“Supreme Court: Legislature overstepped authority with subpoenas.” Seaborn Larson of The Helena (Mont.) Independent Record has this report.

And Amy Beth Hanson of The Associated Press reports that “Montana justices say lawmakers overstepped in seeking emails.”

You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Montana in this separation-of-powers dispute at this link.

“Court orders shorter sentence for ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic”: Coleen Slevin of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

“Missouri Gets Chance to Revive Down Syndrome Abortion Law”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report on an order granting rehearing en banc that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday on the court’s own motion.

Yesterday’s sua sponte Eighth Circuit order will presumably render superfluous, at least for the time being, Missouri’s recently filed petition for writ of certiorari requesting U.S. Supreme Court review of the Eighth Circuit’s now-vacated three-judge panel ruling.

“A Glimpse at the Newest Class of SCOTUS Law Clerks; Here’s what we know, so far, about the 37 Supreme Court law clerks selected for the upcoming term”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“The Real Issue in the Puerto Rican Cockfighting Case Before the Supreme Court”: Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.