“Supreme Court signals it may rule on law protecting power of minority voters; The justices asked opposing parties in a battle over a Louisiana voting map to submit briefs addressing the matter”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“The Situation: A Bove the Law II; What to do about the Senate’s confirmation of a lawless judge.” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

And one day earlier, Wittes had a related post titled “The Situation: A Bove the Law; Another new low from Senate Republicans.”

“Grit on the Bench, Grace in Chambers; Reflections on Judge T.S. Ellis, III”: Joel Johnson has this post at his Substack site.

And Matthew Barakat of The Associated Press reports that “Veteran federal judge T.S. Ellis III, who presided over trial of Trump aide Paul Manafort, has died.”

“Musk’s X must face part of lawsuit over child pornography video”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report on a decision that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued yesterday.

“Don’t Give Up on the Law Just Yet; A new book profiles three heroic judges who might just restore your faith in the courts”: You can access today’s new episode of Slate’s “Amicus” podcast via this link.

“How the Supreme Court enabled the Texas-California redistricting fight”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“Judges Keep Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Arrests, in Setback for Trump Agenda; An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests”: Miriam Jordan and Tim Arango of The New York Times have this report.

And Sonja Sharp and Julia Wick of The Los Angeles Times report that “9th Circuit keeps freeze on Southern California ICE patrols.”

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