“The War Over a Weedkiller Might Be Headed to the Supreme Court; Bayer has asked the justices to decide whether federal law shields the company from lawsuits over its Roundup herbicide and cancer; Democrats and MAHA activists aren’t happy”: Hiroko Tabuchi of The New York Times has this report.

“Tom Goldstein’s Defense Hinges on Giving the Jury Good Guy Vibes”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Jack Karp of Law360 has a report headlined “Meet The Md. Federal Judge In Goldstein’s Tax Crimes Trial” (subscription required).

You can access at this link the order that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued yesterday addressing various motions.

“How an Attack on Obamacare Saved Abortion in Wyoming; In the most conservative state in the U.S., libertarianism can lead in surprising directions”: Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“A Big Oil Case at the Supreme Court; Louisiana’s trial bar and politicians try to loot Chevron in state court”: This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

Also in Saturday’s edition of that newspaper, Daniel J. Erspamer will have an op-ed titled “From the Swamps of Louisiana to the Supreme Court; The state’s economy, the Trump energy agenda and the rule of law are on the line in the Chevron case.”

“Hotel dispute with Trump administration tests rarely cited constitutional rights; Would the Third Amendment apply to Minnesota hotel owners who refused to accommodate ICE agents? The answer is unclear, say legal experts — but the Constitution’s least-cited amendment may remain a relevant check on expanding executive authority.” Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Luigi Mangione federal murder trial could start as early as October; If Mangione’s case remains death penalty-eligible, the start date could be pushed further to early 2027”: Erik Uebelacker of Courthouse News Service has this report.

And David Voreacos and Patricia Hurtado of Bloomberg News report that “Mangione Could Face US Murder Trial This Year, Judge Says.”

“Supreme Court, Swamped by Emergencies, Neglects Rest of Docket; Only once in the modern era have the justices taken this long to issue their first decision — and when it came, it wasn’t the hotly anticipated case on President Trump’s tariffs”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law reports that “Supreme Court Resolves Split Over Federal Inmates’ Habeas Rights.”

And Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Supreme Court axes ‘artificial’ limit blocking relief for federal prisoners; A Florida man’s complex jurisdictional appeal forced the justices to wrestle with whether Congress could strip the high court of authority to reign supreme over federal law.”

“The Allegedly ‘Pro-Rich’ Supreme Court: The media’s hot new study reveals its progressive premises, not reality.” The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial.

“Supreme Court Clerk Hiring Watch: Happy New Hires; The latest SCOTUS clerk hires, a cornucopia of scholarship related to Supreme Court clerks and clerkships, and an ethics question from Reddit.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

“No tariff opinion”: Mark Walsh has this View from the Court post at “SCOTUSblog.”

“Motion to Dismiss Counts Two through Six and Fifteen by USA as to Thomas C. Goldstein”: Federal prosecutors filed this motion yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Also yesterday, defense counsel filed a response to the federal government’s Motion in Limine to Preadmit Goldstein’s Statements from NYT Magazine Article.

“Court throws out Sept.11-era convictions on First Amendment grounds; Ali Al-Timimi was convicted of encouraging people to fight the U.S. overseas”: Josh Gerstein of Politico has this report.

And Joe Dodson of Courthouse News Service reports that “Fourth Circuit clears Muslim scholar who encouraged jihad after 9/11; An appeals panel ordered a lower court to acquit Ali Al-Timimi after he spent over two decades in custody for his role in encouraging fellow Muslims to fight alongside the Taliban.”

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

“Supreme Court Audition Watch: James Ho Is In a Dark, Desperate Place; The federal judiciary’s sweatiest blogger is back with even more thoughts about ‘cultural elites.’” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“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.

“Depleted and Distracted, Justice Dept. Staff Fear Losing Focus on Potential Threats; Rank-and-file prosecutors and agents have expressed serious concern that a hobbled work force hurts the government’s ability to identify and stop terrorist plots, cyberattacks, mass violence and fraud”: Michael S. Schmidt, Devlin Barrett, and Jonah E. Bromwich of The New York Times have this report.

“Trump’s New Judges Have Nothing Bad to Say About January 6; Trump has spent the last year erasing evidence of his attempt to overthrow the government; During their confirmation processes, his judicial nominees have been happy to help”: Jay Willis has this essay online at Balls and Strikes.