

“What Watergate and Whitewater tell us about Trump’s drip, drip, drip”: Joan Biskupic has this news analysis at CNN.com.

“Supreme Court ruling leads to offensive trademark requests”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Gerrymandering Case May Be Most Important Decision SCOTUS Faces; The upcoming case could dramatically reshape how electoral districts are drawn.” Sam Levine of HuffPost has this report.

“Will the Trump Administration Receive Another Legal Blow When The Court Decides on the Travel Ban’s Constitutionality?” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg Yearns for Less-Partisan Political Climate; ‘My hope is in my lifetime we will get back to the way it was,’ justice tells audience at play about Antonin Scalia”: Brent Kendall will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes.” Charlie Savage has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“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.”

“Brenda Hale to become supreme court’s first female president — reports; Lady Hale, who has long campaigned for greater diversity in the judiciary, is said to be taking up the role as three other supreme court posts are filled”: Nicola Slawson of The Guardian (UK) has this report.

“Louisville attorney John Bush confirmed 51-47 for seat on federal court of appeals”: Andrew Wolfson of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report.

“A Prisoner’s Only Writing Machine”: Daniel A. Gross has this post online at The New Yorker.

“The Dark History of Defining ‘Family'”: Mae Ngai has this essay online at The New York Times.

“A judiciary transformed at blazing speed”: In today’s edition of The Washington Post, columnist Ronald A. Klain has an op-ed that begins, “Progressives breathed a sigh of relief recently when Justice Anthony M. Kennedy decided to remain on the Supreme Court for presumably at least one more year. But no matter how long Kennedy stays, a massive transformation is underway in how our fundamental rights are defined by the federal judiciary.”

“Protesters plan to show abortion on Jumbotron in downtown Louisville”: Deborah Yetter and Tessa Weinberg of The Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky have this report, along with a related article headlined “Buffer zone sought at Louisville abortion clinic ahead of Operation Save America protests.”

“Senate confirms judge who equated abortion with slavery”: The Associated Press has this report.

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Senate confirms John Bush, Trump’s 6th Circuit Court pick.”

You can view the official roll call vote tally approving the nominee by a vote of 51-to-47 at this link.

“Supreme Court’s Junior Justice Has to Run the Cafeteria; Don’t Eat There; Court tradition requires newcomers to serve on the cantina committee, field complaints about liberally salted oatmeal, conservative mayonnaise levels; Alito’s pudding parfait predicament”: Jess Bravin will have this front page article in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Sessions Vows to Stay on as Attorney General ‘as Long as That Is Appropriate'”: Eileen Sullivan and Rebecca R. Ruiz of The New York Times have this report.

“Chief Justice Roberts says criticism won’t stop judges”: The Associated Press has this report.

“Jones Day’s Review of Business-Related Cases in the Supreme Court’s October Term 2016”: As noted in this news release, the Jones Day law firm has issued this white paper.

“The Senate Is About To Confirm A Federal Judge Who Compared Abortion To Slavery; NARAL is pressuring five GOP senators to help sink John Bush’s nomination”: Jennifer Bendery of The Huffington Post has this report.

Todd Ruger of Roll Call reports that “John Bush Nomination Exposes Partisan Divide; Kentucky jurist’s anonymous blog posts brings up questions of temperament.”

John Riley of Washington, DC’s Metro Weekly reports that “Senate paves way for confirmation of anti-LGBTQ judge to 6th Circuit; LGBTQ groups alarmed at John K. Bush’s stances on marriage equality and privacy, and his use of anti-gay slurs.”

And Ian Millhiser of ThinkProgress has an essay titled “Senate set to confirm unhinged right-wing blogger to powerful court: The Donald Trump of judges.”