“An Unexpected Letter from John Paul Stevens, Shakespeare Skeptic”: James Shapiro has this post online at The New Yorker.

“Politics Changed the Reading of the Second Amendment — and Can Change It Again”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker.

And today’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition” contained an audio segment titled “The Supreme Court’s Shift On The 2nd Amendment” featuring Toobin.

“Trump’s Judges May Be Engineering a Radical New Ploy to Work Around Roe v. Wade; On Friday, the 5th Circuit will hear arguments in a bizarre standoff over Louisiana’s abortion regulations”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Louisiana’s shockingly dishonest plan to abolish Roe v. Wade; Anti-abortion lawyers aren’t even trying to make plausible arguments anymore”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at ThinkProgress.

“‘The People’s Justice:’ After decade on Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor is most outspoken on bench and off.” Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

And today on Twitter, I saw that back in March 2019 the New York City Bar Association posted on YouTube a video titled “City Bar Presents Association Medal to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Unveils Portrait.”

“Response of Michael Dreeben to tributes upon his leaving the Office of the Solicitor General”: Michael Dreeben has this guest post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“MacIver Newsmakers Podcast: Brian Hagedorn, Wisconsin’s Newest Supreme Court Justice.” The MacIver Institute has posted this podcast episode online.

“Partisan gap widens in views of the Supreme Court”: Claire Brockway and Bradley Jones of Pew Research Center have this report.

“Georgia, Florida taking their water feud to New Mexico”: Tamar Hallerman of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

And Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida reports that “Judge to hear arguments in Florida/Georgia ‘Water War.’“

“A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass. When do fines become excessive? States, cities and counties collect billions of dollars in fines. The Supreme Court raised the possibility that some are going too far.” Kristine Phillips of USA Today recently had this report.

“U. of I. professor faces dismissal over email, ‘unprofessional conduct'”: Back in November 2013, Jodi S. Cohen (then) of The Chicago Tribune had an article that begins, “The dispute began over a $500 teaching award that a University of Illinois engineering professor believes he was wrongly denied.”

Yesterday, in an opinion by Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued this decision affirming the district court’s entry of summary judgment against the professor’s lawsuit challenging his dismissal from a tenured faculty position.

“Fifth Circuit Deals a Blow to EEOC’s Criminal Record Guidance”: Rod M. Fliegel and Molly Shah of Littler Mendelson P.C. have this report.

Earlier, Erin Mulvaney of Bloomberg Law reported that “Texas Fight Over EEOC Criminal History Policy Gets 5th Cir. Test” (subscription required for full access).

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

Ahoy, Matey! Yesterday, Third Circuit Judge Paul B. Matey issued his first published opinion. Perhaps it won’t be much longer until he butts heads with Bibas.

“Is UMass-Amherst Biased Against Male Students in Title IX Assault Cases? Two new lawsuits say the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is overzealous in its prosecution and punishment of male students in Title IX assault hearings.” Emily Shire of The Daily Beast had this report back in August 2014.

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued this decision in one of those two cases, ruling that the university violated the male student’s federal constitutional right to due process in suspending him for five months without prior notice or a fair hearing.

“Court bolsters US power to grab Chinese bank records; Ruling said to have far-reaching implications for lenders with US correspondent accounts”: Kadhim Shubber of Financial Times has this report.

Christian Berthelsen and Tom Schoenberg of Bloomberg News report that “Chinese Banks Probed Over Aid to North Korea’s Nuclear Arms.”

And Tim Ryan of Courthouse News Service reports that “Panel OKs Fines Against Chinese Banks in North Korea Probe.”

Yesterday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit posted online this redacted version of an opinion that the court issued under seal one week ago.

When the D.C. Circuit issued its judgment last week, Spencer S. Hsu of The Washington Post had an article headlined “In first, U.S. appeals court upholds contempt fines against three Chinese banks in North Korean sanctions probe.”

And Jan Wolfe and David Brunnstrom of Reuters report that “U.S. appeals court upholds ruling against Chinese banks in North Korea sanctions probe.”

“Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Laws Banning Abortion; Laws latest in a wave across states found to run afoul of U.S. Supreme Court precedent”: Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press reports that “Federal judge continues blocking 3 Arkansas abortion laws.”

Caroline Kelly of CNN reports that “Federal judge blocks 18-week Arkansas abortion ban.”

And Vandana Rambaran of Fox News reports that “Federal judge continues blocking Arkansas abortion laws.”

“The gun industry’s clear and present danger: liability to shooting victims.” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

“Mass Shooting Victims Have Struggled To Take Gunmakers, Hate Groups, And Social Media Platforms To Court; While victims of international terrorism can hold terrorist groups accountable in court, the legal path is less clear in cases of domestic terrorism”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

“Sarah Palin’s Suit Against New York Times Revived by Appeals Court; Appellate panel decides lower court was too hasty in dismissing the defamation lawsuit”: Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

Dave Goldiner and Stephen Rex Brown of The New York Daily News report that “Sarah Palin defamation suit against New York Times revived by appeals court on technicality.”

Emily Saul of The New York Post reports that “Court revives Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against New York Times.”

Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press reports that “Court reinstates Sarah Palin suit against New York Times.”

Chris Dolmetsch of Bloomberg News reports that “New York Times Must Face Sarah Palin’s Defamation Lawsuit, Court Says.”

Ronn Blitzer of Fox News reports that “Appeals court gives new life to Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times.”

Oliver Darcy of CNN Business reports that “Appeals court revives Sarah Palin’s defamation lawsuit against New York Times.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Appeals court revives Palin libel suit against New York Times.”

And Antonia Blumberg of HuffPost reports that “Sarah Palin’s Lawsuit Against The New York Times Can Move Forward, Court Rules; A federal appeals court has revived the suit after a lower court dismissed it in 2017.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Second Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“‘This Is Big’: House Democrats Praised for Requesting Kavanaugh’s Concealed Bush Admin Records.” Jessica Corbett of Common Dreams has this report.

“Letting Brett Kavanaugh Off the Hook Sets a Dangerous Precedent; Ethics rules don’t apply to Supreme Court nominees as long as they get confirmed, a panel of judges concluded”: Paul Horvitz has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“10th Circuit Sides With Denver in Case of Courtroom Head Slam”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Mitch McConnell looks like a hypocrite on Supreme Court nominees, but he didn’t have to”: James Wallner has this essay online at the Washington Examiner.

“Arizona’s Long-Shot Original Jurisdiction Opioid Case in the SCOTUS”: Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“End Times, Legal Citations Edition: The ‘cleaned up’ parenthetical and its rascally scourge.” Adam T. Johnson has this article in the August 2019 issue of Bench & Bar of Minnesota.

Jack Metzler, the inventor of this parenthetical, responds here and here.

“The Supreme Court’s illiberal legacy: Why liberals shouldn’t put too much faith in the nation’s highest court.” Shahrukh Khan has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“A Class of Their Own: The Supreme Court’s Recent Take on Class Actions.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Supreme Court Weighs Second Amendment Showdown After Mass Shootings”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Sarah Palin can pursue defamation case against NY Times: U.S. court ruling.” Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report.

Jacqueline Thomsen of The Hill reports that “Appeals court resurrects Palin’s defamation lawsuit against NY Times.”

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner has a post titled “Sarah Palin Defamation Lawsuit Against N.Y. Times Revived by Appeals Court; The 2nd Circuit knocks the trial judge’s expeditious manner in cutting short a claim over an anti-gun op/ed, ruling that Palin should have had opportunity to explore her actual malice theories.”

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

“The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether You Can Be Fired For Not Being Girly Enough; Aimee Stephens was fired because her employer felt trans women weren’t feminine enough; If she loses her Supreme Court case, all women could have their rights rolled way back”: Diana Tourjée of Vice has this report.

“Second Amendment Looms Over Supreme Court After Back-To-Back Massacres”: Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller has this report.

And at Politico Magazine, Renato Mariotti has an essay titled “The Next Big Vote on Gun Control May Be in the Supreme Court; Congress gave gunmakers immunity from lawsuits; Now the issue is before the Roberts court.”

“Senate Republicans Are Quietly Advancing a Radical Gun Plan; They’re confirming judges who want to render us powerless to stop mass shootings”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Republicans Say the First Amendment Protects the Right to Gerrymander; Michigan voted for fair elections, so Republicans are suing”: Law professor Leah Litman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Harassment, Accountability, and the Erosion of Judicial Legitimacy”: Nina Reddy has this essay online at the Center for American Progress.

“Where the Supreme Court stands on the Second Amendment”: Ariane de Vogue of CNN has this report.