“The 25th Amendment, What’s That? Rep. Jamie Raskin’s proposal to examine the president’s physical and mental aptitude.” Slate has posted online this new installment of its “Amicus” podcast featuring Dahlia Lithwick.

According to its description, the installment also includes a discussion “with ProPublica‘s Ryan Gabrielson about his recent reporting, which revealed that the high court tends to make staggering errors of fact in opinions.”

“How Twitter Killed the First Amendment”: Law professor Tim Wu has this op-ed in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Legacy of Chief Justice John Marshall: Legal scholars talked about John Marshall’s legacy and his influence in modern times.” C-SPAN has posted this video online.

“From Internet Sensation to Silence: Why Has Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett Stopped Tweeting?” John Council of Texas Lawyer has this report.

“Damon Keith marks 50 years as federal judge”: Oralandar Brand-Williams of The Detroit News has this report.

And Jeff Karoub of The Associated Press reports that “Judge recalls key rulings from his 50 years on federal bench.”

In addition, The Detroit News has posted online numerous essays commemorating this milestone, including essays written by Sixth Circuit Judge Eric L. Clay, U.S. District Judge Wilhelmina M. Wright, U.S. Representative John Lewis, former Detroit mayor Dennis Archer, Nate Conyers, Nolan Finley, and Rachel L. McDuffie.

“Seventh Circuit Takes Up Wisconsin’s ‘Cocaine Mom’ Law”: Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit heard on Thursday. You can access the oral argument audio via this link (28.5 MB mp3 audio file).

In earlier coverage from July 2017, Andrew Chung of Reuters reported that “Supreme Court lifts block on Wisconsin ‘cocaine mom’ law during appeal.”

“Divided U.S. court upholds gun seizure in ‘parking while black’ case”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

And Lorraine Bailey of Courthouse News Service reports that “Seventh Circuit OKs Police Search in ‘Parking While Black’ Case.”

You can access yesterday’s 5-to-3 en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link.

“Confederate emblem causes unequal treatment, attorneys argue”: Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Attorneys say in written arguments to the U.S. Supreme Court that the Confederate battle emblem on the Mississippi flag is ‘an official endorsement of white supremacy’ and lower courts were wrong to block a lawsuit challenging the flag.”