“Senate advances Third Circuit nominee Mascott amid Democratic objections; Delaware Senator Chris Coons has long complained that Jennifer Mascott lacks a sufficient connection to his home state, where the Trump administration official would likely consider some cases as an appellate judge”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“California and Idaho Spar Over Ninth Circuit Seat; Nominee Randy Smith is caught in the middle”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Story of This Supreme Court Term Is Already On YouTube; Using soft-lit infomercial-style videos, conservative activists are building a shared cultural understanding about who deserves the law’s protections, and who does not”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’; The man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s seminal second album argued that the band had engaged in child sex abuse imagery”: Derrick Bryson Taylor of The New York Times has this report.

And Hillel Aron of Courthouse News Service reports that “Judge tosses ‘Nirvana baby’ child porn suit out with the pool water; The judge found that the ‘Nevermind’ album cover wasn’t intended as sexually explicit content, but as a vague critique of capitalism.”

You can access Tuesday’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California at this link.

“Supreme Court’s Cook Decision Gives Fed Breathing Room, For Now”: Enda Curran, Catarina Saraiva, and Amara Omeokwe of Bloomberg News have this report.

“Abortion Pill Legal Fight Moves to Trump-Packed Missouri Court”: Ian Lopez of Bloomberg Law has this report.