“Supreme Court asked to block California law against outing trans students; A Catholic legal group contends the state law violates parents’ religious rights”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

“AG McCuskey prepares to defend West Virginia law protecting sports for biological girls, women at U.S. Supreme Court”: Steven Allen Adams of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel has this report.

“Here Are Trump’s Options If the Supreme Court Says His Tariffs Are Illegal”: Isabel Gottlieb of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Progressive Complaints About the Supreme Court Are Getting Weird; How can the Roberts Court’s deference to democratic decision-making be a threat to democracy?” Law professor Jacob Eisler has this essay online at City Journal.

“The Supreme Court made a mess out of gun laws”: Law professor Adam Winkler has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.

“The Supreme Court Was Ripe for Another Ideological Food Fight. Then Something Else Happened.” Robyn Nicole Sanders has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

“The Supreme Court may leave alone the Voting Rights Act just long enough to keep the GOP from House control in 2026; Republicans’ hopes that a Supreme Court redistricting ruling will boost them in 2026 are fading as election deadlines close in”: Samuel Benson and Andrew Howard of Politico have this report.

“Ed Feulner, Ed Meese and the Heritage Foundation’s Exodus; The leaders of the conservative think tank have abandoned its founding principles”: Law professor Josh Blackman has this essay online at The Wall Street Journal.

“Attacks on Courts as a Troubling Sign for Democracy”: Tara Leigh Grove has this post at the Democracy Project of NYU Law.

“Trans rights at SCOTUS: West Virginia defends statewide sports ban for one teen; Three years ago, the justices exempted a middle schooler from West Virginia’s ban on transgender girls in girls’ sports, but the court’s recent rulings foretell an uphill battle to keep her spot on the team.” Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Supreme Court to weigh battle between oil companies and Louisiana coastline erosion”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

And Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law reports that “Justice Alito Recuses From Big Oil Case Over Stock Conflict” (subscription required for full access).

“Great Dane named for Georgia Cappleman honors Markel prosecutor”: Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat recently had this report.

“Judge disqualifies US attorney in New York, tosses Letitia James subpoenas; The ruling comes as federal judges have rebuffed the appointments of top federal prosecutors after the administration used unusual tactics to install them without Senate confirmation”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.

“The Growing Power of the President; And the Immense Power of Grand Narratives”: Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.

“The ‘Pit Bull’ Lawyer Defending Maduro; White-collar defense lawyer Barry Pollack is known for handling cases that span years — and winning”: Lydia Wheeler and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Bonus 201: Ted Cruz, the AO, and Hannah Arendt; Senator Cruz’s efforts to impeach two federal judges reached a crescendo on Wednesday—even though the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (the ‘AO’) has poured cold water on one set of charges.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“Judicial Selection and Serendipity: The nominations of David Sentelle and Paul Niemeyer.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“E159 | The View from the Bench: Improving Appeals, Briefs, and Oral Argument | Justice David Gunn.” You can access today’s new episode of the Texas Appellate Law podcast via this link.

“Abortion Originalism: The Wyoming Example.” Jeremy Christiansen has this post at “The New Digest” Substack site.

“Upon consideration of appellant’s pro se emergency motion for summary reversal or, in the alternative, for expedited briefing and decision, the court strikes the motion and directs appellant’s counsel, who noticed the appeal, to pursue the motion if it is to be pursued.” The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued this per curiam order on Tuesday in United States v. Thomas C. Goldstein, appellant.

Thus, the Fourth Circuit is not permitting Goldstein to represent himself pro se on appeal while he is being represented by counsel in the district court.