“How the Supreme Court made it impossible to solve America’s gun violence problem; If you can’t ban handguns, you’re just spinning your wheels”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Failure to Extend a Precedent Versus Failure to Apply It: A Comment on Shinn v. Martinez Ramirez.” Michael C. Dorf has this post at his blog, “Dorf on Law.”

“Sam Alito and his Big Dicta”: Sherry F. Colb has this blog post at “Dorf on Law.”

“After Idaho lawmaker’s comments on Plan B, some worry other birth control is at risk”: Nicole Blanchard has this front page article in today’s edition of The Idaho Statesman.

And in related commentary, online at Balls and Strikes, Lisa Needham has a post titled “A Brief Guide to Fetal Personhood, the Next Frontier In Anti-Choice Politics; For the conservative legal movement, overturning Roe v. Wade may be just the beginning.”

“An Angry Crowd Came to My House. I Still Support the Right to Protest.” Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Intensifying Inquiry Into Alternate Electors Focuses on Trump Lawyers; In recent subpoenas, federal prosecutors investigating alternate slates of pro-Trump electors sought information about Rudolph W. Giuliani, John Eastman and others”: Alan Feuer, Katie Benner, and Luke Broadwater of The New York Times have this report.

And in commentary, online at The New York Times, columnist Ross Douthat has an essay titled “Why Would John Eastman Want to Overturn an Election for Trump?“

“Off-the-Clock Questioning Made Supreme Court Arguments Longer”: Lydia Wheeler of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Why the Senate Protects Supreme Court Justices From Protesters but Won’t Protect Kids From Mass Shootings; Our broken political system has produced a federal judiciary that’s enabling the next massacre”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“New poll: 54% of Americans disapprove of Supreme Court following Roe draft opinion leak.” Devan Cole of CNN has this report.

Today, the Marquette Law School Poll issued a news release titled “New Marquette Law School Poll finds sharp national downturn in overall approval — and greater partisan polarization in approval — of U.S. Supreme Court following leaked draft of opinion that would overturn Roe.” You can access the detailed polling results via this link.

“Dan Markel murder: Katherine Magbanua retrial (Day 6 – May 25).” The Tallahassee Democrat is live-streaming today’s trial proceedings on YouTube via this link.

And earlier, Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat had a report headlined “Dan Markel murder: FBI wiretaps, what’s left unsaid take center stage on Day 5 | recap.”

“President Biden Names Eighteenth Round of Judicial Nominees”: The White House today issued this news release announcing nominees for the D.C., Sixth, and Seventh Circuits — including solo appellate practitioner Rachel S. Bloomekatz.

And if today’s Seventh Circuit nominee is confirmed, that federal appellate court would be getting its first Circuit Judge Pryor, placing it only one behind the Eleventh Circuit in the current Pryor standings.

Update: In news coverage, Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Biden moves to fill key appellate seat vacated by U.S. Supreme Court’s Jackson.”

Programming note: At 9 a.m. eastern time on Wednesday, I will be presenting an oral argument in-person to a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until Wednesday afternoon.

“U.S. Senate confirms Biden judicial pick Davis for 6th Circuit seat”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Rose Wagner of Courthouse News Service reports that “Black judge installed by Trump confirmed to 6th Circuit; Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis holds the distinction of securing her nominations in both the Trump and Biden administrations.”

Today, the U.S. Senate confirmed U.S. District Judge Stephanie Dawkins Davis to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by a vote of 49-to-43.

“Court battles over ballots in the McCormick-Oz Pennsylvania Senate race have split the GOP; With a recount looming, state and national Republican Party officials vowed Tuesday to oppose Senate candidate David McCormick’s legal push to have thousands of contested mail ballots counted”: Jeremy Roebuck, Jonathan Lai, and Julia Terruso of The Philadelphia Inquirer have this report.

And Marc Levy of The Associated Press reports that “Court battles go down to count deadline in Pa. Senate race.”

You can view the filings in the Pa. Supreme Court case concerning undated mail-in ballots via this link.

“Courts stymie abortion bans in Iowa, other GOP-led states”: Thomas Beaumont and David Pitt of The Associated Press have this report.

“Abortion Questions for Justice Alito and His Supreme Court Allies”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Can Roberts steer Supreme Court safely through abortion case crisis?” Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Supreme Court marshal digs in on Roe opinion leak; The launch of the probe comes as Chief Justice John Roberts tries to uphold the integrity of the court”: Alexander Ward, Josh Gerstein, and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “Search for Supreme Court leaker falls to former Army colonel.”

“To the extent that the Supreme Court in Bell preserved the understanding that a ‘wholly insubstantial and frivolous’ claim somehow fails even to invoke the federal courts’ subject-matter jurisdiction, it was wrong.” So wrote Eleventh Circuit Judge Kevin C. Newsom on Friday in a concurring opinion, in which the other two judges on the three-judge panel also joined.

“LA’s E-Scooter Location Collection Passes Constitutional Test”: Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“CFPB wins bid to seek restitution in CashCall case”: Jody Godoy of Reuters has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Richmond Transit Ban on Political Ads on Buses Unconstitutional”: 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 Fourth Circuit issued Friday.

“Federalist publisher’s ‘salt mine’ tweet did not violate labor law — 3rd Circ”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report.

And Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law reports that “NLRB’s ‘Salt Mine’ Tweet Decision Overturned by 3rd Cir.”

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

“Another climate change lawsuit against Big Oil heads back to state court”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on a ruling that a two-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

“Dan Markel murder: Cell phone, money trail in Magbanua retrial spotlight on Day 4 | recap.” Karl Etters of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Dan Markel murder: Katherine Magbanua retrial (Day 5 – May 24).” The Tallahassee Democrat is live-streaming today’s trial proceedings on YouTube via this link.

“Clarence and Ginni Thomas Are Telling Us Exactly How the 2024 Coup Will Go Down”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Gun Possession Ban for People in US Illegally Survives Challenge”: Peter Hayes of Bloomberg Law has a report (subscription required for full access) that begins, “A federal law that bars people living in the US illegally from possessing a firearm doesn’t violate the Second Amendment right to bear arms, the Eleventh Circuit ruled Monday.”

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

“J&J bankruptcy trustee balks at Neal Katyal’s $2,465 hourly rate”: Karen Sloan and Mike Scarcella of Reuters have this report.

“Israel’s Supreme Court Had 74 Interns in the Past Two Years. Only One Was Arab. Data requested by Haaretz reveals lack of diversity in the Israeli Supreme Court internship program, with vast majority of interns coming from the same academic institutions and cities.” Chen Maanit of Haaretz has this report.

“Supreme Court to rule soon on Upstate NY case that could make it easier to carry guns across US”: Chris Libonati of The Post-Standard of Syracuse, New York has this report.

“Former Iowa Taco Bell worker wins at U.S. Supreme Court in wage-theft lawsuit”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report.

“Roe v. Wade Must Go for Precedent’s Sake; Stare decisis is too important to be defined by such a poorly reasoned case”: Adam J. White will have this op-ed in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court again declines to rule in abortion case, despite protests; Supreme Court is not rushing to release its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization”: Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

“The Supreme Court just condemned a man to die despite strong evidence he’s innocent; The Court effectively overruled two of its previous decisions, and it is likely an innocent man will die as a result”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

And online at Slate, law professor Leah Litman has a jurisprudence essay titled “The Supreme Court Just Gutted Another Constitutional Right.”