“Third Circuit panel skeptical of felon’s right-to-carry claim; A public defender asked the appeals court to consider whether his client’s past crime of carrying an unlicensed firearm should rob him of the right to bear arms”: Alexandra Jones of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Oregon city forces Supreme Court to contend with national homelessness crisis; The high court will balance a city’s police power against the rights of the unhoused”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“US Senate panel advances 7th Circuit nominee Maldonado”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

“You’ll Never Guess Who Doesn’t Want to Repeal a Zombie Abortion Ban; Democrats are getting pressure from abortion rights groups to keep the Comstock Act in place”: Ben Metzner has this essay online at The New Republic.

“Conservatives Revolt Against Miers Nomination; A resounding no to George W. Bush’s ‘trust me’”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Fifth Circuit did the absolute least it should do this week — and that’s news; The court issued a trio of orders declining to have the full court review decisions that conservatives seeking to transform the law lost before three-judge panels”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

“James Ho Accidentally Makes Powerful Case For Robust Judge-Shopping Reforms; Against all odds, the federal judge who once unironically used the phrase ‘woke Constitution’ has written something even dumber”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.