“The GOP traded its principles for conservative judges. It was a bad deal. If Republicans lose the White House in 2020, they’ll have to ask whether they paid too high a price.” Bill Scher has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Don’t upset yourselves, conservatives. John Roberts hasn’t gone dangerously rogue.” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump’s trying to end Obamacare but there’s emerging evidence it could undo him; A win for the ACA in Oklahoma points to growing tension between the president and his base on health care”: Sahil Kapur of NBC News has this report.

“Supreme Court of Texas Divides Over July and September Administrations of the Texas Bar”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about an order that the Supreme Court of Texas issued today.

“Why the CFPB’s loss at the Supreme Court is really a win”: Richard Cordray, who served as the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

“John Roberts has gone full Anthony Kennedy”: Curt Levey has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“US Supreme Court’s rulings on gays, immigrants benefit environmental cases”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Wave Of Young Judges Pushed By McConnell Will Be ‘Ruling For Decades To Come'”: Carrie Johnson of NPR has this report.

“The Supreme Court just handed down some truly awful news for voting rights; Voting rights during the pandemic are in deep trouble thanks to this Supreme Court”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Cory T. Wilson was sworn in as a judge of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals the morning of July 3, 2020.” So advises a reliable source who also happens to be a longtime reader of “How Appealing.”

“Women Are Being Written Out of Abortion Jurisprudence; This week’s decision shows how much this has turned into a process debate”: Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Trump Administration Is Set To Resume Executions In Two Weeks. There’s A Last-Ditch Effort To Stop It. Federal death row inmates are asking a judge to intervene on new legal grounds after the US Supreme Court refused to get involved. The ACLU is also suing.” Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report.

And online at Slate, Jeremy Stahl has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Fight to Stop Federal Executions Isn’t Over.”