“Democrats’ Colossal Missed Opportunity to Shape the Supreme Court; The collapse of Harriet Miers’ 2005 nomination is still reverberating”: Peter S. Canellos has this essay online at Politico Magazine.

“Liberal Chris Taylor cruises to Wisconsin Supreme Court win”: Mary Spicuzza, Jessie Opoien, and Tamia Fowlkes of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report.

And Julie Bosman of The New York Times reports that “Liberal Judge Wins Race for Wisconsin Supreme Court; With Judge Chris Taylor’s win, liberals increased their hold on the court; Races for the Wisconsin Supreme Court often draw national attention, but not this year.”

“Machine gun ban contested at 11th Circuit; The federal government maintains the Second Amendment does not cover machine guns or the machine gun conversion device that led to a two-year prison sentence for a Ft. Lauderdale man”: Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Getting Right With Scalia: Approaching the text of the Constitution with courage and intellectual honesty, rather than any case or doctrine, is Scalia’s true legacy.” Aaron L. Nielson has this essay online at Civitas Outlook.

“The Arc of Justice Alito: Eleven Questions with Peter S. Canellos, author of Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement.” Josh Blackman has this Q&A online at Civitas Outlook.

“Supreme Court Justly Skeptical of Trump Administration’s Anti-Birthright Citizenship Executive Order; The easiest way for the Court to reject the Administration’s position does not require reaching the underlying constitutional question”: Jonathan H. Adler has this essay online at Civitas Outlook.

“Only Trump knows why he replaced Bondi as attorney general, new leader of Justice Department says”: Eric Tucker of The Associated Press has this report.

Josh Gerstein of Politico has a report headlined “Blanche: Only Donald Trump knows why Pam Bondi was fired; The new acting attorney general says he’d take the job permanently, if offered.”

Devlin Barrett of The New York Times reports that “Only Trump Knows Why Bondi Was Fired as Attorney General, Blanche Says; In his first news conference since being elevated to acting attorney general, Todd Blanche said that ‘nobody has any idea’ what led to Pam Bondi’s dismissal other than President Trump.”

And Perry Stein and Jeremy Roebuck of The Washington Post report that “Acting AG says Trump has ‘duty’ to identify people who should be investigated; Todd Blanche, who is leading the Justice Department after Pam Bondi’s ouster, defended investigations of the president’s political foes.”

“Welcome to Major Questions: The best way to show respect for the Supreme Court is to demand its reform.” Jesse Wegman has this post at his Substack site.

“Federal appeals court hears new arguments in Alligator Alcatraz environmental review case; Arguments centered around whether the immigration detention center is under state or federal control, which would determine whether the area must undergo an environmental review”: Kimberly Leonard and Kylie Williams of Politico have this report.

Taylor Mills of Bloomberg Law reports that “‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Appears Likely to Be Upheld on Appeal.”

And Alex Pickett of Courthouse News Service reports that “Environmentalists renew calls for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ shutdown at 11th Circuit; The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida and conservation groups argue the facility has illegally operated without a required environmental review by the federal government.”

“Without Elon Musk, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race Goes Quiet; Elections for the Wisconsin Supreme Court have previously brought record-breaking spending and national attention; Tuesday’s race has been a more muted affair”: Julie Bosman of The New York Times has this report.

“Yale loses longtime No. 1 spot on latest US law school ranking”: Karen Sloan of Reuters has this report.

And online at Bloomberg Law, the new installment of David Lat’s “Exclusive Jurisdiction” column is titled “Stanford Law Knocks Yale Off #1 Ranking for the First Time.”