“Supreme Court to discuss Mueller-related mystery case behind closed doors Friday”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“President Trump Directed His Attorney To Lie To Congress About The Moscow Tower Project; Trump received 10 personal updates from Michael Cohen and encouraged a planned meeting with Vladimir Putin”: Jason Leopold and Anthony Cormier of BuzzFeed News have this report.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will teach short course at Creighton”: Rick Ruggles of The Omaha World-Herald has this report.

“In a debate over judicial power, dismissal of federal gun charge reversed by higher court”: Torsten Ove of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“U.S. appeals court hands Texas victory in Planned Parenthood case”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Andrea Zelinski of The Houston Chronicle reports that “5th Circuit gives Texas a win against Planned Parenthood.”

Tom Steele of The Dallas Morning News reports that “Appeals court overturns judge’s ruling that blocked Texas from ousting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid.”

And Emma Platoff of The Texas Tribune reports that “Federal appeals court lifts order blocking Texas from kicking Planned Parenthood out of Medicaid; Texas moved to exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid years ago after a highly-edited video from an anti-abortion group suggested abortion providers sold fetal tissue.”

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

“Kamala Harris Was Not a ‘Progressive Prosecutor’; The senator was often on the wrong side of history when she served as California’s attorney general”: Law professor Lara Bazelon has this essay online at The New York Times.

“After four decades, a wrongful-conviction case with racial overtones still reverberates”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ninth Circuit issued today.

“The Kind of Judge We Need: Patricia Wald was not an ambitious careerist but a lawyer who had lived a full life before joining the federal bench.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“U.S. appeals court will not delay net neutrality case”: David Shepardson of Reuters has this report.

“As AG nominee Barr commits to defend FCA, Utah hospital asks SCOTUS to review its constitutionality”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“The Bill of Rights Has First-Class and Coach Tickets”: At “PrawfsBlawg,” Gerard Magliocca has a post that begins, “Several judges are complaining that the Second Amendment right recognized in Heller is being given inadequate respect. A notable opinion on this point that is getting a lot of attention is a dissent by Judge Bibas in the Third Circuit.”

“Who’s a Good Boy? US Supreme Court Considers Again Whether Dog Sniffs Are Searches.” Sherry F. Colb has this post at Justia’s Verdict.

And at “Dorf on Law,” Colb has a related post titled “Can Dogs Invade Our Privacy?“

“U.S. Supreme Court again hears Lackawanna cemetery case”: Terrie Morgan-Besecker of The Citizens’ Voice of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has this report.

And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Ilya Somin has a post titled “Thoughts on the Second Oral Argument in Knick v. Township of Scott.”

“Why Ginsburg’s Seat Could be the Left’s Biggest Loss Yet”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“On Obamacare, Is Common Sense Really Judicial Activism?” Thomas Ascik has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Neil Gorsuch pens a devastating take down of his own most important opinion; Neil Gorsuch dunks on Neil Gorsuch”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“Arpaio asks Supreme Court to block special prosecutor in contempt fight”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.