“Defense has heavy lift in Markel murder evidence dump”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

Access online the video of this evening’s PBS Frontline broadcast, “Supreme Revenge”: Via this link. And Frontline’s YouTube site contains many related video clips.

“Congress Should End a ‘Harsh and Unfair’ Rule That Blocks Troops From Court; A 1950 Supreme Court decision makes it impossible for service members to recover damages from the government for negligence or misconduct they suffer while serving”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this essay online at The New York Times.

“DC Circuit OKs Payment-Plan Rules for Campaign Donors”: Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service has this report on an en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued today.

“Why lawyers shouldn’t use pseudonyms to sue their law firms”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“At abortion clinics, new laws sow confusion, uncertainty”: Kim Chandler and Sudhin Thanawala of The Associated Press have this report.

“Federal judge’s questions point toward striking down Mississippi’s latest abortion ban”: Sarah Fowler of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

Nicquel Terry Ellis of USA Today reports that “Mississippi judge who blocked 15-week abortion ban hears arguments on fetal heartbeat law.”

Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Mississippi abortion law ‘smacks of defiance,’ US judge says.”

Ariane de Vogue of CNN reports that “Federal judge slams Mississippi over new law banning abortions after six weeks.”

And Zack Budryk of The Hill reports that “Federal judge says Mississippi abortion law ‘smacks of defiance’ of earlier ruling.”

“How often does the Supreme Court overturn precedents like Roe v. Wade?” Dan Keating, Brittany Renee Mayes, and Kevin Schaul of The Washington Post have this report.

“Trump’s sixth appointee to Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

And Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Trump’s sixth judicial nominee confirmed to 9th Circuit.”

Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Daniel P. Collins to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by a vote of 53-to-46.

“Pathways to power: The conservative movement transforming America’s courts.” The Washington Post has posted this documentary video online.

“Daniel Bress — Nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation’s courts; Leonard Leo helped conservative nonprofits raise $250 million from mostly undisclosed donors in recent years to promote conservative judges and causes”: Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg of The Washington Post have this report.