“The Texas Lawyer and Part-Time Pastor Who Beat Meta and Google; Plaintiff’s attorney Mark Lanier uses props and parables to challenge social-media giants, drugmakers and manufacturers of products containing asbestos”: Laura J. Nelson and Katherine Sayre of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Trump’s birthright citizenship bid ignites war over originalism at Supreme Court; The bid to limit birthright citizenship could be a can of worms as the justices are confronted with an academic battle over revisionist history”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Some Judges See Risks in Fiery Opinions Warning of Threats to Democracy; Federal judges are weighing strategies for how to respond to the high stakes, anonymous threats and politicized atmosphere of the Trump era”: Mattathias Schwartz of The New York Times has this report.

“Blanche Says DOJ Has ‘Cleaned House’ of Trump Foes”: Mica Soellner of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump Calls for Law Cracking Down on Crime and ‘Rogue Judges’; Ahead of the midterms, President Trump told a Republican gathering that he wants to go after repeat offenders and ‘rogue judges that are criminals’”: Chris Cameron of The New York Times has this report.

Josh Meyer of USA Today report that “Trump says Supreme Court justices who ruled against him ‘sicken me’; The president’s latest attack on Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett comes eight days after Chief Justice said such personal hostility has ‘got to stop.’”

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Trump Calls on Republicans to Pass Bill to Curb ‘Rogue Judges.’”

“Revisiting Sonia Sotomayor’s Most Infamous Case; Ricci v. DeStefano, Part 1”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

“Meta and Alphabet’s Courtroom Losses May Not Last”: Law professor Stephen L. Carter has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.

“Sidley’s Loss-Eaton Making Supreme Court Debut in Saudi Spy Case”: Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Pa. Supreme Court strikes down mandatory life sentences for 2nd-degree convictions”: Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA has this report.

Ian Karbal of Pennsylvania Capital-Star reports that “Pa. Supreme Court ruling could lead to largest resentencing effort in state history; The court ruled mandatory life sentences without parole for felony murder are unconstitutional.”

Bethany Rodgers of The Erie Times-News reports that “Pa. Supreme Court abolishes mandatory life for felony murder cases.”

Mark Scolforo and Marc Levy of The Associated Press report that “Pennsylvania court upends mandatory use of life-without-parole for second-degree murder.”

And Jackson Healy of The Associated Press reports that “Pennsylvania Supreme Court ends mandatory life without parole for felony murder; Previously, anyone involved in a deadly felony was sentenced to life in prison, even if they had no involvement in the killing.”

Yesterday’s decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania consists of a majority opinion, three concurring opinions (here, here, and here) and an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.