Tomorrow in United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein, “the Court will hold a hearing on the Defendant’s remaining pretrial motions and the parties’ motions in limine”: You can access the scheduling order at this link.

“Alabama Is Asking the Supreme Court For Some Leeway On ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishment’; In 2002, the Court decided that the Constitution does not allow executions of intellectually disabled people; But states are testing that holding’s limits”: Madiba K. Dennie has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.

“Apple Loses Appeal of Contempt Ruling in Epic App Store Row”: Leah Nylen and Josh Sisco of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Ninth Circuit confirms contempt finding against Apple in Epic Games battle; The appellate panel agreed with the trial judge that Apple’s 27% commission for purchases on developers’ websites had violated her 2021 injunction, though it said she went too far by ordering the tech giant to charge no commission at all.”

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

“A Grand Jury Again Declines to Reindict Letitia James; It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign”: Jonah E. Bromwich, Devlin Barrett, and Glenn Thrush of The New York Times have this report.

And Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal report that “Grand Jury Declines Latest Attempt to Indict Letitia James; Justice Department suffers another setback in attempt to revive case against Democratic official after a judge dismissed original charges.”

“Mangione Backpack Search Needed No Warrant, Officer Says”: Patricia Hurtado and David Voreacos of Bloomberg News have this report.

And Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service reports that “Luigi Mangione’s lawyers fight release of 2024 shooting footage; Prosecutors last week shared a two-hour-long CCTV video, showing the shooting of Brian Thompson and its aftermath, with members of the media.”

“South Carolina man asks Fourth Circuit for new trial in trans woman’s slaying; Daqua Ritter’s case was the first time federal prosecutors brought a hate crime based on gender identity to trial”: Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“NJ ‘Sensitive Places’ Gun Ruling Scrapped by Third Circuit”: Alex Ebert of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access today’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granting rehearing en banc at this link.

“Halligan’s US attorney nomination appears dead on arrival in Senate; Both Democratic senators from Virginia signaled they would withhold blue slips for the controversial nominee, who served as the acting lead prosecutor in the Eastern District of Virginia until she was disqualified by a judge”: Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Bonus 196: What if Constitutional Law is . . . Complicated? Over and over again during Monday’s oral argument in the Slaughter case, the Republican appointees waved their hands at the possibility that big constitutional law questions might have messy answers.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Judicial Selection in the Reagan Administration: An insider’s account.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Remember the Torture Memos? The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse. The Trump administration needs to release the legal analysis underpinning its controversial military campaign.” Ankush Khardori has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Administration fails again to indict N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James; A second grand jury refuses request to indict the Trump foe, a serious setback for the administration”: Perry Stein, Jasmine Golden, and Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post have this report.

“Jurors in Sandwich Thrower Case Found Charges ‘Bunch of Baloney’”: Keith L. Alexander of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Laurence Tribe’s ‘security blanket’ for Supreme Court advocacy”: Harvard Law School has posted this video on YouTube.

“SCOTUSblog” launches the “Interim Docket Blog”: You can access it via this link.

“‘Brazenly Partisan’ Judges Scrutinize Trump’s Mind, But Refuse To Explain Themselves”: Josh Blackman has this post at Civitas Outlook.

“We’re Trying to Find a Line the Supreme Court Won’t Cross”: Emily Bazelon and David French have this Conversation online at The New York Times Opinion.

“Federal judge orders Kilmar Abrego García’s ‘immediate release’; U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said the government could not indefinitely detain Abrego, a 30-year-old immigrant from El Salvador who is fighting his deportation”: Maria Sacchetti and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post have this report.

Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Court orders DHS to release illegal immigrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia.”

Priscilla Alvarez of CNN reports that “Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia be released from ICE custody ‘immediately.’”

And Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News reports that “Abrego Garcia Wins Latest Bid to Be Released From US Custody.”

You can access today’s decision of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland at this link.