“Public support for SCOTUS slips in Trump’s second term; Despite supporting the high court’s decision to block a major policy priority for the president, polling shows Americans still view the Supreme Court as playing defense in hopes of avoiding a constitutional crisis”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Paul Clement Will Argue for Trump-Targeted Law Firms Next Month”: Justin Henry of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Justice Brett Kavanaugh: Keynote Conversation.” The Center for the Constitution and the Catholic Intellectual Tradition has posted this video on YouTube.

“Elizabeth Prelogar’s Unexpected and Unusual Argument; The former Solicitor General did not sign any briefs but somehow popped up on the docket and argued the case”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Two Litigation Partners Depart Paul Weiss; Kannon Shanmugam and Masha Hansford are the latest in a string of litigators who have left the influential New York law firm”: Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.

Meghan Tribe of Bloomberg Law reports that “Top Paul Weiss Litigator Shanmugam Bolts for Rival Davis Polk.”:

And Mike Scarcella of Reuters reports that “Supreme Court lawyers leave law firm Paul Weiss for Davis Polk.”

“R.I. grandparents will not be granted visits with their granddaughter after judge dismisses their case; ‘This was a tragic case,’ said Judge Felix Gill, adding that although he believed visits would be in the girl’s best interests, a secret recording guided his decision”: Amanda Milkovits of The Boston Globe has this report.

“Originalist Judges Are Spitting On the Constitution and Think You Won’t Notice; A law in Texas requires every public school to display the Ten Commandments in every single classroom; No problem, says the Fifth Circuit”: Jay Willis has this post online at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Bonus 221: Sanewashing the Emergency Docket; Criticisms of the New York Times’ Clean Power Plan scoop are ignoring/deflecting from the alarming evidence it provides that the Supreme Court treats Democratic presidents differently from Republicans.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

And at the “Divided Argument” Substack site, William Baude and Richard M Re have a post titled “Misunderstanding the Law of the Clean Power Plan Ruling; clarifying irreparable injury.”

“New Alito book reveals details on Jan. 6 case, flag controversy; New books about Alito are being published after much speculation about when the conservative justice might retire”: Maureen Groppe of USA Today has this report.

“Chapman on Indoctrinating Thy Neighbor; Assessing Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District”: Nathan Chapman has this guest post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.