“Donna Adelson back in court as her trial in Dan Markel’s murder nears”: Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“Chief Judge Michael A. Chagares of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit announced the launch today of a new website devoted to preserving and presenting the history of the Court.” So begins a news release that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued today.

You can access the website at this link. Conspicuously, the court’s implementation of a 5 p.m. filing deadline doesn’t appear yet on the Milestones page.

“Tossing Trump’s case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now; Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

“Bush Extends Olive Branch to Senate Democrats; But new era of good feelings doesn’t last long”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Amicus Citations in OT 2022 and 2023”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog.

“Judicial Notice (07.21.24): Lady Maga? J.D. Vance’s high-powered spouse, a Ninth Circuit judge’s benchslap of his colleagues, a big-ticket deal in legal tech, and Willkie’s winning ways.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“9th Circuit’s Unusually Low Reversal Rate This Supreme Court Term Doesn’t Tell Full Story”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

“The Hubris and Hackery of Aileen Cannon”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link.

And at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site, Adam Unikowsky has a post titled “Don’t be a visionary; Why Judge Cannon should have gone with the flow.”

“SCOTUS Doesn’t Have To Be This Way; One of the world’s most respected jurists compares the US Supreme Court to the most widely cited western democratic high court — Canada’s”: You can access the new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“Supreme Court is embracing reason and compromise”: George Liebmann has this essay online at The Baltimore Sun.

“The Supreme Court is power hungry. There is one sure way to rein it in.” Law professor Aaron Tang has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed; The string of victories reflects luck and timing”: Kyle Cheney of Politico has this report.

“Why Yale Law Is So Good at Producing Reactionaries Like JD Vance: The tiny, liberal program accounts for a surprising number of conservative politicians and Supreme Court justices.” Law professor Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“The Supreme Court Can’t Outrun Clarence Thomas’ Terrible Guns Opinion”: Law professor Barry Friedman and Dahlia Lithwick have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Republican Attorneys General Just Want the Supreme Court to Make Them Feel Good; Red-state officials keep filing dubious lawsuits that invoke the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction, hoping their ideological allies will resolve partisan disagreements in their favor”: Joshua Perry has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Pro-Lifers Helped Bring Trump to Power. Why Has He Abandoned Us?” Patrick T. Brown has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“US appeals court to reconsider ban on felons possessing guns”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report on an order granting rehearing en banc, and the dissent therefrom, that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Full Fifth Circuit Sides With Mississippi’s Felon Voting Ban; En banc court rejected claims provision is ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment; Majority said ban can only be changed through legislation”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a 13-to-6 en banc ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today.

“You may not know the name, but Bill Baird is the ‘father’ of birth control”: Jeffrey Fleishman of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

“Biden may endorse big Supreme Court reforms. Do term limits for justices have a chance?” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times reports that “Conservatives slam reports of Biden Supreme Court overhaul, call it a legal ‘coup’; Term limits, mandatory ethics rules denounced by advocates.”

And Zachary B. Wolf of CNN has a news analysis headlined “Biden’s 41-year evolution on Supreme Court reform.”

“Judge declines to alter sentences for Mobile doctors who got Supreme Court victory”: Brendan Kirby of WALA in Mobile, Alabama has this report.

“Fox News Poll: Supreme Court approval rating drops to record low; 45% think the court is too conservative, a new high.” Victoria Balara of Fox News has this report.

“The Smearing of Judge Aileen Cannon: Commentators on the left trash her thorough and scholarly decision in the classified-documents case.” James Burnham and William Levi will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Merck defeats appeal by nearly 1,200 shingles vaccine plaintiffs”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post on a non-precedential decision that a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.

“Study recommends US judiciary improve workplace misconduct systems”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Workplace Misconduct Practices Vary by Court, Report Finds; Report on judiciary workplace plan finds inconsistent practices; Study comes amid increased scrutiny into misconduct.”

“Usha Vance, wife of Trump’s VP pick J.D. Vance, is a lawyer and Yale graduate; Usha Vance, the child of Indian immigrants and raised in San Diego, clerked for Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh and has degrees from Yale and Cambridge”: Adela Suliman of The Washington Post has this report.

“What Does the Path Forward for Stalled 3rd Circuit Nominee Adeel Mangi Look Like? Some court watchers say Senate Democratic leaders could schedule a vote around possible Republican absences to achieve Adeel Mangi’s confirmation.” Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report.

“Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changes; Plans include proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code”: Tyler Pager and Michael Scherer of The Washington Post have this report.

“The Dismissal of the Trump Classified Documents Case Is Deeply Dangerous”: Law professor Neal K. Katyal has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

And online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay titled “Trump Judge Followed Radical Supreme Court’s Playbook; In just four years in office, the former president yanked the whole judiciary further right; His appointees are now tearing down decades of legal precedent.”

“Minnesota Gun Carry Age Restriction Struck Down by Appeals Court; 18-to-20 year-olds can get public carry permits under ruling; Minnesota didn’t meet Bruen, Rahimi standards, 8th Cir. says”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“Prosecutors Eye Conflicts in 23 Cases in Alaska Judge Fallout”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Former Bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones Under Criminal Investigation Over Relationship With Lawyer; Federal prosecutors are probing the former Houston bankruptcy judge’s romantic relationship with lawyer Elizabeth Freeman”: Alexander Gladstone and Andrew Scurria of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“US judiciary to consider new ethical guidance for law clerk hiring”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judiciary Weighs Guidance on Ethical Hiring for Law Clerks; Judiciary considers guidance on law clerk hiring; Stems from clerk who reportedly sent racist texts.”

“Even When Big Cases Intersect With Their Families’ Interests, Many Judges Choose Not to Recuse; Ambiguous — and unenforced — recusal standards mean few checks and balances for top judges when cases involve their family members”: Noah Pransky, Brooke Williams, and Andrew Botolino of ProPublica have this report.

And Jared Kofsky of ABC News reports that “ProPublica: Judges often don’t recuse themselves when parties have financial ties to their relatives; Some advocates are now calling for more oversight of state and federal judges.”

“Delaware Weapons Ban Can Stay in Effect, Third Circuit Says; Preliminary injunction isn’t merited, appeals court says; Court doesn’t say whether challenge likely to ultimately succeed”: Mike Vilensky of Bloomberg Law has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued yesterday.