“Pentagon Defends Use of Aircraft Painted in Civilian Colors for Boat Strike; Lawmakers have questioned the legality of using the aircraft in attack on an alleged drug vessel in the Caribbean”: Lara Seligman of The Wall Street Journal has this report.

“Rubio says court hearings no longer possible for deported Venezuelans; A judge’s order to provide hearings to dozens of hastily deported migrants would upset U.S. foreign policy in the wake of Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, officials said”: Salvador Rizzo of The Washington Post has this report.

“Louisiana Indicts Another Out-of-State Doctor Over Abortion Pills; The indictment, followed by a request to extradite the doctor from California, is an escalation of Louisiana’s efforts to counter states that support providing abortions”: Emily Cochrane and Pam Belluck of The New York Times have this report.

“Underground rappers who held Florida couple hostage push 11th Circuit for new trial; The three men claim forcing a woman to withdraw cash from an ATM does not constitute bank robbery”: Megan Butler of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“Ninth Circuit Overturns Exception to Criminal Plain Error Review”: Isaiah Poritz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of an 11-judge en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“10th Circuit affirms murder conviction of woman who claims prosecutors slut-shamed her onto death row; The U.S. Supreme Court ordered Brenda Andrew’s case be reconsidered after hearing that Oklahoma prosecutors used sexist stereotypes like calling her a ‘slut puppy’ to convince a jury she should be executed for her husband’s murder”: Amanda Pampuro of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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

“The Supreme Court Gets Back to Work; The Justices are heading into a busy, contentious season; The mood seems brittle”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“DOJ Backs Virginia Prosecutor, Slams Judge Challenging Her Title”: Chris Strohm of Bloomberg News has this report.

“Gorsuch Stands Out From Conservative Bloc in Trans Athlete Fight”: Justin Wise and Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law have this report.

“Trump Blasted Federal Prosecutors at White House Event, Calling Them Weak; The president criticized a group of U.S. attorneys at a photo shoot, a day before Federal Reserve subpoenas”: Sadie Gurman, C. Ryan Barber, and Josh Dawsey of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Top prosecutors in D.C., Minneapolis leave amid turmoil over shooting probe; Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office left after pressure to investigate the widow of a woman slain by an ICE officer”: Perry Stein of The Washington Post has this report.

And Ernesto Londoño of The New York Times reports that “Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow; Joseph H. Thompson, a career federal prosecutor who was the acting U.S. attorney for Minnesota last year, was among those who resigned as the Justice Department sought to examine the woman’s supposed ties to activist groups.”

“Joe Thompson, U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Minnesota fraud, resigns with other senior members; Thompson’s resignation was followed by several others, including two top ranking criminal prosecutors in the office; Thompson has been at the center of the national debate on fraud in Minnesota and has claimed that billions of dollars have been stolen from taxpayers”: Jeff Day and Sarah Nelson of The Minnesota Star Tribune have this report.

“Supreme Court Appears Likely to Uphold Transgender Sports Bans; The cases are the latest to ask the justices to weigh in on gender identity issues”: James Romoser and Louise Radnofsky of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

And Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “Supreme Court Suggests Support for Laws Curbing Trans Athletes.”