“Texas is about to turn private citizens into antiabortion vigilantes”: The Los Angeles Times has published this editorial.

“Capitol riot defendants’ lawyer apparently hospitalized with covid leaves clients without counsel, prosecutors say”: Spencer S. Hsu and Rachel Weiner of The Washington Post have a report that begins, “An attorney who represents the largest number of defendants charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and who has criticized vaccine mandates has dropped out of sight amid conflicting statements by associates over whether he has been hospitalized with covid-19, U.S. prosecutors told judges Monday.”

“Supreme Court Asked to Block Texas Law Banning Most Abortions; The law, set to go into effect on Wednesday, bans abortions after about six weeks and deputizes citizens to file suits to enforce it”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Ann E. Marimow and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux of The Washington Post report that “Supreme Court asked to block Texas abortion law deputizing citizens to enforce six-week ban.”

Brent Kendall of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Asked to Intervene on Texas Six-Week Abortion Ban; State’s so-called fetal-heartbeat law is set to go into effect this week.”

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Abortion providers ask Supreme Court to block Texas’ post-six-weeks ban.”

You can access the emergency application filed today in the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“On Death Row in Texas, a Last Request: A Prayer and ‘Human Contact’; Scheduled for execution on Sept. 8, John Henry Ramirez is suing to have his Baptist pastor lay hands on him as he dies”: Ruth Graham of The New York Times has this report.

“Warren Burger’s Biography: Decades in the Making, and Still Not Done.” Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Haynes Boone Nabs Veteran Supreme Court Advocate Geyser”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Unreviewable: The Final Installment of the ‘Epic’ Obamacare Trilogy.” Law professor Josh Blackman has posted this paper at SSRN.

“Where We Stand: Assessing Vacancies and Nominations in the Federal Judiciary — The South.” Harsh Voruganti has this post at his blog, “The Vetting Room.”

“Are Censures of Politicians a Form of Free Speech or a Threat to It? The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments this fall on whether the censure of an elected official in Houston ran afoul of the First Amendment.” Adam Liptak will have this new installment of his “Sidebar” column in Tuesday’s edition of The New York Times.

“Appeals court rules ballot postage isn’t a poll tax in Georgia”: Mark Niesse of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has this report.

Kate Brumback of The Associated Press has a report headlined “Appeals court: Postage for absentee ballots isn’t a poll tax.”

And Erika Williams of Courthouse News Service reports that “Appeals court rejects demand for free postage on Georgia absentee ballots; A three-judge panel gave its stamp of approval to the Peach State’s practice of making voters pay for their own postage for mail-in ballots.”

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

“9th Circ revives trademark dispute between Ayla and Alya beauty brands”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report on a personal jurisdiction-related ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Friday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted online its 2020 Annual Report: You can access it at this link.

“Neurological Tests for Death Row Inmate Approved by 6th Cir.” Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued Thursday.

“Mothers of shooting victims get another chance in lawsuit against Biddeford police; A federal appeals court has asked the judge to reconsider his dismissal based on a recent ruling in a different case”: Megan Gray of The Portland (Me.) Press Herald has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued Friday.

“Appeals court says intelligence agencies not required to confirm existence of Khashoggi records”: Celine Castronuovo of The Hill has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued Friday.