“New York Judge Dismisses Texas Challenge to the State’s Abortion Shield Law; The lawsuit was filed against an Ulster County clerk who rebuffed an attempt to enforce a Texas judgment against a New York doctor for sending abortion pills to that state”: Pam Belluck of The New York Times has this report.

“Presidential power and the Supreme Court’s own stature ride on this case; The momentous tariffs case will undermine or buttress the Constitution’s separation of powers”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“It’s Not the Autopen. It’s What We Don’t Know About Biden’s Last Days in Office.” Jeffrey Toobin has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on the Ballot: Three liberal Justices on a make-it-up court go to voters for retention.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions; So many motions; so many options for dismissal.” Benjamin Wittes has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“The Appellate Void: Trump Could Defy Judges Without Confronting the Supreme Court; By refusing to appeal adverse rulings, a president could defy lower courts while denying higher courts any clear path to intervene.” Andrew Coan has this post at the “Lawfare” blog.

“Resistance to Trump Isn’t Enough”: Law professor Samuel Moyn has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“Democrats Deny Hearing to Fourth Circuit Nominee Robert Conrad; Patrick Leahy’s ridiculous ‘anti-Catholic’ smear”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices; Outnumbered and facing vast stakes, Justices Kagan and Jackson are split over the best approach: investing in diplomacy inside the court or sounding the alarm outside.” Jodi Kantor of The New York Times has this report.

“Ninth Circuit revives Oregon Right to Life suit over religious motivation dispute; A split panel sent the case back to the trial judge to decide if Oregon’s selective denial of a religious exemption to Oregon Right to Life violates the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

“Seventh Circuit strikes down Border Patrol Bovino’s daily report requirement; A federal judge had ordered top Border Patrol official Greg Bovino to give her daily briefings on federal immigration enforcement efforts in Chicago, but the appeals court said that infringed on the separation of powers”: Caitlyn Rosen of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“With 3 Pa. Supreme Court justices up for retention, here are key rulings in recent years; The justices up for new 10-year terms have ruled on election law, abortion, pandemic measures”: Benjamin Kail of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has this report.

“Essayli Disqualification Order Puts Focus on First Assistant Job”: Maia Spoto and Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Is Same-Sex Marriage In Danger At SCOTUS? Next week, the Supreme Court will consider a petition asking it to overrule Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), which made gay marriage the law of the land.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.