“Dan Markel’s parents hoping for more arrests four years after his murder”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“How has public opinion about abortion changed since Roe v. Wade?” Laura Santhanam of the PBS NewsHour has this report.

“Lawmakers hear WV Supreme Court employee’s words, OK media on court tour”: Lacie Pierson of The Charleston (W. Va.) Gazette-Mail has an article that begins, “During a day with light testimony, lawmakers considering impeachment of West Virginia Supreme Court justices spent much of their meeting deciding whether to allow members of the news media to accompany them on a tour of the court’s offices.”

“Heller says he backs Trump court nominee despite 2013 opinion that advanced Yucca Mountain”: James DeHaven of The Reno Gazette Journal has this report.

“With All Eyes on Joe Manchin, He Is All Ears at a Supreme Court Round Table”: Alexandra Yoon-Hendricks of The New York Times has this report.

“Woman who clashed with TSA likely to appeal case that shields screeners”: Fredrick Kunkle of The Washington Post has this report.

“Why Democrats should hope Roe v. Wade is overruled”: Columnist Jeff Jacoby has this essay online at The Boston Globe.

“Judge Kavanaugh on the Fourth Amendment”: Orin Kerr has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Court rejects new Trump attempt to halt kids’ climate lawsuit”: John Bowden of The Hill has this report on a per curiam ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“‘I’m Doing It for the Babies’: Inside the Ground Game to Reverse Roe v. Wade.” Elizabeth Dias of The New York Times has this report.

And Audrey Carlsen, Ash Ngu, and Sara Simon have a related item online at The New York Times headlined “What It Takes to Get an Abortion in the Most Restrictive U.S. State.”

“Allergan Can’t Use Tribe to Protect Restasis Patent, Court Rules”: Susan Decker of Bloomberg News has this report.

And Jan Wolfe of Reuters reports that “U.S. court rejects Allergan bid to shield patents through tribe deal.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit at this link.

“Judge dismisses lawsuits over Albert Pike campground flood deaths”: Max Brantley of the Arkansas Times had this report back in March 2017.

And in related coverage, at TXK Today of Texarkana, Texas, Field Walsh reported that “Albert Pike flood lawsuits dismissed by federal judge in Texarkana.”

Today. a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued this decision affirming the dismissal of the case.

“Can California chase down tax refugees? The Supreme Court could help decide.” Columnist Dan Walters has this essay online at The Sacramento Bee.

“Behind closed doors, Guantanamo secret court talks about the CIA, torture and rights”: Carol Rosenberg of The Miami Herald has this report, along with an article headlined “Confessed al-Qaida terrorist to Army judge: Guantanamo war court’s a ‘covfefe.’“

“Judge nomination to SF federal court withdrawn over inflammatory writings”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

Sarah D. Wire of The Los Angeles Times reports that “White House withdraws 9th Circuit nominee amid criticism over his college writings.”

Deirdre Shesgreen, Eliza Collins, and Nicole Gaudiano of USA Today report that “White House abruptly withdraws controversial judicial nominee minutes before Senate vote.”

Emma Dumain of McClatchy DC reports that “Sen. Tim Scott helps block Trump administration nominee.”

Nina Totenberg of NPR reports that “Appeals Court Nomination Withdrawn Before An Expected Failure On Senate Floor.”

Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Republicans Pulled One Of Trump’s Controversial Judicial Nominees After It Was Clear He Wouldn’t Have The Votes.”

And in commentary, today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal contains an editorial titled “A Senate Judicial Miss: Scott and Rubio defeat a good nominee and Democrats crow.”

And at “Above the Law,” Davit Lat has a post titled “Deconstructing The Defeat Of Ryan Bounds’s Ninth Circuit Nomination; The nominee was a victim of unfairly late objections by Senate Republicans, strategic missteps by Republican leadership, or both.”

“Russian firm indicted in special counsel probe cites Kavanaugh decision to argue that charges should be dismissed”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“America Is Stuck With the Death Penalty for (at Least) a Generation: With Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, the national fight to abolish capital punishment will have to go local.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

Law Clerks for Workplace Accountability launches a web site, a Twitter account, and issues its “Response to the Federal Judiciary Workplace Conduct Working Group’s June 1, 2018, Report”: You can access the web site here, the Twitter account here, and the response here.

In Bashman news from The Bronx: John Annese of The New York Daily News reports that “Two brutes bash man with bats on busy Bronx street.”

“Josh Kaul would conduct ‘legal analysis’ before deciding to defend state abortion ban”: Molly Beck and Patrick Marley of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

“It’s Too Late For The Supreme Court, But Lower Courts Can Still Check Trump”: Nancy Gertner has this essay online at HuffPost.

“Democrats Have Already Jumped the Shark on Judge Kavanaugh: Screaming that Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is evil incarnate may make folks feel good. But it doesn’t make it true. And it’s surely not effective.” U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has this essay online at The Daily Beast.

“McConnell issues Supreme Court ultimatum: The Senate GOP leader is vowing to squeeze Democrats with a vote on Brett Kavanaugh right before the midterms if they don’t back down on their demand for documents.” Elana Schor and Burgess Everett of Politico have this report.