“Texas Republicans revive effort to further restrict abortion pills; The legislative proposals would allow people to sue manufacturers and distributors of abortion pills”: Colleen DeGuzman and Terri Langford of The Texas Tribune have this report.

“Texas, Florida ask to join mifepristone case, boosting effort to ban abortion drug; The two states, which have near-total abortion bans, said nationwide access to mifepristone makes it impossible to enforce their abortion laws”: Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post has this report.

“Donna Adelson trial RECAP: Attorneys begin questioning witnesses in Dan Markel murder case.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“It’s Not Always Over When It’s Over: SCOTUS allows rearguments in some cases.” Mark Walsh has this report online at ABA Journal.

“Abrego Garcia, Free From Tennessee Jail, Is Returning to Maryland, Lawyer Says; It remains unclear what will happen next to Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia; The Justice Department has said that if he was released from custody in Tennessee, it would likely seek to re-deport him”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

And Maria Sacchetti and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post report that “Kilmar Abrego García set free after illegal deportation, smuggling charges; The man whose case has become a flashpoint in the Trump administration’s deportation campaign has been released while awaiting trial; ICE could try to quickly deport him.”

Update: In other coverage, Mariah Timms and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal report that “Abrego Garcia Is Released From Custody, but Threat of Deportation Looms; After mistakenly deporting the Salvadoran to his home country and then charging him, the Trump administration has said it plans to deport him elsewhere.”

“Federal appeals panel upholds Connecticut’s assault weapons ban”: Larry Neumeister of The Associated Press has this report.

And Beth Wang of Bloomberg Law reports that “Connecticut Assault Weapon Ban Preserved by Second Circuit.”

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit at this link.

Update: In other coverage, Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service reports that “Second Circuit won’t budge on Connecticut’s Sandy Hook-era AR-15 ban; A panel of appellate judges found that the AR-15 ban doesn’t violate the Second Amendment, based on the country’s history of restricting ‘unusually dangerous’ weapons.”

“The fallout from the Alina Habba ruling has begun; A judge in New Jersey postponed indefinitely a CEO’s sentencing, citing a judge’s ruling Thursday that prosecutors were not legally authorized to handle cases under Habba’s leadership”: Ry Rivard of Politico has this report.

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate blue slips thrust back in limelight after Trump sidesteps Congress on US attorney nominee; Alina Habba, acting U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, slammed Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley for defending the established tradition that has blocked her nomination in Congress.”

“‘Matriarch mastermind’ or ‘normal person’? Dueling portraits in Donna Adelson murder trial.” Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.

“DC Circuit Rejects Judge Newman’s Appeal in Suspension Case”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Blake Brittain of Reuters reports that “98-year-old US appeals judge loses bid to revive lawsuit over her suspension.”

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

Update: In other coverage, Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit rejects 98-year-old Federal Circuit judge’s suspension appeal; U.S. Circuit Judge Bradley Garcia wrote that D.C. Circuit precedent required Pauline Newman had to bring her claims to the Judicial Conference of the United States.”

“Donna Adelson trial live: Attorneys lay out their theories of Dan Markel murder case.” Elena Barrera of The Tallahassee Democrat has this report.