“Media’s legal defeats trouble First Amendment advocates”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“8 religion-related cases to watch when the Supreme Court is back in session; The Supreme Court has the opportunity to weigh in on battles over LGBTQ rights, government funding, foster care and religion on death row”: Kelsey Dallas of Deseret News has this report.

“Judges consider whether Led Zeppelin copied opening notes to ‘Stairway to Heaven'”: Michael Cabanatuan of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

In today’s edition of The New York Times, Ben Sisario has an article headlined “Original or Copied? ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Is Back in Court.”

Andrew Dalton of The Associated Press reports that “Judges may not be buying that ‘Stairway’ needs new trial.”

And Nathan Solis of Courthouse News Service reports that “En Banc Ninth Circuit Takes Up ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Fight.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted on YouTube at this link the video of today’s en banc oral argument in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, No. 16-56057.

“It’s Time For Trump To Update His Supreme Court Short List; It would be both smart politics and good governance to update the list of SCOTUS contenders; When a vacancy emerges, whether before or after the election, who will be considered?” Ilya Shapiro has this post online at The Federalist.