“Justices Reject, for Now, Missouri’s Effort to Override Federal Gun Laws; The move blocked an expansive state law, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, and let stand a ruling that it was an unconstitutional attempt to nullify federal laws”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report on an order that the U.S. Supreme Court issued today.
“Former Convict Who Became Respected Law Professor Faces Domestic Violence Charge; Shon Hopwood, whose path from prison bars to the Supreme Court Bar made national news, is again a criminal defendant”: Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.
“Supreme Court ducks, leaving Louisiana redistricting stuck in uncertainty”: Nina Totenberg and Annie Gersh of NPR have this report.
You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.
“The Supreme Court considers whether a very stupid gun law is also unconstitutional; What should the Supreme Court do when gun laws are written by incompetent trolls?” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.
“Drafting the Opinion in Great Lakes“: John F. Coyle has this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.”
“US judicial panel eyes ‘elegant solution’ to amicus disclosure rule”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.
“Appeals court upholds broad use of obstruction law that prosecutors have deployed against Trump; In a divided ruling, the court said there are numerous ways for the government to prove that Jan. 6 defendants acted ‘corruptly’”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.
You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.
“The Supreme Court Looks Set to Deliver Another Blow to the Environment; Two upcoming cases take aim at the government’s power to regulate”: Elizabeth Kolbert has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker.
“Ninth Circuit Contender Is Exposed As Pretender; The collapse of Bill Clinton’s nomination of James Ware”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.