“Texas Bar Fees Don’t Compel Speech, Legal Ethics Attorneys Say”: Martina Barash of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump administration has put DACA applications ‘on hold’ despite Supreme Court ruling restoring program”: Emily Davies of The Washington Post has this report.

“Split 5 to 4, Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church’s Challenge to Shutdown Restrictions; The church said it was subject to more severe limits than casinos and restaurants”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Scott Sonner of The Associated Press reports that “US Supreme Court denies Nevada church’s appeal of virus rule.”

Jan Wolfe of Reuters reports that “U.S. Supreme Court turns down church challenge to Nevada pandemic rules.”

And Greg Stohr and David McLaughlin of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Rejects Nevada Church Challenge on Virus Rules.”

You can access today’s 5-to-4 order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the three dissents therefrom, at this link.

“Trump Presses Limits on Transgender Rights Over Supreme Court Ruling; The Trump administration is pressing forward with policies limiting transgender rights; Many rules that have been in development for years have now either been finalized or have gone into effect”: Chris Cameron of The New York Times has this report.

“Roberts Rules: The Court finds in its own favor.” Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at National Review.

“Justice Gorsuch’s Legal Philosophy Has a Precedent Problem: How should a textualist deal with bad case law?” Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at The Atlantic.

“UCI Law Video: 10th Annual Supreme Court Term in Review.” You can view the video of this always very interesting event online via this link. Here’s a description of the event:

This lively discussion reviewed the Supreme Court’s key cases decided in the October 2019 term, drawing a large audience for the virtual presentation, recorded via Zoom. Moderated by Chancellor’s Professor of Law and Political Science Richard Hasen, the all-star panel of Supreme Court jurists, journalists and legal scholars included Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean and Jesse H. Choper Distinguished Professor of Law, Berkeley Law; Ariane de Vogue, Supreme Court Reporter for CNN; Rachel Moran, Distinguished Professor of Law, UCI Law; Michael T. Morley, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Law; and Kate Shaw, Supreme Court Contributor for ABC News and Professor of Law, Cardozo Law.

Just over four years ago, I had the pleasure of being on the panel for the sixth annual installment of this event.

“Kavanaugh Urged to Sit Out Facebook Case Due to Friendship”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Democrats’ Judicial Selection Process Favors Corporate Lawyers and Prosecutors; Here’s how Joe Biden could change that”: Mark Joseph Stern has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate about a paper written by Emma Steiner and Matt Bruenig, titled “Democrats Need to Nominate Better Judges,” that the organization People’s Policy Project issued yesterday.

“‘There Are Good Reasons Not to Disparage Your Opponent, Especially in Court Filings’; A reminder from Judge Thapar that insults and invective are no substitute for argument”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued yesterday.