“Women’s Rights Are Being Rolled Back to a Time Before Women Could Vote; If you thought overturning Roe was bad . . .” Jill Filipovic has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Fourth Circuit finds West Virginia ban on transgender athletes unconstitutional; A divided panel found West Virginia violates Title IX by excluding transgender student-athletes from participating in the teams of their choosing”: Joe Dodson 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 Fourth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Delay & Denials of Preliminary Injunctions: Perceived urgency for a ruling on a preliminary-injunction led the Fifth Circuit to conclude that the district court’s delay in deciding amounted to an appealable denial.” Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“Conservative US appeals court prods Supreme Court to review shield for US agency heads”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about an order denying rehearing en banc, and the opinions concurring therein and dissenting therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Biden Sixth Circuit Pick Pressured by Republicans on Ethics; GOP alleges Kevin Ritz acted unethically in criminal case; Also asked about man killed alongside officer in shootout”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Blue slips off the table for Dems as Senate spars over Sixth Circuit nominee Ritz; Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee were incensed that the White House moved forward with the appellate court appointment without consulting home state senators.”

“Biden resists pulling controversial judicial nominee Adeel Mangi despite Democrat defectors; Biden is not considering withdrawing his nomination of Adeel Mangi despite calls to do so”: Julia Johnson of Fox News has this report.

“Judge’s Citi Investment Doesn’t Merit Recusal, Ethics Panel Says; Judge Don Willett on 5th Cir. disclosed Citigroup investment; CFPB said judge should step aside from late fee rule challenge”: Evan Weinberger of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Heck & Judicial Estoppel in Qualified-Immunity Appeals: The Sixth Circuit joined the ‘no jurisdiction’ side of the split on whether courts can review Heck issues as part of a qualified-immunity appeal; But it probably went too far in reviewing a judicial-estoppel argument.” Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog.

“The Supreme Court’s Big Gun Rights Decision Is a Waking Nightmare For Federal Judges; In courtrooms across the country, many of the gun laws that manage to survive Bruen’s ‘history and tradition’ standard rely on some most deranged rationales imaginable”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.