“Will Donald Trump Be Allowed to Destroy His Records? A law passed after Watergate makes Presidential records government property; The Trump Administration has declared it unconstitutional.” Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The New Yorker.

“Appeals Court Appears Skeptical of Trump Orders Targeting Law Firms; A three-judge panel showed few signs of siding with the president on his efforts to compel law firms to work for the administration or face threats”: Zach Montague of The New York Times has this report.

Mark Berman of The Washington Post reports that “Appeals court shows some skepticism of Trump’s effort to punish law firms; A panel of judges pressed a Justice Department lawyer about the president’s sanctions, meant to target firms that raised his ire.”

And Ryan Knappenberger of Courthouse News Service reports that “DC Circuit signals Trump’s law firm sanctions likely unlawful; The executive orders revoked security clearances for firm employees en masse, suspended any active government contracts and barred attorneys from government buildings, including the Washington federal courthouse.”

“Supreme Court Allows Abortion Pill Access by Mail to Continue; A federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration would have restricted access by mail to mifepristone”: Ann E. Marimow of The New York Times has this report.

David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that “Supreme Court, over two dissents, upholds abortion pills sent by mail, for now.”

James Romoser, Lydia Wheeler, and Jennifer Calfas of The Wall Street Journal report that “Supreme Court Maintains Widespread Access to Abortion Pills; High court decision allows providers to continue sending common abortion drug mifepristone to patients by mail.”

Maureen Groppe of USA Today reports that “Supreme Court keeps abortion pill widely available as challenge continues; In an emergency ruling, the justices said mail-order access to mifepristone can remain while Louisiana is challenging expanded access.”

And Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times reports that “Supreme Court allows abortion pill to be distributed by mail.”

“Todd Blanche Is Wasting No Time in His Audition to Be the Next Attorney General; Aggressive moves by acting Justice Department head have won him praise at the White House”: Sadie Gurman and C. Ryan Barber of The Wall Street Journal have this report.

“Justice Thomas hails US Constitution as common bedrock in divided America”: Joshua Goodman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law reports that “Thomas Reflects on ‘Deeper’ Bonds During Early High Court Tenure” (subscription required for full access).

“Trump Lawyer Tapped for Appeals Court Advanced by Senate Panel”: Olivia Alafriz of Bloomberg Law has this report.

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “Senate Judiciary advances former Trump lawyer tapped for Eighth Circuit judgeship; Justin Smith worked on President Donald Trump’s appeal of his $88 million defamation judgment against author E. Jean Carroll — but has pledged to remain an impartial jurist if confirmed to the appellate bench.”

“Former Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip goes free on $500k bond”: Nolan Clay of The Oklahoman has this report.

“Supreme Court temporarily clears way for mail distribution of widely used abortion pill; The decision will, for now, preserve access nationwide to medication abortion, the most common way of ending pregnancies in the United States”: Justin Jouvenal and Praveena Somasundaram of The Washington Post have this report.

You can access this evening’s order of the U.S. Supreme Court, and the dissents therefrom, at this link.

“Trucker gets Supreme Court support for injury suit against freight broker; A 2017 tractor-trailer crash that left one truck driver an amputee had the justices questioning who should be held liable for negligent hiring practices”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court at this link.

“Law firms urge appeals court to keep blocking Trump’s sanctions against them”: Michael Kunzelman of The Associated Press has this report.

And Justin Henry, Meghan Tribe, and Tatyana Monnay of Bloomberg Law report that “Trump’s Law Firm Targeting Over Security Queried by Judges.”

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has posted the audio of today’s oral argument on YouTube.

“Why Sotomayor Failed to Defend the Progressive Vision of Judging: Short-term incentives and the triumph of conservative rhetoric.” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.