“Supreme Court orders quick response in Obamacare challenge; Nineteen blue states, led by California, asked the high court last week for a fast decision on whether to take the case”: Pete Williams of NBC News has this report.

And Harper Neidig of The Hill reports that “Supreme Court sets Friday deadline for responses in ObamaCare case.”

“First Amendment Challenge To Mandatory Membership, Bar Fees Reaches Supreme Court”: Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller has this report.

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

“Google Warns of Monopoly Powers in Oracle Fight at Supreme Court”: Gerrit De Vynck of Bloomberg News has this report on the brief for petitioner that Google filed today at the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Embattled prosecutor Doug Evans withdraws from Curtis Flowers case”: Jimmie E. Gates of The Clarion Ledger of Jackson, Mississippi has this report.

“Appeals court backs UT in lawsuit over Confederate statue removal”: Chuck Lindell of The Austin American-Statesman has this report.

Joshua Fechter of The San Antonio Express-News reports that “Federal appeals court shoots down lawsuit to restore Confederate statue in San Antonio park.”

Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Appeals court dismisses lawsuit against University of Texas over removal of Confederate statues.”

And Scott Jaschik of Inside Higher Ed reports that “Court Rejects Challenge to Texas Moving Confederate Statues.”

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

“Preeminent Supreme Court and Appellate Litigator Elizabeth Prelogar Joins Cooley; Firm’s latest addition to East Coast litigation bench arrives from Office of the Solicitor General + Mueller probe”: Cooley LLP issued this news release today.

And Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal reports that “Elizabeth Prelogar, Mueller Alum and Supreme Court Advocate, Joins Cooley; Andrew Goldstein, a colleague in the Mueller investigation who previously worked as a federal prosecutor and joined Cooley in June, was instrumental in recruiting Prelogar.”

“Trump Renominates 11th Circuit Pick as Senate Returns for 2020”: Madison Alder of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription may be required for full access).

“Ride on Its Skirttails”: You can access online today’s new installment of “The Ginsburg Tapes” podcast with Lauren Moxley, the first new installment of this podcast since June 3, 2019.

“Supreme Court of Canada eyes brighter future with skylight, grand hall in temporary digs”: Jim Bronskill of The Canadian Press has this report.

“Jensen ready to get to work as new North Dakota Supreme Court chief justice”: Jack Dura of The Bismarck Tribune has this report.

“Judge Awards Nearly $13 Million to Women Who Say They Were Exploited by Porn Producers; The ruling capped a three-month civil trial that exposed the bait-and-switch tactics and false promises deployed as part of a scheme to induce young women to shoot a pornographic video”: Michael Levenson had this article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

Pauline Repard of The San Diego Union-Tribune recently reported that “22 women win $13M in suit against GirlsDoPorn videos; The owners of an adult video website were found liable for fraud, breach of contract for lying to women about how the videos would be distributed.”

Samantha Cole of Vice reports that “Girls Do Porn Has to Pay Millions in Damages for Coercing Women Into Porn; The owners of Girls Do Porn, who lied about how the videos were going to be shared, have to pay 22 women more than $12.7 million.”

Tarpley Hitt of The Daily Beast reports that “Amateur Porn Company Girls Do Porn Hit With $12.8M in Damages for Exploiting Young Women; ‘They’ve all been sort of crying joyfully,’ said John O’Brien, an attorney for the 22 Jane Does who’d accused the site of fraudulently distributing their XXX videos online.”

And EJ Dickson of Rolling Stone reports that “Women Who Claim They Were Scammed Into Performing in Porn Awarded $13 Million; 22 plaintiffs sued GirlsDoPorn.com for tricking them into shooting porn with fraudulent Craigslist ads.”