“Texas High Court Term Begins With Open Seat as Abbott Delays”: Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Tariff Case Could Give Trump Massive New Fiscal Powers; If Supreme Court rules in president’s favor on tariffs, it could greenlight his raising other new tax revenue without Congress”: Columnist Greg Ip had this essay in yesterday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Boy Scout Settlement Delays Extend ‘Nightmare’ for Abuse Victims”: Alex Wolf of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Kavanaugh says no one has too much power in US system. Critics see Supreme Court bowing to Trump”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has this report.

Juliana Vasquez of The Baylor Lariat reports that “Justice Kavanaugh talks division of power, differing perspectives at MCC lecture.”

And Gretchen Eichenberg of The Wacoan has this report.

“Can Trump Have His Political Opponents Killed? This Trump Judicial Nominee Won’t Say; If you are a Trump loyalist who aspires to be a federal judge, there are some things you just can’t say, no matter how absurd you look in the process.” Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Senate Panel Advances Circuit Picks, Ex-Biden District Choice”: Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Appeals court judges publicly admonish Supreme Court justices: ‘We’re out here flailing’; ‘They’re leaving the circuit courts, the district courts out in limbo,’ one judge said during appeals court oral arguments that turned into a venting session about the high court’s terse emergency rulings”: Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney of Politico have this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s en banc oral argument of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit at this link.

“Trump Bid to Ax Cook Before Fed Meets Hinges on Weekend Filings”: Erik Larson and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.