“Mifepristone at the Supreme Court”: Chris Geidner has posted this video interview on YouTube.

“Maryland defends handgun law at Fourth Circuit en banc session; Lawyers representing a gun rights organization argue Maryland creates an unfair hurdle for law-abiding citizens seeking to purchase handgun”: Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service has an article that begins, “Maryland argued Thursday that its law requiring an extensive licensing process before purchasing a handgun is constitutional in front of an en banc Fourth Circuit audience.”

“Texas immigration ruling puts spotlight on nation’s most conservative federal appeals court”: Kevin McGill of The Associated Press has this report.

“US appeals court directs probe of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Alanna Durkin Richer of The Associated Press reports that “Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case.”

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

“Alliance Defending Freedom Lawyer Enraged By Good, Correct Criticism Of Alliance Defending Freedom; The fallout over the Idaho attorney general’s sketchy arrangement with the activist legal organization is turning right-wing ideologues into mediocre bloggers”: Susan Rinkunas has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Trump-Appointed Judges Lead Trip to Israel ‘Bearing Witness’; 14 judges make trip, including Trump circuit, trial court members; Met with officials, judges; partly focused on Oct. 7”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has a report that begins, “More than a dozen federal judges, nearly all appointed by Donald Trump, traveled to Israel to discuss the country’s legal system, military compliance with international law, and aftermath of the October attack by Hamas.”

“Judge approves $125 million PACER fees settlement with US judiciary”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“Biden nomination of the first Muslim American to a federal appeals court in peril; Two Democratic senators said they will oppose the nomination of Adeel Mangi to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit”: Frank Thorp V, Sahil Kapur, and Kate Santaliz of NBC News have this report.

Zach C. Cohen and Courtney Rozen of Bloomberg Law report that “Manchin Announces Opposition to Muslim Circuit Court Nominee; Mangi would be first Muslim federal appeals court judge; Nomination has drawn intense Republican opposition.”

Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “It Looks Like It’s Over For Biden’s Historic Muslim Court Pick, Adeel Mangi; Two Democrats said they’ll oppose the U.S. appeals court nominee, caving to the GOP’s baseless and Islamophobic smear campaign against him.”

Kaelan Deese, Emily Jacobs, and Peyton Sorosinski of Washington Examiner report that “Biden judicial nominee chances ‘dead as Jimmy Hoffa’ after Manchin opposition.”

Joey Fox and David Wildstein of New Jersey Globe have a report headlined “With N.J. Circuit Court nominee in trouble, Biden may have to switch tactics — and soon; Senate Dems have narrow window to either push Adeel Mangi through or get new nominee in place.”

And Julia Terruso of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Fetterman supports nominee for Philly-based court who’s facing Islamophobic smears but Casey is more noncommittal; Fetterman said he supports Adeel Mangi’s nomination; Casey indicated possible support if Mangi makes it to a vote.”

“Pulsifer v. United States as Permissive Interpretation”: Richard M. Re has this post at his blog, “Re’s Judicata.”

“The Umpire Strikes Back: John Roberts’s apt baseball simile.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Manchin won’t vote for Biden judge picks that lack GOP support; The retiring West Virginia Democrat called it his ‘own little filibuster’”: Burgess Everett of Politico has this report.

“Justice Breyer’s Problematic ‘Pragmatism’: Breyer makes unsupported claims about originalism and defends a brand of legal interpretation that would obfuscate the law.” John O. McGinnis has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Cannon Fodder: Law Clerks Quit On Judge Aileen Cannon; The controversial jurist’s slowness in handling the Trump documents case could be due to personnel problems in her chambers.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“Texas Immigration Spat Puts Spotlight on Fifth Circuit Stays; Latest maneuver in Texas immigration dispute with US; Court watchers see more administrative stays in big cases”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.