“U.S. Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor urges women to lead with passion”: Williesha Morris of Alabama Media Group has this report.

Aysha Bagchi of USA Today reports that “Sotomayor says she has civil relationship with ‘virtually all’ justices.”

And Josh Gerstein of Politico reports that “Sotomayor blames colleagues for slew of Supreme Court emergency appeals; ‘We’ve done it to ourselves,’ the justice said during an appearance Thursday.”

“Trump Taps Former Ohio Solicitor General for Sixth Circuit Seat”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Three ways the Supreme Court could upend the midterm elections; Multiple cases before the justices could remake rules on district boundaries, campaign finance and the eligibility of certain mail-in ballots”: Law professor Richard L. Hasen has this essay online at MS Now.

“Supreme Court remade by Trump ushers in historic defeats for civil rights; The court is the first since at least the ’50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows”: Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post has this report.

“How Trump Purged Immigration Judges to Speed Up Deportations; Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs”: Nicholas Nehamas, Allison McCann, Steven Rich, Jazmine Ulloa, and Hamed Aleaziz of The New York Times have this report.

“Sonia Sotomayor Profiles Brett Kavanaugh; The Justice says her colleague ‘probably doesn’t really know any person who works by the hour’”: This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Planned Parenthood takes Nevada abortion law to state Supreme Court; The reproductive health care service argues that a reinstated 1985 law restricting minors’ access to abortion is vague and unconstitutional”: Alan Riquelmy of Courthouse News Service has this report.

“Blanche Fills DOJ Leadership Position in First Post-Bondi Move”: Ben Penn of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Another Court Rules Copyright Can’t Stop People From Reading and Speaking the Law”: At the “Deeplinks” blog of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mitch Stoltz has this post about a decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Tuesday.

“Brett Kavanaugh’s Colleagues Are Getting Awfully Tired of Brett Kavanaugh; Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s comments about the Supreme Court’s recent racial profiling case are just more evidence that Kavanaugh’s colleagues kind of hate his guts”: Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

“Sonia Sotomayor to headline 2026 Albritton Lecture at University of Alabama”: WVTM 13 News has posted this video on YouTube.

“Two Moralities of Law: People Miss Them When They’re Gone.” Cass Sunstein has this post at his Substack site.

“Bonus 219: The Demise of the Death Docket; Even as the emergency docket has gotten busier, the Court since OT2020 has largely gotten out of the business of intervening in capital cases — except to un-block executions lower courts had stayed.” Steve Vladeck has this post at his “One First” Substack site.

“The Birthright Citizenship Question that Stumped the Solicitor General; It was surprising that the Solicitor General did not appear to have thought much legislative power under Section 5”: Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.”

“Allegiance, Birthright, and Citizenship: The justices need to understand the full range of considerations underlying Trump v. Barbara.” Philip Hamburger has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.

“Inside the battle to be Trump’s next attorney general; Veterans of Trump’s past legal fights are jockeying for the top spot”: Myah Ward, Kyle Cheney, and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.

“ABA Eyes First ‘Unqualified’ Judge Pick of Second Trump Term”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report.

“Trump asks NY court to toss remnants of fraud case against him; Trump’s lawyers acknowledged they were appealing a ruling largely in his favor”: Erica Orden of Politico has this report.

And Patricia Hurtado and Erik Larson of Bloomberg News report that “Trump Appeals Civil Fraud Ruling, Citing Former Lawyer’s Testimony Doubts.”

You can view the court filing at this link.

“Federal Court Denies Anthropic’s Motion to Lift ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label; The ruling was a setback for the artificial intelligence start-up in its battle with the Defense Department over the use of A.I. in warfare”: Mike Isaac of The New York Times has this report.

Amrith Ramkumar and Heather Somerville of The Wall Street Journal report that “Court Denies Anthropic Request to End Defense Department Punishment; The company is involved in two separate legal actions related to being blacklisted by the Pentagon.”

And Brendan Bordelon of Politico reports that “Anthropic loses appeals court bid to pause supply chain risk label; A three-judge panel declined to temporarily block the Trump administration’s move to punish the AI startup.”

You can access today’s per curiam ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit at this link.

“Wisconsin Swings to the Left; The GOP loses another court seat and the Waukesha mayor’s race”: This editorial will appear in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“A casket cartel tries to bury the competition; An Oklahoma couple has run afoul of a state law protecting funeral-home operators”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post.

“Trump’s Post-Bondi Opportunity; Voters don’t reward revenge attempts, as the president knows better than anyone”: Columnist Barton Swaim will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

“Justice Sotomayor to Lawrence crowd: ‘To survive longer, we have to work at it.’” Conner Mitchell of The Lawrence Times has this report.

Stacey Saldanha-Olson of The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that “Justice Sotomayor talks immigration, 2nd chances & her career.”

Anna Kaminski of Kansas Reflector reports that “U.S. Supreme Court justice warns of majority’s misuse of ‘shadow docket’ during Kansas talk.”

And Jordan Fischer of Bloomberg Law reports that “Sotomayor Faults Kavanaugh Over Immigration Stops Concurrence.”

“Winning For Workers Before A Conservative Court: Jennifer Bennett; A principal at Gupta Wessler, Bennett has won four unanimous victories — on behalf of plaintiffs and employees — before the U.S. Supreme Court.” David Lat has posted online this new episode of his “Original Jurisdiction” podcast.

“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.”