“Feeding the Limitless Maine Lobster Roll Boom, Seafloor to Summer Table; At one of the most renowned lobster shacks — and across the country — the star dish just keeps getting more popular”: Pete Wells of The New York Times has this report.

Alternate headline: “Imagine if your favorite appellate blogger were grabbing lunch at his favorite lobster shack in Maine on the same day The New York Times happened to be doing a photo shoot.”

“The Rough Day in Court for Trump’s Tariffs; Here is how judges questioned president’s claim of emergency power to junk the tariff schedule Congress enacted”: Jess Bravin and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Justice Brett Kavanaugh is probably reading this; The Supreme Court justice discussed a wide variety of topics during an onstage conversation at a judicial conference — including his media consumption habits”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“Trump appellate court nominee defends comments on ‘gender roles’”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

You can view the video of yesterday’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing via this link.

“Taking Stock of the Birthright Citizenship Cases, Part I: Unpacking Trump v. CASA, Inc.” Marty Lederman has this blog post at “Just Security.”

“Google Loses Appeal in App Store Fight With Fortnite Maker Epic”: Leah Nylen and Josh Sisco of Bloomberg News have this report.

Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Google loses US appeal over app store reforms in Epic Games case.”

And Sean Hollister of The Verge reports that “Epic just won its antitrust lawsuit against Google again; Google will appeal to the Supreme Court.”

You can access today’s ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“Justice Kavanaugh defends Supreme Court’s handling of emergency Trump cases; The conservative justice pushed back against criticism that the court is not explaining its decisions in cases that arise on the ‘shadow docket’”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Kavanaugh Backs Lack of Reasoning in Emergency Trump Rulings.”

“Senate Flip Dooms D.C. Circuit Nominee Peter Keisler; Republicans fail to expedite confirmation to key seat”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Appeals Court Hears Legal Challenge to Trump Tariffs as Trade War Widens; The arguments underscored the financial stakes for U.S. importers as the Trump administration prepares to impose higher rates without the explicit approval of Congress”: Tony Romm of The New York Times has this report.

Rachel Lerman of The Washington Post reports that “Trump’s tariffs face challenge, while administration rushes to finish trade deals; The president’s prominent economic policy was argued in court. Meanwhile, Mexico got a 90-day reprieve from higher tariff rates to allow more time for talks.”

Louise Radnofsky, Jess Bravin, and Brian Schwartz of The Wall Street Journal report that “Trump’s Tariffs Questioned by Appeals Court; Judges voice skepticism that president can use emergency powers to replace import schedule Congress adopted.”

Ed Pilkington and Callum Jones of The Guardian report that “Trump’s tariffs face skepticism in court hours before latest round is set to kick in; Federal appeals court mulls whether US president exceeded authority in imposing ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on trading partners.”

Peter Charalambous, Katherine Faulders, and Nicholas Kerr of ABC News report that “Appeals court judges voice skepticism about legal basis for Trump’s sweeping tariffs; A coalition of states is asking a court to invalidate most of Trump’s tariffs.”

Elisabeth Buchwald of CNN has a report headlined “Are Trump’s tariffs unlawful? A major court case could reshape his trade strategy.”

Jan Wolfe, Dietrich Knauth, and Luc Cohen of Reuters report that “US appeals court scrutinizes Trump’s use of tariffs as trade deadline looms.”

Paul Wiseman of The Associated Press reports that “Appellate judges question Trump’s authority to impose tariffs without Congress.”

And Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee of The Hill report that “Appeals court scrutinizes Trump’s emergency tariffs as deadline looms.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has posted the audio of today’s en banc oral argument on YouTube.

“Someone Is Defying the Supreme Court, but It Isn’t Trump”: Law professor Adrian Vermeule has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Bonus 170: Whose Judicial Overreach? Debunking the unpersuasive (and also rather unprovable) claim that the Supreme Court’s behavior on Trump-related emergency applications is largely a response to lower courts abusing their own powers.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.