“June Medical Services and Chief Justice Roberts’ long game”: Amaury A. Reyes-Torres has this post online at Medium.

“Ron DeSantis’ office paid D.C. law firm $250,000 to defend felon voting law; Attorney Charles Cooper represented the state before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit last week”: Lawrence Mower of The Tampa Bay Times has this report.

“Why Finding Justices Who Will Overturn Roe v. Wade Hasn’t Been Easy, And What to Do About It”: Ed Whelan has this essay online at Public Discourse.

“End of an Era — Why It is Time to End the ABA’s Privileged Role in Judicial Nominations”: Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

Earlier this month, Voruganti had related posts titled “Thirteen Federal Judges President Trump May Elevate to the Court of Appeals in His Second Term” and “Thirteen Federal Judges the Next Democratic President May Elevate to the Court of Appeals.”

“Texas Files Motion in the En Banc Court to Stay Injunction Pending Appeal in Whole Woman’s Health v. Paxton; As far as I am aware, the Texas SG is the first litigant to seek en banc review of an interim panel order”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“How the Satanic Temple Could Bring Abortion Rights to the Supreme Court; By using the same religious liberty argument as Hobby Lobby, The Satanic Temple is trying to have its members exempted from state abortion laws”: David S. Cohen of Rolling Stone has this report.

“McGirt to remain jailed pending federal retrial necessitated by eponymous Supreme Court ruling”: Curtis Killman of The Tulsa World has this report.

“A weighty decision: Lots of factors in play as Raimondo considers next R.I. Supreme Court justice.” Katie Mulvaney has this front page article in today’s edition of The Providence Journal.

“October Term 2019 in Review: Blue June.” Law professor Josh Blackman has posted this essay online at SSRN.

“Inside Virus-Era Supreme Court: How Clerks Adjusted to New Reality; ‘It moved from most of the clerks working remotely to really all of us working remotely, by and large,’ said Michael Francisco, who joined McGuireWoods as a partner after clerking last term for Justice Neil Gorsuch”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Selecting Chief Justices by Peer Vote”: Madelyn Fife, professor Greg Goelzhauser, and Stephen Loertscher have posted this paper on SSRN.

“N.J. Senate committee unanimously approves first Black woman to state Supreme Court”: Blake Nelson has this article in today’s edition of The Newark Star-Ledger.

In today’s edition of The Record of Hackensack, New Jersey, Ashley Balcerzak has a front page article headlined “Fabiana Pierre-Louis one step closer to being first Black woman to serve on NJ Supreme Court.”

In today’s edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Melanie Burney has an article headlined “N.J. Senate committee unanimously approves nomination for state’s first Black female Supreme Court justice.”

Tracey Tully of The New York Times reports that “Daughter of Immigrants to Be 1st Black Woman on N.J. Supreme Court; Fabiana Pierre-Louis, 39, will also be the only Black judge currently seated on the state’s highest court.”

And Joe Hernandez of WHYY reports that “N.J. committee unanimously approves Pierre-Louis for state Supreme Court.”

“What happens to the Supreme Court (and the Constitution) if Trump wins; The Supreme Court has rejected some of the GOP’s sloppiest and most presumptuous arguments; It won’t anymore if Republicans grow their majority”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Shot by cops, thwarted by judges and geography; U.S. courts show wide regional disparities in granting qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine now under fire for protecting officers accused of excessive force”: Andrew Chung, Lawrence Hurley, Andrea Januta, Jackie Botts, and Jaimi Dowdell of Reuters have this report.

“Senator Hawley’s Judicial Test on Roe v. Wade Won’t Work”: Ed Whelan has this essay online at Public Discourse.

“How to Take (Some of) the Politics Out of Judges’ Retirements; Two modest — even Madisonian — suggestions for reform”: Nathaniel A.G. Zelinsky has this essay online at The Bulwark.

“TCS loses US trade secrets case again, but may pay less”: Avik Das of The Times of India has this report.

And Anandi Chandrashekhar of The Economic Times reports that “US court reduces damages in TCS-Epic Systems case, company to appeal.”

You can access last Thursday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit at this link. The appellate court ruled, with respect to punitive damages, that given the large amount of compensatory damages awarded, the maximum ratio due process allowed for punitive damages was 1-to-1.

“Lawsuit seeking to block the Obama Presidential Center loses federal appeal; A three-judge appellate panel affirmed the U.S. District Court ruling, but said they couldn’t rule on some matters it considered to be under state, not federal, jurisdiction”: Manny Ramos of The Chicago Sun-Times has this report.

And Christian Belanger of the Hyde Park Herald reports that “Seventh Circuit remands Protect Our Parks case against OPC, finding that some claims should have been dismissed.”

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

“Tennessee inmate hepatitis C appeal: Circuit court upholds lower decision in favor of TDOC.” Mariah Timms of The Tennessean has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued today.

“Trump revives Bush v. Gore in his crusade against mail-in voting”: Joan Biskupic of CNN has this report.

“Judge Willett (CA5) Finds That June Medical Rendered Whole Woman’s Health An ‘Invalid Legal Standard’; Willett agrees with Justice Kavanaugh, and the Eighth Circuit, in applying the Marks Rule to June Medical”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy” about a stay-related ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.

“Tesla, automakers urge FTC to seek appeal after defeat in Qualcomm case”: Stephen Nellis of Reuters has a report that begins, “A group of tech companies and automakers, including Tesla Inc, Ford Motor Co, Honda Motor Co Ltd and Daimler AG, on Monday urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to seek an appeal after its loss in a case against chip supplier Qualcomm Inc.”

“Appeals court upholds rally convictions but says part of federal law may be unconstitutional”: Tyler Hammel of The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Virginia has this report.

Denise Lavoie of The Associated Press reports that “Court finds parts of anti-riot law violate free speech.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Court pares back federal Anti-Riot Act; But 4th Circuit judges uphold the use of the 1968 law to convict two men for violence at the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Va.”

And Brad Kutner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit Strikes Down Parts of Anti-Riot Law; The appellate court’s ruling comes a year after a federal judge in a separate case held that the entire Anti-Riot Act is unconstitutional.”

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

“‘Ghost gun’ advocacy group can sue N.J. AG in Texas — 5th Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued last Wednesday.

“Justice Department increasing attacks on affirmative action in college admissions”: In today’s edition of The Boston Globe, Deirdre Fernandes has a front page article that begins, “The US Justice Department’s recent complaint that Yale University discriminated against Asian American and white applicants in its admissions process opens a new front in the Trump administration’s fight against affirmative action in college admissions, legal experts say.”

“The Kagan Court? Unpacking a Conservative Charge; When Gorsuch and Roberts vote with the liberals, the right blames Kagan.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Supreme Court, federal judiciary rising as key issue in presidential, Senate elections”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.

“A Detailed Look at the Downside of California’s Ban on Affirmative Action; Ending racial preferences in a state university system harmed Black and Hispanic students while doing little to lift whites and Asian-Americans, a study asserts”: Kevin Carey had this article in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Scheduled Federal Execution of Native American is A Death Warrant for Tribal Sovereignty”: Law professor Barbara L Creel has this essay online at Medium.

“Stakes high for Supreme Court as Trump battles for reelection”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report.

“In secretly recorded audio, President Trump’s sister says he has ‘no principles’ and ‘you can’t trust him'”: Former Third Circuit Judge Maryanne Trump Barry features prominently in this article from Michael Kranish of The Washington Post.

“Prop. 209’s affirmative action ban drove down Black and Latino UC enrollment and wages, study finds”: Teresa Watanabe has this article in today’s edition of The Los Angeles Times.

“Michigan Court of Appeals backs Whitmer on use of emergency power”: Paul Egan of The Detroit Free Press has this report.

Craig Mauger of The Detroit News reports that “Michigan Court of Appeals upholds Gov. Whitmer’s emergency actions.”

And Lauren Gibbons of MLive reports that “Michigan court sides with Whitmer in fight over coronavirus emergency powers.”

Today’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Michigan consists of a majority opinion and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.

New Hampshire’s “Supreme Court issues order concerning quarantine period prior to courthouse entry”: The Supreme Court of New Hampshire issued this order today.

“Colorado Supreme Court to impose term lengths for chief justice as current one retires; Chief Justice Nathan Coats will be succeeded by Justice Brian Boatright”: Shelly Bradbury of The Denver Post has this report.