“Lawyer Takes Fight Against State Bar Dues to 8th Circuit”: Dionne Cordell-Whitney of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the audio via this link) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit heard today.

Back in December 2018, David G. Savage reported of The Los Angeles Times reported on this case in an article headlined “Supreme Court suggests forcing lawyers to pay bar association dues violates their free speech.”

“Ninth Circuit Takes Up Feds’ Dismantling of DACA”: Martin Macias Jr. of Courthouse News Service has this report on an oral argument (access the video on YouTube via this link) that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard today.

“Hate Crimes Act Applies To Amazon Assault, 4th Circ. Says”: Law360 has this report (subscription required for full access) on a Commerce Clause-related ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Ginsburg traveled, Gorsuch wrote, Kavanaugh coached, Thomas taught: Supreme Court justices active in 2018.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Disclosure forms offer glimpse into Supreme Court’s finances.”

The organization Fix the Court has posted the Justices’ 2018 financial disclosures online at this link.

“Liberals Begin Lining Up Young Judges for a Post-Trump Surge”: Carl Hulse had this installment of his “On Washington” column in this past Sunday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Why the Spotlight On Chief Justice Roberts May Soon Be Brighter — and Why That Matters”: Brianne J. Gorod has this post at the “Take Care” blog.

“He Won a Landmark Case for Privacy Rights. He’s Going to Prison Anyway. Those who score big victories for the civil liberties of every American sometimes lose their own freedom.” Cristian Farias has this essay online at The New York Times.

The essay’s title, and its concluding paragraph, reminded me of this memorable New Yorker cartoon from 1988.

“Appeals court won’t reopen suit against McAuliffe, Tony Rodham”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Retrial After ‘Scary Man’ Mistrial Would Violate Double Jeopardy”: Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.