“More Leaks From The Supreme Court, All Of Which Make Roberts Look Powerful; Why are ‘multiple sources familiar with the inner workings of the court’ talking to the press?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

Insert obligatory Mike Judge reference here: In response to my post this morning titled “Judge Judge and Judge Jury” — which has been receiving rave reviews if reader email is any guide — one such reader emails to note that Michael T. Judge currently serves as a judge for the Oconto County Circuit Court, Branch 1, in Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, the other Mike Judge is apparently hard at work ensuring that future “How Appealing” posts can continue to feature endless “Beavis and Butt-Head” references.*

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*Alas, more than three years later, I’m also still awaiting my first real Bibas and Butt-Head reference (assuming this one doesn’t count).

“Conservatives Are Winning The Supreme Court’s Most Important Fight: Suppressing The Vote; Enabling widespread voter suppression is shaping up to be the Roberts Court’s most consequential accomplishment, because every other aspect of the Republican agenda depends on it.” Jay Willis has this essay online at The Appeal.

“The constitutionality of federal mask mandates”: Law professors James Phillips and John Yoo have this essay online at The Orange County Register.

“What Originalism Conserves”: Ilan Wurman has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Two Trump-Appointed Judges Rejected Calls To Step Aside From A Florida Voting Rights Fight; 11th Circuit Judges Barbara Lagoa and Robert Luck disputed that they were disqualified from a case because they participated in a related case as state supreme court judges”: Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News has this report on an opinion the two Eleventh Circuit judges issued today.

“Gorsuch Doesn’t Give a ‘Fig’ What You Think, Just Like Mentor”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

Judge Judge and Judge Jury: Online at the National Judicial College, John C. Judge — a state district court judge in Latah County, Idaho — has an essay titled “Judge Squared.” Judge Judge became, um, a full-fledged judge (having formerly served as a state magistrate) in September 2018, and you can access some local news coverage here and here.

Given how my brain “works,” the news of this essay’s publication has caused me to wonder what’s up these days with Judge Jury. As I noted in this “How Appealing” post from February 2012, Meredith A. Jury was then serving on the Ninth Circuit‘s Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, causing her to be only an executioner away from many people’s favorite beer. As it turns out, Judge Jury is now former Judge Jury, having returned to private practice in 2018 after realizing that becoming an executioner while located in the Ninth Circuit was highly unlikely.

“The Supreme Court’s Pro-Partisanship Turn”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this article at The Georgetown Law Journal Online.

“Chief Justice Roberts and Injunctive Relief: The Chief Justice’s votes against injunctive relief for churches, voters, and those on death row are of a piece.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“‘We will not be betrayed again’: Trump’s SCOTUS list hits a new roadblock; The president wants to rev up his supporters in the culture wars; His advisers now face a battle over whether some judges are reliable enough for the right.” Gabby Orr of Politico has this report.

“Appeals After Ordering (Class-Wide) and Rejecting (Individual) Arbitration; The Ninth Circuit held that an order granting class-wide arbitration — and rejecting a request for individual arbitration — was not appealable”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog about an unpublished opinion that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

“The Federal Death Penalty Can Be Administered Fairly; A top Justice Department official says for many Americans the death penalty is a difficult issue on moral, religious and policy grounds; But as a legal issue, it is straightforward”: Deputy U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen has this essay online at The New York Times.

“Inside John Roberts’ surprising streak of liberal wins”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this exclusive report.

Biskupic appeared on this morning’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day” to discuss her new article, and CNN has posted the video of her appearance titled “Understanding John Roberts’ surprising streak of liberal wins.”