“The View from Here: There’s a clear line from Bush v. Gore, 25 years ago, to the January 6 insurrection.” Jeffrey Toobin has this essay online at Air Mail.

“D.C. Circuit’s Trump appointees again block Judge Boasberg’s contempt inquiry; DOJ keeps going to the D.C. Circuit, where Trump appointees on the court have repeatedly stopped the district court’s effort to hold the Trump admin accountable”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site.

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“First Circuit reverses block on Trump’s Planned Parenthood funding cuts; The appeals panel said that a provision of the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ that stripped Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood didn’t violate the reproductive health care giant’s rights”: Christina van Waasbergen of Courthouse News Service has this report on a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued yesterday.

“Judge’s Order Complicates Justice Dept. Plans to Again Charge Comey; Justice Department officials have been considering whether to bring new charges against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, after a different judge dismissed the original case against him”: Alan Feuer of The New York Times has this report.

Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post reports that “Judge’s ruling could doom Trump’s bid to prosecute Comey; The ruling delivered another setback to the Justice Department’s rapidly foundering effort to prosecute one of Trump’s chief foes.”

And Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico report that “Court orders DOJ to return data seized from Comey friend; U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled the material obtained from law professor Daniel Richman was handled with ‘callous disregard’ for his rights.”

You can access yesterday’s redacted opinion of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia at this link.

“North Carolina man asks Fourth Circuit to nix child porn flagged by Google algorithm; A Fourth Circuit panel appeared at odds on the role of automated searches in criminal investigations, reflecting a larger divide among the appellate courts on the issue”: Steve Garrison of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Appeals court weighs fate of US whistleblower law”: Mike Scarcella of Reuters has this report.

You can access the audio of yesterday’s oral argument before a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit at this link.

“Feds ask Ninth Circuit to lift block on excessive force against journalists; The appellate panel expressed some concern that a Joe Biden appointee’s preliminary injunction might run afoul of the Supreme Court’s condemnation of sweeping orders”: Edvard Pettersson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has posted the video of yesterday’s oral argument on YouTube at this link.

“In Trump’s Justice Dept., Failing in Court Might Be Better Than Bucking the Boss; This week demonstrated an emerging reality for President Trump: Commanding the Justice Department is not the same as controlling the justice system.” Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer of The New York Times have this news analysis.

“San Diego judge sentences GirlsDoPorn bookkeeper who offered ‘false assurances’ to victims; Valorie Moser transported about 100 women from the San Diego airport to local hotels, often helping calm their nerves despite knowing they were being deceived”: Alex Riggins of The San Diego Union-Tribune has this report.

And Quinn Welsch of Courthouse News Service reports that “Woman who recruited victims for GirlsDoPorn sentenced to prison; Employed to manage the books at GirlsDoPorn, Valorie Moser provided a friendly face to young women who were later coerced into acting in pornography videos.”

“Goldstein Wins Bid to Toss Sordid Sham Employment Allegations”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Ninth Circuit Senior Judge Sandra S. Ikuta Dies”: Metropolitan News-Enterprise has this report.

“Importers Await Tariff Relief as Supreme Court Adjourns for Year”: Laura Curtis and Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News have this report.

“The fate of Trump’s birthright citizenship order will hinge on five words; The Supreme Court has just agreed to hear a case challenging Trump and the meaning of those words”: Columnist Ramesh Ponnuru has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“US Seeks to Block Noem Contempt Hearings on Venezuelan Removals”: David Voreacos and Zoe Tillman of Bloomberg News have this report.

You can view the petition for writ of mandamus that the federal government filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Confidence: The Legacy of Bush v. Gore.” The Federalist Society has posted this video on YouTube.

“Trump-Picked Prosecutor in Delaware Resigns After Court Ruling”: Celine Castronuovo of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Supreme Court showdown exposes shaky case against birthright citizenship; Supreme Court will hear challenges to Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship, testing the 14th Amendment’s guarantee for babies born in America”: Law professor John Yoo has this essay online at Fox News.

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.