“Leonard Leo’s Slippery Trick for Dodging the Scrutiny of Congress: The Federalist Society’s leader is hoping to pluck a ‘get out of jail free’ card from Donald Trump’s back pocket.” Matt Ford of The New Republic has this report.

“The Supreme Court Is on Recess, but the Shadow Docket Never Sleeps; A fraught execution, a controversial gas pipeline and now a showdown over new ‘ghost gun’ regulations are keeping the justices busy”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Major Questions Or Lax Parents? Would you let a babysitter take your kids on a two-day road trip to an amusement park without express authorization?” Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Ketanji Brown Jackson Has Perfected the Art of Originalism Jujitsu”: Mark Joseph Stern has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Throwback Thursday: Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie des Bauxites.” Maggie Gardner has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”

“Samuel Alito, the Supreme Court’s Plain-Spoken Defender; He has emerged as an important justice with a distinctive interpretive method that is pragmatic yet rooted in originalism and textualism”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and James Taranto will have this new installment of The Weekend Interview in tomorrow’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.