“9th Circuit’s chief judge cleared of failing to probe possible misconduct”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can view Friday’s order of the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Federal appeals court declares Missouri’s ‘Second Amendment Preservation Act’ unconstitutional”: Jason Hancock of Missouri Independent has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today.

“The No Kings Act Is About Putting the Supreme Court In Its Place; When judicial supremacy goes this wrong, the other co-equal branches of government have a responsibility to do something about it”: Molly Coleman has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Harris and Schumer Target the Supreme Court; Democrats make clear that if they win, they’ll push measures to destroy the judiciary’s independence”: David B. Rivkin Jr. and Andrew M. Grossman have this op-ed in today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“How a Federal Court in New Orleans Is Driving the Conservative Agenda; Today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is an outlier; But a Trump victory in November could transform it into the standard-bearer of MAGA-era jurisprudence”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“The Supreme Court’s recent decisions could undo big Biden accomplishments; The end of a decades-old legal precedent is a boon for lawyers, small-government conservatives and judges who want to out-expert agency analysts”: Marcia Brown of Politico has this report.

“The huge stakes in the Supreme Court’s new abortion case; Oklahoma v. HHS could potentially blow up much of Medicare and Medicaid if the justices decide to wild out”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

“Do Americans Have a Constitutional Right to an AR-15? Gun-Rights Groups Ask the Supreme Court. Firearms advocates fight state restrictions on the most popular rifle in the U.S.” Jacob Gershman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

You can view the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

“96. Bad Supreme Court Math: A recent effort to defend the Fifth Circuit’s SCOTUS track record usefully (if unintentionally) highlights several of the most common methodological errors in efforts to marshal Supreme Court data.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Jack Smith appeals Judge Cannon decision to throw out Trump case; The dismissal of Donald Trump’s indictment ‘conflicts with an otherwise unbroken course of decisions, including by the Supreme Court,’ the appeal says”: Perry Stein and Devlin Barrett of The Washington Post have this report.

And Katelyn Polantz of CNN reports that “Justice Department seeks to revive Trump documents case and defends role of special counsel.”

You can access the brief for appellant filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.