“Two Magicians Warn the Supreme Court About Junk Science; Penn & Teller filed a Supreme Court brief questioning the use of ‘investigative hypnosis’ in a death-penalty case in Texas”: Adam Liptak has this new installment of his “The Docket” newsletter online today at The New York Times.

“Trump-Appointed Judges Rebuke Denial of Covid-19 Bias Rehearing”: Quinn Wilson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the dissents therefrom, at this link.

“How the Supreme Court Defeated Trump: A conservative court watcher explains why the president has failed to bend the judicial branch to his will.” Online at The New York Times, Sarah Isgur is the guest on today’s new episode of Ross Douthat’s “Interesting Times” podcast.

And at the “Executive Functions” Substack site, Isgur joined Jack Goldsmith for a discussion titled “The Last Branch Standing: Sarah Isgur on the Supreme Court and Executive Power.”

“Ninth Circuit Orders Rehearing of California Open-Carry Gun Case”: Maia Spoto of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).

You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit at this link.

“I Almost Never Predict Supreme Court Outcomes. Trump Will Lose This Case.” Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Delivers James A. Thomas Lecture”: Yale Law School has this report.

You can access video of the event via this link.

In news coverage, Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slams Supreme Court’s emergency docket actions; Jackson faulted her fellow justices for often forcing the public and lower-court judges to rely on ‘scratch-paper musings.’”

And Jordan Fischer and Justin Wise of Bloomberg Law report that “Jackson Says Court’s Emergency Orders Risk ‘Zombie’ Proceedings.”

“Key Senator Says Any AG Pick Who Backed Jan. 6 ‘Dead on Arrival’”: Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“US judicial panel scraps key provision in amicus brief disclosure rule”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report.

And Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law reports that “Judicial Panel Trims Amicus Rule Change After Privacy Worries.”

“Former Trump lawyer John Eastman disbarred for trying to overturn 2020 election”: Andrew J. Campa of The Los Angeles Times has this report.

Kyle Cheney of Politico reports that “John Eastman loses his law license in California over 2020 election scheme; Eastman helped architect Trump’s legal effort to block Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.”

The “At the Lectern” blog has a post titled “California Supreme Court disbars President Trump’s lawyer, John Eastman.”

And in commentary, online at Fox News, Mike Davis has an essay titled “California’s highest court disgraces itself by upholding disbarment of John Eastman; Constitutional scholar Eastman committed no crime and Jeff Clark faces a similar fight in DC.”

“Conservative Judges’ Early Hiring Fuels Two-Track Clerkship System at Harvard Law”: Sierra R. Pape and Uy B. Pham of The Harvard Crimson have this report.

“Justice Thomas Speaks in Honor of 250th Anniversary of U.S.” C-SPAN has posted this video online.

In news coverage, Devin Dwyer of ABC News reports that “Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas blasts progressivism as threat to America; He said values in the Declaration of Independence have ‘fallen out of favor.’”

Breanne Deppisch of Fox News reports that “Justice Thomas warns progressivism is a threat to America in rare public remarks; Thomas’s remarks urged young people to have courage and stand up for their ideals.”

And Ryan Autullo of Bloomberg Law reports that “Supreme Court Needs Congress to Help on AI, Clarence Thomas Says.”

“Justice Sotomayor Apologizes for Highly Personal Criticism of Justice Kavanaugh; At the University of Kansas School of Law last week, she criticized her colleague while discussing his views in an immigration-related case”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

James Romoser of The Wall Street Journal reports that “Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Issues Public Apology to Kavanaugh; Liberal justice says she regrets sharply personal criticism over immigration ruling.”

Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Justice Sonia Sotomayor apologizes for swipe at Kavanaugh; The Obama appointee suggested Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s upbringing left him insensitive in a case about immigration stops.”

Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service reports that “Sotomayor apologizes to Kavanaugh for ‘hurtful’ comments; The ideological wings of the high court bench have been at odds over how to handle cases on the emergency docket.”

And at his Substack site, Chris Geidner has a post titled “Why Justice Sotomayor’s apology to Justice Kavanaugh makes sense; There are just nine votes on the court, and each time they cast those votes they’re setting the rules that all of us need to live under for now; Sotomayor knows that.”