“Lemon Doesn’t Matter; The fundamental question is whether the American law of religious liberty is worth preserving”: Andrew Koppelman has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Federal court halts Missouri’s ban on abortions after 8 weeks, Down syndrome diagnosis”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And Joe Harris of Courthouse News Service reports that “Eighth Circuit Refuses to Reinstate Missouri Abortion Ban; The appeals court upheld an injunction against a law banning abortions based on a fetal diagnosis of Down syndrome and after eight weeks of pregnancy.”

My earlier coverage of today’s Eighth Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“The Supreme Court Reins in the CFAA in Van Buren; A very important ruling”: Orin S. Kerr has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Tech tycoon’s beachfront mansion sparks First Amendment debate at 11th Circuit”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post.

My earlier coverage of yesterday’s Eleventh Circuit ruling can be accessed here.

“U.S. Judicial Conference Urges Senate to Back Security Funding”: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued this news release today.

“On Supreme Court steps, Dem senator calls right-leaning justices ‘servants’ of dark money interests; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse called out GOP-nominated justices at rally Wednesday”: Marisa Schultz of Fox News has this report.

“Request to return All-Star game to Atlanta gets court hearing Thursday”: Tim Tucker of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

“Kathleen Arberg Ends Long Run as US Supreme Court’s Public Voice and Face”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Perspective: Is the Supreme Court Still a Defender of Press Freedom?” Tony Mauro has this post at Freedom Forum.

“What Does Brett Kavanaugh Think of Precedent? Here’s Another Clue: Why tea-leaf readers are obsessing over a minor opinion in a case the Supreme Court decided not to take.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion, along with an essay titled “Supreme Court’s Generational Divide Seen in Computer Fraud Case; Why the court’s younger conservatives sided with the liberals on a case of prosecutorial overreach.”

“Schoolyard Justice in Federal Court; Citibank’s errant billion-dollar payment leads to a ruling that could upset commercial law”: Law professor Jonathan Macey has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Stephen Breyer’s Apparent Retirement Plan Will Backfire”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen, creator of the “Election Law Blog,” has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Florida mansion design rejection doesn’t violate First Amendment, court says; The debate brought up comparisons to such things as tattoos, elevator music and Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello home”: Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida has this report on an interesting 136-page ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued yesterday.

“DDA’s Remarks on Innocence Presumption Doesn’t Require Issuance of Habeas Relief; Earlier Contrary Opinion Is Repudiated; Panel Bows to Court of Appeal Determination”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report on a noteworthy decision on panel rehearing that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“These notices of appeal are entirely deficient. They appeal an order entered on a day when no order issued, from a district court that does not exist, to a court of appeals that does not exist.” So ruled a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit yesterday in dismissing two consolidated appeals for lack of jurisdiction due to identical defects in both notices of appeal.

“Federal appeals court blocks sweeping Missouri abortion law”: Jim Salter of The Associated Press has this report.

Partially divided Eighth Circuit panel affirms district court’s entry of a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of Missouri law banning abortion at or after eight weeks gestational age or based on potential Down syndrome risk: You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

“Appeals Court Denies GOP Bid to Defend North Carolina Voter ID Law; A divided en banc Fourth Circuit ruled Republican state lawmakers cannot intervene to defend the North Carolina General Assembly in a challenge to the state’s controversial voter ID law”: Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service has this report on an 9-to-6 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued Monday.

“Owners’ Suit Over Art Seized in Switzerland Not Proper in U.S.” Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.

“Annoyed Subway Customer Dodges Arbitration Over Sandwich Texts”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued yesterday.