“9th Circuit overturns butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court ‘history’ standard on guns”: Kevin Rector of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

And Bok Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Ninth Circuit overturns butterfly knife ban, citing Supreme Court guns ruling.”

You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Why does Justice Alito keep making things worse for the Supreme Court?” Columnist Jackie Calmes has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“A Gambit to Duck Supreme Court Review: You won’t believe this tale of ‘tester’ lawsuits, ‘mootness,’ and legal shenanigans in Acheson Hotels v. Laufer.” This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Further update regarding Great Lakes v. Raiders Retreat, No. 22-500 (U.S.): Today is the deadline for filing amicus brief in support of respondent Raiders in this U.S. Supreme Court case.

You can access the amicus briefs filed today via this link.

“Solicitor General Prelogar Walks Fine Line With Skeptical Court”: Lydia Wheeler and Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Trump and his new lawyer are not on the same page about judge’s recusal; The former president’s public statements are already diverging from the advice of his newest lawyer, John Lauro”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“John Eastman, awaiting potential indictment, asks judge to postpone his disbarment proceedings; The lawyer who advised Donald Trump in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6 is known as ‘co-conspirator 2’ in the special counsel’s newest case”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“US Supreme Court Report Card: How Third Circuit Fared in 2022-23 Term, Part 2.” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers.

“The Dobbs Decision Hasn’t Aged Well”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

“What’s expected when Utah’s high court considers challenge to abortion trigger ban”: Bridger Beal-Cvetko of KSL-TV of Salt Lake City has this report.

“Florida Supreme Court hears dispute about UF’s 2020 COVID-19 shutdown; A potential class-action case may be brought against UF”: Sally Brown of The Independent Florida Alligator has this report.

“The new liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court is off to a tense start; With several imminent cases about hot-button issues like abortion, growing tensions and accusations of partisanship won’t end any time soon”: Adam Edelman and Shaquille Brewster of NBC News have this report.

And Henry Redman of Wisconsin Examiner reports that “Shift in majority leads to bitter fighting on Wisconsin Supreme Court.”

“The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge: Forget Gonzalez v. Google; There’s another dispute that will come before the justices in the next year and this time they will have to directly deal with issues involving platforms and speech.” Jeff Kosseff has this essay online at Wired.

“How I ‘bribed’ a justice to take a no-expenses-paid trip to Mississippi”: Margaret McMullan has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“In Oklahoma, Governor Picks Unusual Fight with Tribes—and Fellow Republicans; Gov. Kevin Stitt has accused tribes of a power grab, following a court ruling that clarified boundaries; Tribes say Stitt misunderstands tribal sovereignty”: Adolfo Flores will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Miami groups try to overturn court ruling that kept ‘gerrymandered’ map in effect”: Grethel Aguila of The Miami Herald has this report.

“Democrats vs. the Supreme Court: They want to influence which Justices can hear certain cases, which would destroy judicial independence.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“How medical schools are considering race after the Supreme Court limited affirmative action in admissions; An inside look from current and former admissions officers at Cooper and Jefferson”: Tom Avril of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report.

“Netanyahu Seeks to Change How Judges Are Named, Then Stop Revamp; ‘There has to be a balance,’ prime minister says in interview”: Francine Lacqua and Ethan Bronner of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Three words you won’t hear from today’s Supreme Court justices”: Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“For The Defense with David Oscar Markus — John Lauro for Donald J. Trump”: David Oscar Markus has posted this new episode of his “For The Defense” podcast on YouTube.

“After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption”: Rachel Nostrant of Reuters has this report.

“Salesforce can’t dodge child sex trafficking claims, appeals court says”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued Thursday.

“The Sales Numbers on Books by Supreme Court Justices; Books by Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg are the most popular among those by Supreme Court justices”: Jim Milliot of Publishers Weekly has this report.

“Justice Kagan’s comments on Supreme Court ethics are welcome”: The Washington Post has published this editorial.

“Justice Elena Kagan at Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference”: C-SPAN has posted this video online.

“Texas Judge Says Doctors Can Use ‘Good Faith Judgment’ in Providing Abortions; The ruling sought to clarify the medical exceptions in the state’s bans, and was in a response to a lawsuit from women who were denied abortions despite medical emergencies”: Kate Zernike of The New York Times has this report.

And William Melhado of The Texas Tribune reports that “Texas AG appeals judge’s order that allows women with complicated pregnancies to get abortions; State District Court Judge Jessica Mangrum on Friday issued a temporary exemption to Texas’ abortion ban; Hours later, the attorney general’s office filed an appeal, which blocked the order.”

“Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons; A federal appeals court said that barring people convicted of certain felonies from voting pointlessly denied them access to ‘the democratic core of American citizenship’”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today reports that “5th Circuit panel strikes down Mississippi’s lifetime felony voting ban.”

Ashton Pittman of Mississippi Free Press reports that “Mississippi’s Lifetime Felony Voting Ban Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Rules.”

Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press reports that “Court blocks Mississippi ban on voting after some crimes, but GOP official will appeal ruling.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters reports that “Mississippi cannot strip convicts of right to vote, court rules.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit at this link.

“Rancor flares on the Wisconsin Supreme Court as its new liberal majority moves to limit the chief justice’s power”: Jessie Opoien, Molly Beck, and Daniel Bice of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

And in today’s edition of The Wisconsin State Journal, Alexander Shur has a front page article headlined “Liberal Wisconsin Supreme Court majority sidelines chief justice, imposes new filing deadlines.”

“I Don’t See a ‘Rogue’ Supreme Court”: Columnist David French will have this essay in the Sunday Review section of tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.

“Appealable Orders, Not Appealable Documents; Just because the entirety of an ‘order’ is appealable does not mean that other orders in the same document are appealable, too”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued Thursday.

“Clarence Thomas’s $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It; The vehicle is a key part of the justice’s just-folks persona; It’s also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else’s money”: Jo Becker and Julie Tate of The New York Times have this report.

“US appeals judge accused of ‘serious misconduct’ in deepening fitness probe”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has this report.

Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law reports that “96-Year-Old Judge Newman Faces Suspension After Panel Vote.”

Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has an article headlined “‘Serious Matter’: Panel Suggests Suspending Newman Over Noncooperation in Fitness Probe; Judicial misconduct committee discounts neurologist’s finding of ‘no significant cognitive defects.’”

Eileen McDermott of IPWatchdog.com has a post titled “Special Committee Charges Newman with ‘Serious Misconduct’, Blames Her for Delayed Transcript.”

In commentary, online at The New York Sun, Dean Karayanis has an essay titled “Political Intrigue Swirls as Reagan-Appointed Judge, 96, Is Told ‘Go Quietly’ or Else; ‘I was told, “Just go quietly or we will make your life miserable,”’ says Judge Newman, who’s been recommended for suspension by a judiciary panel after she refused to submit to cognitive testing.”

The New Civil Liberties Alliance, which represents Judge Newman in this proceeding, today issued a news release titled “Fed. Circuit Special Committee’s Actions Once Again Undermine Due Process for Hon. Pauline Newman.”

Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit posted online a redacted copy of the Report and Recommendation of the Special Committee, which, with exhibits, totals 319 pages.

“Alito’s Wall Street Journal interviews and commentary raise a big recusal question; Law Dork looks into the timeline of a major tax case for next term & Alito’s three recent WSJ opinion page appearances — and comes away with questions”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“2nd Circuit affirms Connecticut repeal of religious vaccine exemptions for schoolchildren; The panel ruled 2-1 affirming Connecticut’s decision to end religious exemptions from mandatory immunizations for students”: Josh Russell of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued today.