“Supreme Court Rules for Straight Woman in Job Discrimination Suit; The justices rejected an appeals court’s requirement that members of majority groups meet a heightened standard to win employment discrimination cases”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, online at Slate, Robyn Nicole Sanders has a Jurisprudence essay titled “Why the Supreme Court Decision Protecting a ‘Majority’ Plaintiff Was Really a Win for Civil Rights.”

“Hear, Hear, Sotomayor and Jackson; The Supreme Court is unanimous in rulings on reverse discrimination and Catholic Charities”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Supreme Court Blocks Mexico’s Suit Against U.S. Gun Makers; The case focused on whether the Mexican government could sue U.S. manufacturers over claims that they shared blame for violence by drug cartels”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report.

And in commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, law professor Stephen L. Carter has an essay titled “Supreme Court Ruling in Mexico Gun Case Fails to Absolve the US; Trump likes to blame America’s southern neighbor for the fentanyl crisis; It could say the same about the firearms being smuggled into the country from the north.”

“GirlsDoPorn boss flips plea to guilty on sex trafficking charges; After being on the run for three years, GirlsDoPorn boss Michael James Pratt was extradited to the U.S. to face multiple felonies, including charges of coercion, sex trafficking and production of child pornography”: Sam Ribakoff of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Laurel Libby seeks reinstatement of her right to speak on House floor; The Republican from Auburn had her voting rights temporarily restored by the U.S. Supreme Court last month, but she still can’t speak during floor debates while her suit against Speaker Ryan Fecteau over her censure proceeds”: Lila Hempel-Edgers of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

Steve Mistler of Maine Public Radio reports that “High court order looms in appellate court arguments as Rep. Laurel Libby tries to end censure.”

And Nick Rummell of Courthouse News Service reports that “First Circuit wary of restoring voting ban on anti-trans Maine lawmaker; Maine Republican Laurel Libby lost the right to vote on state laws after she criticized a transgender high school athlete by name and posted a photo of her online, sparking violent threats.”

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

“Ranking Trump’s SCOTUS Shortlist (Mainly) by Their Writings; You may have seen these names before, but you have not seen this type of analysis”: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.

“Why We Have So Many Former Federal Appellate Judges on the Supreme Court: Explaining the dramatic shift.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Trump Attacked One of His Top Allies Out of the Blue. We Know Why.” Law professor Aziz Huq has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“Whitney Hermandorfer Dropped Three Big Hints That She’ll Let Trump’s Lawlessness Slide; The Sixth Circuit nominee seemed very confused about whether the Constitution applies to the president who picked her”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“What Should We Make of Justice Kavanaugh’s Snope Opinion? Distinguishing two different questions about the constitutionality of assault weapons bans.” William Baude has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.

And online at Balls and Strikes, Madiba K. Dennie has a post titled “Brett Kavanaugh Is Almost Ready to Create a Legal Right to AR-15s; The Court turned away two cases from gun activists this week. But Kavanaugh assured them that the Court would probably ‘address the AR–15 issue soon, in the next Term or two.’”