“Trump’s Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn’t Tell the Judges. An appeals court reduced Trump’s bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a ‘practical impossibility’ to pay the full amount. Their failure to disclose a proposal from a billionaire financier may have violated ethics rules.” Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott, and Alex Mierjeski of ProPublica have this report.

“Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Breyer to hear cases on appeals court”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

The new episode of the “Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt” podcast is titled “243. The Court & The Constitution with Justice Stephen Breyer.”

“Republican Politicians Keep Learning That Abortion Is Popular and They Are Not; Florida Amendment 4 gives 22 million people the chance to protect abortion access over the strident objections of Republican elected officials”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Sonia Sotomayor’s Retirement Is Not the Point; Calls are mounting for the liberal justice to take her leave; Instead, Democrats should focus on winning elections”: Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Court of Appeals sides with ACLU on allowing abortion for religious objectors”: Binghui Huang of The Indianapolis Star has this report.

Leslie Bonilla Muñiz of Indiana Capital Chronicle reports that “Indiana Court of Appeals affirms RFRA-based abortion ban challenge; But court remands for narrower injunction while case continues.”

David Wells of Courthouse News Service reports that “Abortion ban likely violates religious freedoms, Indiana appeals court says; Jewish women in Indiana fought against one of the nation’s strictest abortion laws, arguing that the restrictions conflict with their religious belief that abortions are necessary if the health of the pregnant person is compromised.”

And Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “Non-Christians Win Temporary Pause to Indiana’s Abortion Ban; Exemptions doom compelling interest in preserving unborn life; Court notes that lawmakers exempted in vitro fertilization.”

You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Court of Appeals of Indiana at this link.

“Purposes and consequences: A conversation with Justice Stephen Breyer.” Ibrain Hernández Rangel has this post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds upturn in approval of U.S. Supreme Court; Majorities support the Court’s decision that states cannot remove Trump from the ballot and oppose a possible Court ruling that would restrict abortion medication drug mifepristone”: Charles Franklin of the Marquette University Law School has this report.

You can access the detailed poll results via this link.

“DeSantis just lost the judicial firewall he boasted about; Despite appointing five of the seven justices, the Supreme Court bucked the governor”: Gary Fineout of Politico has this report.

“Texas, Biden administration take their battle over new immigration law to federal appeals court; A panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will decide whether to keep in place a lower court’s block of Senate Bill 4, which makes illegally entering Texas a state crime”: Alejandro Serrano of The Texas Tribune has this report.

You can access the audio of Wednesday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link.

“Why Republican federal judges are fighting among themselves; Simmering tensions between traditionalist Republican judges and MAGA judges are starting to boil over”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“New trial date set for Donna Adelson in murder-for-hire of Dan Markel; Donna Adelson is now expected to stand trial September 17”: Jamiya Coleman of WCTV in Tallahassee, Florida has this report.

“Chief Justice Extols Legacy of Sandra Day O’Connor; In remarks at an award ceremony, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. described his colleague as a trailblazing and civic-minded presence on the Supreme Court”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

Korie Dean of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at Duke to honor ‘pathbreaking figure.’”

Rusty Jacobs of WUNC reports that “SCOTUS Chief Justice avoids hot topics in appearance at Duke.”

And Michael Austin and Jazper Lu of The Duke Chronicle report that “Chief Justice John Roberts speaks at Duke Law ceremony honoring late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.”

PBS NewsHour has posted on YouTube a video titled “Chief Justice John Roberts delivers remarks at Duke Law School.”