“Supreme Court Won’t Block Surgery for Transgender Inmate; The prisoner, Adree Edmo, said Idaho’s failure to provide the procedure violated the Eighth Amendment’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order denying a stay by a 7-to-2 vote that the U.S. Supreme Court issued this evening.

“Trump counting on Supreme Court to block probes, lawsuits”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

“Storytelling at the Supreme Court: Two recent cases on religion are about more than the tales they tell.” Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Interlocutory Class-Certification Appeals Under Rule 23(f)”: Law professor Bryan Lammon has posted this article online at SSRN.

And at his “final decisions” blog, Lammon has a related post titled “New Empirical Study of Rule 23(f) Class-Certification Appeals.”

“She Has Argued 40 Cases in Front of the Supreme Court. The Latest Was From Her Dining Room. Attorney Lisa Blatt’s prep for telephonic arguments included broken lectern and virtual practice sessions.” Brandon Sanchez of The Wall Street Journal has this report.