“Tips for Third Circuit telephone oral arguments”: Matthew Stiegler has this post at his “CA3blog.”

“Colorado abolishes death penalty; governor commutes sentences of 3 on death row; Gov. Jared Polis signed the repeal into law Monday”: Saja Hindi of The Denver Post has this report.

And Keith Coffman of Reuters reports that “Colorado governor signs death penalty repeal, commutes sentences of death row inmates.”

“U.S. appeals court judges side with Providence, Central Falls in immigration case”: Madeleine List of The Providence (R.I.) Journal has a report that begins, “A panel of three appeals court judges on Tuesday upheld a previous ruling that the U.S. Department of Justice cannot compel the cities of Providence and Central Falls to comply with federal immigration authorities as a condition of receiving federal public safety grants.”

And Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sanctuary Cities Win Round Against Trump DOJ, Adding to Split” (subscription required for full access).

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

“Abortion providers in Texas scramble after state tells them to stop during pandemic”: Arelis R. Hernández of The Washington Post has this report.

And James Varney of The Washington Times reports that “States shut down abortion clinics as non-essential medical procedure in crisis.”

“Ron DeSantis Is Breaking the Law; Yes, Florida is in a state of emergency; That doesn’t mean the governor can ignore the state constitution”: Adam Richardson has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“How coronavirus is crippling courts and raising concerns among civil liberties advocates; Judges and attorneys who spoke to ABC News painted a sobering picture”: Alexander Mallin, Luke Barr, and Devin Dwyer of ABC News have this report.

“The Supreme Court Let States Kill the Insanity Defense: So why does Justice Elena Kagan’s majority opinion pretend otherwise?” Law professor Carissa Byrne Hessick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Women Should Have to Register for Military Draft, Too, Commission Tells Congress; A commission appointed by Congress will recommend that expanding selective service registration to women is a ‘necessary and fair step'”: Sarah Mervosh of The New York Times has this report.

Although to many of us it may seem like years ago now, earlier this month, on March 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral argument of an appeal challenging the constitutionality of a men-only military draft. I collected coverage of that oral argument, and linked to its audio recording, in this earlier post.

“Texas and Ohio Include Abortion as Medical Procedures That Must Be Delayed; The moves by the states set off a new front in the political fight over abortion during the coronavirus pandemic”: Sabrina Tavernise has this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“Locating Weak Causal Strands in the Justices’ Opinions”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Is ‘Stare Decisis . . . for Suckers’?” Richard M. Re has this post at “PrawfsBlawg.”

As for where that slogan originated, which is something that the post sought to address, I have no clue, but I think the first time I saw it was thanks to the author of this First Things essay (which, coincidentally, also includes the slogan).

“Why did the Supreme Court postpone oral arguments?” Tony Mauro has this report at Freedom Forum.

“Due Process and the Criminal Law: A Few Thoughts on Kahler v. Kansas; An important Supreme Court decision on how much criminal law doctrine is constitutionally required.” Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Deeply split Fed Circuit declines to rehear Arthrex decision on PTAB judges”: Jan Wolfe of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access).

Ian Lopez and Perry Cooper of Bloomberg Law report that “Federal Cir. Rejects Arthrex Redo As Patent Appeals Wait” (subscription required for full access).

At his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “En Banc Denial in Arthrex.”

And at IP Watchdog, Eileen McDermott and Rebecca Tapscott have a post titled “Federal Circuit Will Not Reconsider Arthrex Appointment Clause Ruling.”

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and a total of five opinions concurring in or dissenting from that order, at this link.

Eleventh Circuit grants rehearing en banc to reconsider its jurisprudence on Fourth Amendment abandonment as presenting a question of Article III jurisdiction: You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

You can access the original three-judge panel’s now-vacated opinion, in which Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom wrote not only the majority opinion but also a concurring opinion calling for full-court review of this issue, at this link.

“Portland woman went to jail with $30.97 in cash. She’s suing after getting debit card in return loaded with service fees.” Maxine Bernstein of The Oregonian recently had this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued last week.

“No Evidence of Aloe Vera Found in the Aloe Vera at Wal-Mart, CVS; Wal-Mart, Target, CVS sell aloe without appearance of plant”: Lydia Mulvany and Zeke Faux of Bloomberg News had this article back in November 2016.

The matter invariably led to litigation, and in a ruling issued today, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit begs to disagree.

Disavowing earlier dicta, Sixth Circuit holds that the Fourth Amendment does not prohibit officers from making a Terry stop to investigate a misdemeanor: Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton issued yesterday’s decision on behalf of a unanimous three-judge panel.

“Federal judges consider bid to unseal settlement in Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office death lawsuit”: Matt Sledge of The New Orleans Advocate had this article back in October 2019.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued this decision unsealing the matters at issue.

“Court sides with scientists on EPA policy barring grantees from serving on agency boards”: Rebecca Beitsch of The Hill has this report.

And Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service reports that “Scientists Booted From EPA Committees Get New Shot at Suit.”

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

“Documents Received Via Records Requests Show Public Schools Lavishing Supreme Court Justices with Fancy Travel, Hotels, Gifts; A private jet flight for Thomas, silver cups for Gorsuch, a seat in the Chancellor’s Box for Kagan”: The organization Fix the Court issued this news release today.

The organization today issued a report titled “When Justices Go to School: Lessons from Supreme Court Visits to Public Colleges and Universities” written by Tyler Cooper and Dylan Hosmer-Quint and edited by by Gabe Roth. And the documents on which the report and news release are based can be accessed via this link.