“Satanic Temple blocked from suing over Idaho abortion ban; The temple’s telehealth medical abortion clinic run out of New Mexico wasn’t enough to give it standing in Idaho, the Ninth Circuit said”: Hillel Aron of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Hours after Trump sends troops to D.C., trial over California deployment gets underway in S.F.” Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report.

“The Harvard-Trained Lawyer Behind Trump’s Fight Against Top Universities; May Mailman is credited as an animating force behind a strategy that has intimidated independent institutions and undercut years of medical and scientific research”: Michael C. Bender of The New York Times has this report.

“Originalism Hulk”: You can access the new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

“172. “Federalizing” D.C.: Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia; But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“How the GOP is Trying to Steal the 2026 Midterms”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Strict Scrutiny” podcast via this link and on YouTube.