“Justice Dept. pushing to carry out second federal execution in as many days”: Mark Berman of The Washington Post has this report.

And Justin L. Mack of The Indianapolis Star reports that “Legal wrangling, appeals continue to delay scheduled execution of Wesley Ira Purkey.”

“Judges Rebuke Colleague Over Stance on Unfair Policing of Blacks”: Jacqueline Thomsen of The National Law Journal has this report on an en banc ruling, accompanied by several notable separate opinions, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued today.

“Man suffers burns while setting a Supreme Court police vehicle on fire in D.C., authorities say”: Peter Hermann of The Washington Post has this report.

Joseph Wilkinson of The New York Daily News reports that “Man sets cop car on fire in front of Supreme Court, taken to hospital with severe burns.”

Steven Nelson of The New York Post reports that “Man burned after blowing up cop car outside US Supreme Court.”

Jamie Ehrlich and Colin McCullough of CNN report that “Man in custody after Supreme Court police vehicle set on fire.”

Andrew O’Reilly and Chad Pergram of Fox News report that “Supreme Court police vehicle set ablaze, 1 person in custody; The suspect was taken into police custody with minor injuries that were sustained when setting the car ablaze.”

And Katherine Tully-McManus of Roll Call reports that “Police car torched outside Supreme Court, suspect burned and in custody; ‘The whole thing was literally a fireball,’ witness tells CQ Roll Call.”

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg discharged from hospital”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

“Blockbuster decisions in 6 areas of law made this a SCOTUS term to remember”: Law professor Erwin Chemerinsky has this essay online at ABA Journal.

Sadly, this is shaping up to be a year in which I won’t get to hear Chemerinsky’s SCOTUS Term-in-review talk even once.

“How Trump compares with other recent presidents in appointing federal judges”: John Gramlich has this post at the “Fact Tank” blog of the Pew Research Center.

“U.S. Solicitor General Noel Francisco Returns to Jones Day”: Sam Skolnik of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“How Neil Gorsuch Became the Supreme Court’s Most Unpredictable Justice”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Teflon Robe — Exploiting the Bench: The long quest to stop a ‘Sugar Daddy’ judge accused of preying on women; In much of America, judicial oversight is so lax that misconduct by small-town judges can go unchecked; A judge in the Ozarks was suspected of sexually exploiting women for years; Efforts to unseat him went nowhere, until an unusually vigilant watchdog agency took on the case.” John Shiffman and Michael Berens of Reuters have this report, part three of a Reuters Investigates series.

“Joy Reid Must Defend Against Defamation Claims, Second Cir. Says”: Porter Wells of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Ted Johnson of Deadline reports that “Joy Reid Again Faces Defamation Claim Over Social Media Posts.”

And at the “THR, Esq.” blog of The Hollywood Reporter, Eriq Gardner had a post titled “MSNBC Host Joy Reid Faces Revived Libel Claim Upon Big Appellate Decision.”

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

“Florida urges US Supreme Court to keep stay on felon voting”: Bobby Caina Calvan of The Associated Press has this report.

“Thomas gains support from a Supreme Court colleague on view that states can favor religion”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“First Women To Hold Top Staff Jobs At Supreme Court Are Retiring”: Nina Totenberg had this audio segment on yesterday evening’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

“Supreme Court casts a shadow over Congress’ power to investigate; But House Democrats are still testing the high court’s boundaries”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

“At Louisiana Supreme Court, campaign style attacks and recusal wars keep erupting; Special interests on opposing sides of coastal lawsuits push for judges to step aside from their cases; Supreme Court discusses recusals in secret”: Andrea Gallo and John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans have this report.

“Petition urges State Attorney to charge Adelsons in Dan Markel murder”: Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has an article that begins, “A petition urging State Attorney Jack Campbell to bring murder charges against the former in-laws of slain Florida State Law professor Dan Markel quickly gathered signatures when it was released Monday.”

“Harley-Davidson can defend motorcycle fee class action in federal court”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report (subscription required for full access).

And Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law reports that “Harley Riders’ Punitive Claim Keeps Pricing Suit in Federal Court” (subscription required for full access).

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

“Park Police detained an on-duty Secret Service agent. He says it was because he’s black.” Meagan Flynn of The Washington Post had this report back in June 2019.

Yesterday, a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this decision refusing to disturb the district court’s denial of qualified immunity to the U.S. Park Police officers on the now-retired Secret Service agent’s Bivens claim arising from the incident.

“Arbitration Clause in Tribal Lender’s Payday Loans Unenforceable”: Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “The arbitration clause in a tribal lender’s payday loans impermissibly strips borrowers of their right to pursue statutory claims and is therefore unenforceable, the Third Circuit said Tuesday.”

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

“Smelly Pennsylvania Landfill Must Face Class Suit”: Emilee Larkin of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Monday.

“‘Salacious’ Adult Film Producer Gets Copyright Crackdown Revived”: Blake Brittain of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued yesterday.

“Judge halts federal execution of Wesley Ira Purkey due to his dementia, schizophrenia”: Justin L. Mack of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

And Michael Tarm and Roxana Hegeman of The Associated Press report that “Whether inmate mentally fit for execution could cause delay.”

“Jury selection via Zoom: First Miami-Dade case is a glimpse of court in the coronavirus era.” Haley Lerner of The Miami Herald has this report.