“The Case for Violating the Debt Limit Is Dangerous Nonsense”: Law professor Michael W. McConnell has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Second Amendment Allows a Ban on the AR-15; Ordinary people don’t carry semiautomatic rifles for self-defense”: Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Free speech or federal crime? Protesters are still marching outside conservative Supreme Court justices’ homes; Some senators want to use a federal law to charge those who continue to picket — even though it could be on shaky constitutional grounds.” Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.