“Abortion providers sue to block Iowa’s new 6-week ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion ban”: Katie Akin of The Des Moines Register has this report.

And Mitch Smith of The New York Times reports that “Iowa Republicans Move to Sharply Limit Abortion; Gov. Kim Reynolds called the Legislature for a special session to consider sweeping new restrictions on abortion.”

“Where We Are at the End of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Term”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Japan’s Supreme Court Lifts Restroom Restriction at Work for Trans Woman; The decision represents some forward momentum in L.G.B.T.Q. rights in Japan, which lags behind other G7 nations in extending them”: Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida have this article in today’s edition of The New York Times.

“The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Control Even More Than You Realize”: Law professor Jeffrey L. Fisher has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“McConnell recasts the high court as ‘independent’ to win votes in 2024”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Court Halts Mountain Valley Pipeline Championed by Sen. Joe Manchin; A provision in the debt-ceiling law limited opponents’ right to sue and mandated pipeline’s completion”: David Harrison of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

And Wednesday’s edition of that newspaper will contain an editorial titled “Judges Defy Congress to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline; A three-judge Fourth Circuit panel blocks a permit even after the debt-ceiling bill stripped them of jurisdiction.”

“The rot in the federal judiciary goes deeper than the Supreme Court”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“The Whimsy of the Late Justice John Paul Stevens: Stevens was known not only for his bowtie at the court but also his cheese sandwich for lunch.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog” online at The National Law Journal.

“Clash over US judge’s competency probe heads into mediation”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report.

And recently at IPWatchdog, former Federal Circuit Judge Paul R. Michel had a post titled “Chief Judge Moore v. Judge Newman: An Unacceptable Breakdown of Court Governance, Collegiality and Procedural Fairness.” The post also appears to have received a comment from former Federal Circuit Judge Randall R. Rader.

“The Smearing of Lorie Smith: She won a landmark First Amendment victory; The press now falsely claims she filed a ‘fake case.'” Kristen Waggoner and Erin Hawley will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Missing Originalism in the Court’s Racial-Preferences Opinions; There’s still work to do in restoring the original meaning of the 14th Amendment; Only Justice Thomas tried to do that in the Harvard admissions case”: Dan McLaughlin has this essay online at National Review.

“Case or Controversy Requirement? What Case or Controversy Requirement? The Supreme Court’s misguided decision to grant Lorie Smith standing to pursue her entirely hypothetical claim against the State of Colorado in the web designer case.” David Post has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“The Supreme Court Case That Has Me Worried, for Survivors and for My State”: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Supreme Court justices and donors mingle at campus visits. These documents show the ethical dilemmas.” Brian Slodysko and Eric Tucker of The Associated Press have this report.

Additionally, Slodysko and Tucker report that “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books.”

Tucker has a report headlined “Book sales, a lure for money and more takeaways from the AP investigation into Supreme Court ethics.”

And Tucker and Slodysko also have a report headlined “Inside the AP’s investigation into the ethics practices of the Supreme Court justices.”

The U.S. Supreme Court issued this statement to The Associated Press in response to that news organization’s inquiries.

“Justice Dept. asks 5th Circuit to delay judge’s social media order; The filing came hours after U.S. District Judge Terry A. Doughty rejected a request to stay his ruling from last week”: Cat Zakrzewski and Tim Starks of The Washington Post have this report.

“SCOTUS Is Really Considering if Domestic Abusers Should Be Allowed Guns; There is a clear pattern between abuse and broader violence that has been limited by this very simple rule that is now up for debate”: Abigail R. Esman has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Next Battle Over Colorblindness Has Begun”: Law professor Sonja B. Starr has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Affirmative action, student debt: How John Roberts put his stamp on the Supreme Court term; The Supreme Court term that ended in June led to fewer ideological splits than in the past and put Chief Justice Roberts firmly in command of the most significant decisions.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“A monumental LGBTQ rights case is barreling toward the Supreme Court; A new federal appeals court decision is a terrible blow to trans rights, and a potential earthquake in the fight for LGBTQ equality”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Neither party can count on the Supreme Court to be its ally”: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Baton Passing Brings New Chief Judge to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals”: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today issued a news release that begins, “On July 9, 2023, the Honorable Albert Diaz became the eleventh chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, a position created by Congress in 1948. Chief Judge Diaz is the first Hispanic judge to serve the Fourth Circuit as chief.”

“How the Federalist Society Took Over”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“The Worst Trump Judge in America is Justin R. Walker; The judge who appeared on Fox and other outlets over 160 times”: James LaRock has this post at Balls and Strikes.

“35. The Unnecessary Cruelty of Jones v. Hendrix: A 6-3 majority says there’s ‘nothing incongruous’ about a ruling that will leave thousands of federal prisoners with no remedy for challenging convictions or sentences that have become unlawful.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Judges Allow Tennessee’s Ban on Transgender Healthcare to Take Effect — For Now; Court says a definitive ruling on a preliminary injunction is expected by Sept. 30”: Arian Campo-Flores of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Student debt: Why Biden’s backup plan may wind up in trouble again at the Supreme Court.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s continuing march to the right”: Tierney Sneed of CNN has this news analysis.

“Environmental takeaways from a transformative Supreme Court term”: Pamela King of Greenwire has this report.

“Supreme Arrogance: Sherrilyn Ifill, Jamelle Bouie and Steve Vladeck join Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern for an end-of-term roundup, taking a close look at SCOTUS’ opinions and the justices who issued them.” You can access yesterday’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“The legal principle behind a more restrained Supreme Court term”: Henry Gass of The Christian Science Monitor has this report.

“Florida Supreme Court to hear abortion case in September; The case could determine the fate of a new law barring abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy”: Jim Saunders of the News Service of Florida has this report.

“How John Roberts exhibited his power in the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions”: Zach Schonfeld of The Hill has this report.

“Look at What John Roberts and His Court Have Wrought Over 18 Years”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Straight Man in the Gay Wedding Website Case Is Not the Real Problem; The Christian group behind the Supreme Court wedding website case would rather stoke controversy about the fake inquiry than have us look at how its own story has changed”: Melissa Gira Grant of The New Republic has this report.

“Supreme Court dissents and rejoinders, with respect and disrespect”: Nina Totenberg of NPR has this report.