“George Pell appeal fails, Cardinal to serve out full jail term”: Adam Cooper of The Age of Melbourne, Australia has this report.

“[California] Supreme Court will hear state constitutional challenge to new tax return disclosure law”: David Ettinger has this post at the “At the Lectern” blog of Horvitz & Levy.

Earlier, Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times had an article headlined “Can a California law requiring Trump to disclose his tax returns survive legal challenges?“

“Trump’s Tax on the National Psyche: The corruption and incompetence of this administration has led to a grotesque theft of Americans’ precious time and energy.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has an article that begins, “The most incredible thing about last week’s decision in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on detained migrant children is that the case existed at all.”

“Susan Collins Faces Bipartisan Anger in Trump-Era Re-Election Bid”: Steven T. Dennis of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Supreme Court Notebook: Gender pronouns part of LGBT fight.” Mark Sherman and Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press have this report.

“The Trump administration wants to make it easier to fire women who act too ‘masculine'”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“Mary Murphy Schroeder: She Broke Barriers From the Start.” The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has this report.

“No More Corporate Lawyers on the Federal Bench; The next Democratic president should try nominating judges who haven’t been partners at big law firms”: Brian Fallon and Christopher Kang have this essay online at The Atlantic.

Programming note: From yesterday afternoon until now, a technical issue prevented me from publishing new posts here. Happily, that technical issue has now been resolved. Last night, posts that otherwise would have appeared here instead appeared as Tweets on this blog’s Twitter feed. So if you were wondering what you may have missed in the interim, please take a look there until I manage to post that material here later today.

“Law School Supreme Court Clinics Catapult Students to Top Jobs”: Jake Holland of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“New Jersey Abortion Clinic Buffer Zone Law Survives for Now”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

“Adnan Syed’s lawyer asks Supreme Court to take up ‘Serial’ case”: Colin Campbell of The Baltimore Sun has this report.

Paul LeBlanc of CNN reports that “Adnan Syed’s lawyers file petition for Supreme Court to take up ‘Serial’ case.”

And Chris Mills Rodrigo of The Hill reports that “Lawyers ask Supreme Court to take up ‘Serial’ podcast murder case.”

You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“Justice Dept. reiterates it believes federal employment discrimination law doesn’t protect transgender workers”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.

“Tennessee executes Stephen Michael West by electric chair”: Matt Lakin, Mariah Timms, and Adam Tamburin of The Tennessean recently had this report.

And online at The New York Times, Margaret Renkl has an essay titled “What Part of ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ Don’t We Understand? Here in Tennessee, the hypocrisy of execution day is almost too much to bear.”

“The Fifth Circuit Creates a Zombie Action; An absurd application of the dismissals-without-prejudice rule means that a case is over in the district court but not final — and never can be final — for appeal”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“9th Circuit upholds class-action lawsuit by minor league players against MLB”: Bill Shaikin of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Joel Rosenblatt of Bloomberg News reports that “Minor League Ball Players Get Go-Ahead to Sue for Minimum Wage.”

You can access Friday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Amazon.com defeats IRS appeal in U.S. tax dispute”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.

Judge Priscilla R. Owen has issued her partial dissent from the Fifth Circuit’s ruling in the Indian Child Welfare Act case: You can access her opinion at this link.

“Muslim group demands Trump pull court pick who defended Israel, ‘ethnonationalism'”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Earlier, Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reported that “Trump Names Picks for Second Circuit, Five Other Courts.”

Tal Axelrod of The Hill reported that “Trump taps White House lawyer for federal appeals court.”

And Jake Holland of Bloomberg Law reported that “Trump to Tap White House Aide for N.Y.-Based Appeals Court.”

News flash — obtaining rehearing en banc in the Second Circuit remains quite difficult: As this order and the dissents therefrom issued on Friday demonstrate.

“U.S. Can Block Migrants Seeking Asylum, but Only in Some States, Appeals Court Rules”: Michael D. Shear of The New York Times has this report.

Maria Sacchetti of The Washington Post reports that “Federal court issues split decision, allowing Trump’s latest asylum restrictions to continue in Texas, New Mexico.”

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “9th Circuit removes nationwide injunction against Trump’s latest plan to limit asylum.”

Brent Kendall and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Appeals Court Bars Trump Asylum Restrictions for California, Arizona; Ninth Circuit won’t block limits in other states, potentially causing more confusion along the southern U.S. border.”

Nomaan Merchant of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Court: US can reject asylum along parts of Mexico border.”

Daniel Trotta of Reuters reports that “U.S. appeals court deals partial setback to Trump rule to curtail asylum.”

Daniella Silva of NBC News reports that “Appeals court narrows injunction blocking Trump asylum restrictions; The policy, announced by the Trump administration last month, would broadly end asylum eligibility for migrants who pass through another country on their journey to the United States.”

Julián Aguilar of The Texas Tribune reports that “Trump administration’s latest asylum rule allowed to stand in Texas, New Mexico; The ruling could change the fate of thousands of people waiting to apply for asylum in Mexican border cities like Ciudad Juárez, Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros.”

And in commentary, The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial titled “A Lesson in Judicial Humility: The Ninth Circuit, of all places, overrules a national injunction.”

You can access Friday’s order of a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Ruling limits border agents’ ability to search cellphones”: Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued on Friday.

“Supreme court: ‘Patent troll’ isn’t defamatory because nobody knows what it means.” David Brooks of The Concord (N.H.) Monitor has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of New Hampshire issued on Friday.

“Toobin talks Supreme Court, past and present; CNN chief analyst says court is at a ‘tipping point'”: Lucas Thors of The Martha’s Vineyard Times has this report.

“A Kamikaze Climate Suit: Democratic states suing the EPA could hurt their own emissions cause.” This editorial appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Trump Administration Lost The Fight Over The Census Citizenship Question. Now They Have To Pay The Challengers. The administration already agreed to pay $2.7 million to the ACLU and others. It is now facing requests for as much as $12 million from challengers in Maryland.” Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“AG Barr’s Justice Department has whole lotta love for Led Zeppelin; The legal dispute centers on whether the famous opening of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ was ripped off”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “The Trump Administration Picks a Side in Led Zeppelin’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Fight.”

“Supreme Court justice makes surprise visit to Selma Interpretive Center”: NBC News affiliate WSFA 12 of Montgomery, Alabama has a report that begins, “A high profile guest made a surprise stop by the Selma Interpretive Center Monday afternoon. According to the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor made an unexpected stop.”

“Warning or threat? Democrats ignite controversy with Supreme Court brief in gun case.” Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.

“DOJ files brief with Supreme Court opposing workplace discrimination claims by transgender workers”: Shannon Bream amd Bill Mears of Fox News have this report.

Brooke Seipel of The Hill reports that “Trump admin argues transgender workers aren’t protected by civil rights law in new Supreme Court filing.”

Antonia Blumberg of HuffPost reports that “Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Transgender Workers; The Supreme Court is considering three cases that look at whether LGBTQ employees are protected under federal civil rights law.”

And Dominic Holden of BuzzFeed News reports that “The Trump Administration Asked The Supreme Court To Legalize Firing Workers Just For Being Transgender; A brief filed by the Justice Department says federal law offers no protection to transgender workers who endure discrimination because of their gender identity.”

You can access the brief that the federal government filed in the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Gloucester School Board plans to appeal judge’s transgender decision”: Peter Dujardin of The Daily Press of Newport News, Virginia has an article that begins, “The Gloucester County School Board said Friday that it plans to appeal a federal judge’s decision that its restroom policy discriminates against transgender students.”

“Seventh Circuit dismisses fact-based qualified-immunity appeal in coerced-confession case; Koh v. Ustich shows the need to screen fact-based qualified-immunity appeals before they impose unnecessary costs and delays in civil rights cases”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“D.C. Circuit Review — Reviewed: Sausage Making.” Aaron Nielson has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

“Students caught in visa sting at fake university may sue U.S., court rules”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Migrant Children Are Entitled to Toothbrushes and Soap, Federal Court Rules”: Caitlin Dickerson has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

Maura Dolan of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Court upholds ruling that children held at border must have adequate food, bedding, sanitation.”

Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Court rules against Justice Dept. on conditions for child immigrants in custody.”

Amy Taxin of The Associated Press reports that “Panel rules soap, sleep essential to migrant kids’ safety.”

Edvard Pettersson of Bloomberg News reports that “Trump Team Loses in Defense of Migrant Shelters That Lacked Soap.”

Geneva Sands of CNN reports that “Court forces Trump administration to provide soap, toothbrushes to detained children.”

Julia Cheever of Bay City News reports that “Court affirms ‘safe and sanitary’ includes sleep, soap, toothbrushes, showers.”

And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “An Appeals Court Ruled That, Yes, Sleep And Soap Count As ‘Safe And Sanitary’ Conditions For Detained Immigrant Kids.”

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