Prison Legal News loses Eleventh Circuit appeal arguing that the First Amendment should preclude the Florida Department of Corrections from impounding that publication based on prohibited ad content: Chief Judge Ed Carnes wrote today’s lengthy opinion, which simultaneously ruled in favor of the publication on a separate procedural issue, on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“Brown v. Board takes center stage at hearing for Trump’s judicial nominees”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Jodi Arias wants appeal of murder conviction to be sealed”: Jacques Billeaud of The Associated Press has this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court will review Yakama gas tax exemption”: Phil Ferolito has this front page article in today’s edition of The Yakima (Wash.) Herald-Republic.

“Vt. Supreme Court Building’s 100th Birthday Party Features Historical Re-Enactment”: Henry Epp of Vermont Public Radio has this report.

“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Two Firsts At One First Street.” David Lat has this post at “Above the Law.”

“A new test of the Roe v. Wade decision”: Lyle Denniston has this post at the “Constitution Daily” blog of the National Constitution Center.

“Experts bash Giuliani claim that Mueller can’t subpoena Trump”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“States appeal court ruling in attempt to save Obama-era financial rule”: Lydia Wheeler of The Hill has an article that begins, “California, New York and Oregon are pulling out all the stops in an effort to save an Obama-era rule requiring retirement advisers to act in the best interest of their clients.”

“5 reasons why Anthony Kennedy might stay”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“#SoWhiteMale — Federal Civil Rulemaking”: Law professor Brooke D. Coleman has posted this essay online at SSRN.

“Veterans Go Back to Court Over Burn Pits. Do They Have a Chance?” Seth Harp has this report online at The New York Times.

You can access the audio of last Wednesday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit via this link.

“Roswell lawyer to take seat on U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals”: Michael Coleman of The Albuquerque Journal has this report.

And Carl Weiser and Scott Wartman of The Cincinnati Enquirer report that “Northern Kentucky lawyer John Nalbandian confirmed to Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.”

“ACLU, state spar before Supreme Court over Maine’s ban on Medicaid-funded abortions; The ACLU of Maine tells justices that the DHHS is violating women’s constitutional rights by denying funds for the procedure, but the state says no law requires it”: Kevin Miller has this front page article in today’s edition of The Portland Press Herald.

“Rape-decision ad targets Arkansas Court of Appeals judge running for re-election”: John Moritz of The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has an article that begins, “Another ad pinning the blame for an inmate’s overturned conviction on an Arkansas Court of Appeals judge began airing on television Tuesday, as contested judicial races intensify in the lead-up to next week’s election.”

“Trooper slaying appeal focuses on how suspect was questioned”: Mark Scolforo of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “Pennsylvania’s highest court on Thursday peppered a defense lawyer and a prosecutor with questions about the police interrogation of a man later convicted of killing one state trooper and wounding another to act out his anti-government beliefs.”

“Owner of Arkansas TV stations challenges order blocking ad attacking high court justice”: The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has this report.

“A Guide to Grilling the President’s Judicial Nominees: Save the constitutional questions for prospective Supreme Court justices.” Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at Bloomberg View.

“UC Davis Law School Commencement 1978: California Supreme Court Justice Stanley Mosk’s Finest Hour.” Gail Heriot has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Republicans Escalate Bitter Fight Over Judicial Nominations”: Carl Hulse of The New York Times has this new installment of his “On Washington” column.

“Andrew Oldham — Nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Diana Murphy, Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, dies at 84; First woman, in 1994, on federal appeals court”: Pat Pheifer has this article in today’s edition of The Minneapolis Star Tribune. The article begins, “Diana E. Murphy, the first woman appointed to the bench of the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the only woman to serve on that bench for 19 years, died late Wednesday afternoon at her home in Minneapolis.”